Community Physiotherapy Services

NHS Brent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting suitably qualified and experienced healthcare providers to submit tenders for the provision of a Community Physiotherapy Service (CPS) for the patients of Brent.

As part of the NHS Brent Out of Hospital Strategy, Brent CCG wishes to redesign its community physiotherapy services provision. The new clinical model will require all referrals to be clinically triaged by suitably qualified and experienced practitioners, to ensure patients are directed to the right point of care.

Under a revised service specification, the new community based service is expected to deliver the following benefits:

No matter how patients access the service, all referrals will be clinically triaged against the same clinical guidelines and criteria before a decision is made on the appropriate treatment/care required.

The services will have to operate in an integrated way with a single patient record compatible with EMIS Web, which is the standard system used by primary care.

The service will also be expected to participate in providing health promotion advice and services for prevention of disease progression including, for example, exercise promotion

It is expected the new service will commence at the end of October 2018. It is estimated that the service will need to manage around 60,000 and 70,000 contacts a year. It is planned that the contract will be for 5 years. The annual value of the contract is estimated to be between £1.55m and £1.75m. The total maximum contract value is estimated at £8.75m

Please Note: Access to procurement documents associated with this opportunity will be made available via the EU-Supply Portal from the 29 March 2018.

The CCG intends to hold a market engagement event on the 24th April 2018. Further information about the time and location of the event and how to register if you wish to attend will available via the EU-Supply Portal from the 29 March 2018

Additional information: Please Note: Access to procurement documents associated with this opportunity will be made available via the EU-Supply Portal from 29 March 2018. The CCG intends to hold a market engagement event on the 24th April 2018. Further details be provided via the EU Supply Portal on the 29 March 2018.

Minimum requirements for financial standing and competency will be set out in the Selection Questionnaire document. Providers submitting a response to the Selection Questionnaire that does not satisfy these minimum requirements may be excluded from further participation in this procurement.

Bidders wishing to express an interest should register their interest on the EU Supply Website to access the documentation. To register on EU Supply please log on to the following website: https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com and look for tender reference number 31096. The closing date for tender submissions is 5pm on 14 June 2018. For support registering on EU Supply and downloading the ITT Documentation please contact the e-Tendering help desk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com

Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of potential service providers. In such circumstances, and in any event, the CCG or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by the respondent and company, agent, subsidiary or organisation may have contributed to any response submitted to this notice.

The services in the scope of this procurement are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. Brent CCG will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, Brent CCG will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of services such as this.

Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by Brent CCG nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that Brent CCG intends to hold itself bound by the Regulations, save those applicable to services coming within the scope of such as this.