Notice Information
Notice Title
Gender Dysphoria Epilation Pathway
Notice Description
Management and administration of the gender dysphoria epilation pathway:<br/>Arrange timely facial hair and surgical site epilation at suitable epilation providers for all patients with valid referrals (via NHS-commissioned Gender Dysphoria Clinics) from the service start date onwards. The assumption is that the service will process 950 referrals per year.<br/>Provide information and support on epilation to patients as needed, including on epilation modality and provider choice.<br/>Make timely payments to epilation providers, maintaining close financial control to ensure only valid invoices are paid.<br/>Record data on epilation referrals and treatment.<br/>Provide a central point of contact regarding epilation for patients, surgical providers, Gender Dysphoria Clinics and Pilots and epilation providers.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Epilation is commissioned by NHS England for the alleviation of gender dysphoria, as described in the Gender Identity Services for Adults (Non-Surgical Interventions) service specification. Epilation referrals, for both facial hair reduction and surgical preparation hair removal, are currently managed by NHS England regional commissioners. This business case proposes that this function is moved to the Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Service (GDNRSS). This is a service provided by Arden and GEM CSU and commissioned by NHS England to manage referrals for gender dysphoria surgery, including giving advice to patients and providing detailed reporting to NHS England.
The national epilation referral service to be provided by GDNRSS would:
* Arrange timely facial hair and surgical site epilation at suitable epilation providers for all patients with valid referrals (via NHS-commissioned Gender Dysphoria Clinics) from the service start date onwards. The assumption is that the service will process 950 referrals per year.
* Provide information and support on epilation to patients as needed, including on epilation modality and provider choice.
* Make timely payments to epilation providers, maintaining close financial control to ensure only valid invoices are paid.
* Record data on epilation referrals and treatment.
* Provide a central point of contact regarding epilation for patients, surgical providers, Gender Dysphoria Clinics and Pilots and epilation providers.
Note: This business case was approved through Commercial Panel on 3rd February 2022 (Reference NHS-CSU-2021-615). Due to a change in the method of paying the invoices of epilation providers, the CSU is now planned to pay the invoices directly for efficiency and be reimbursed by NHS England, which has added PS1.2 million to the business case (bringing it over the PS1m threshold). However, it should be noted that the PS1.2 million is currently paid to epilation providers by NHS England regions and under the current proposal would be paid to epilation providers via the CSU, reimbursed by NHS England on a pass-through basis, funded by top-slicing from regions.
Procurement Information
We did not consider it appropriate to engage with other CSUs, because a key feature of the proposal is that it is an expansion of the existing Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Service run by Arden and GEM CSU, which has been providing good value. Benefits of using the same CSU include a central point of contact for patients and professionals regarding gender dysphoria referrals (for surgery or epilation) and the existing expertise of the Arden and GEM team regarding the gender dysphoria pathway and patient experience.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03584b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021134-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Aug 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Jun 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS ENGLAND
- Contact Name
- Andrew Powell
- Contact Email
- andrew.powell14@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- +44 7702433551
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS2 7UE
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
Further Information
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