PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE & MARKET ENGAGEMENT EVENT - LLR CLINICAL NAVIGATION HUB SERVICE

Market Engagement Event

NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (ML CSU) on behalf of the Commissioners, NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (LLR CCG) would like to invite providers to attend a 'Market Engagement Event' which will inform the market of the Commissioner's intentions to procure a new service for Clinical Navigation and Triage.

The aim of the service is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. It is proposed that the terms and conditions of the service, will reflect those contained in the NHS Standard Contract, the National Standards for Integrated Urgent Care and the LLR Service Specification for Clinical Navigation.

The main benefits and expected outcomes are:

Equity of access and quality of the service across Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland

Ensuring value for money and the most efficient use of available resources across the health and social care economy

Promoting and ensuring a positive patient experience

Aligning services to deliver the 5 Year Forward View and the National Standards for IUC

The Market Engagement Event will take place on Monday 14th January 2019 from 09:30 am until 12pm and will take place at St John's House, 8th Floor, Conference Room, 30 East Street, Leicester, LE1 6NB.

The Market Engagement Event will provide:

Please find the draft service specification and the Prior Information Notice as attachments to the Market Engagement Event advert.

Places are strictly limited therefore reservations are restricted to no more than 2 persons per organisation. To reserve your place please email register on the procurement portal, Bravo and provide the following details no later than Thursday 10th January 2019.

Prior Information Notice

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG's) wish to publish their intent that the CCG's will be commissioning a LLR Clinical Navigation Hub Service for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland geographical area in 2019.

The LLR Clinical Navigation Hub (CNH) service will offer those who need it access to a wide range of advice, assessment, care, signposting, information and support from a range of clinicians, both experienced generalists and specialists via the telephone to include referrals to face to face services, for example the Home Visiting Service.

The contract length is 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory review.

Additional information: NOTES

"Light Touch Regime" services

This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.

The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI and ITT. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.

Right to Cancel

The contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed. All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the contracting authority reserves the right to change these.

Transparency

The contracting authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR. In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the contracting authority. Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Further information on transparency can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance

To register on the Bravo portal

If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register.

1. Register on the portal webpage at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge).

2. Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest