Planning

Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services

NHS NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

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Planning

20 Dec 2024 at 15:09

Summary of the contracting process

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) is planning a procurement process for Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services, falling under the Health services industry category. This process is in the planning stage with key deadlines including a market engagement closure at 12:00hrs on 10 January 2025 and an expected future notice date on 1 April 2025. The contract will cover services across the ICB's North West London 8 Boroughs, including Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham. The proposed contract term is between 12 to 36 months, with a total value of £18.7 million.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses in the specialist palliative care sector. Suitable businesses will have the necessary hospice facilities, a specialist workforce, and the capability to deliver integrated care services including home care, community inpatient care, and outpatient wellbeing services. Businesses that can demonstrate robust capabilities in managing complex palliative care needs, providing specialist counselling, and supporting end-of-life care will find this tender particularly lucrative. The competitive assessment process aims to ensure that the most suitable providers are selected, offering a fair opportunity for organisations that meet the essential criteria.

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Notice Title

Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services

Notice Description

NHS North West London Integrated Care Board (the "ICB) is intending to commission Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services (CSPC), for the provision of Community Specialist Palliative and End Life Care Services for adults (18+) living with progressive life limiting/ terminal conditions with or without co-morbidities for a proposed contract term of between 12 to 36 months (the "Proposed Contract"). <br/><br/>Adult CSPC services are part of a larger group of services that support people at the end-of-life. They operate to support people away from hospital and are geared toward people who have complex and specialist needs that cannot be met by general services alone, such as general practice and community nursing. Instead, people with complex needs are cared for by a network of services which are staffed by clinician's and teams who have specialist skills and training in palliative care.<br/><br/>These services are currently being delivered by Harlington Hospice, St John's Hospice, St Luke's Hospice, Royal Trinity Hospice, Marie Curie London Nursing Services, Meadow House Hospice (provided by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust ), Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. <br/><br/>The ICB is of the view that the services described are capable of being provided only by the providers mentioned in this notice, and are not aware of other providers who can deliver the required level or care and services at the current tariffs and who have estates in the areas where services need to be delivered. <br/><br/>The described charitable hospice services are partially funded by the service providers including charitable contributions. The funding envelope available is based on continuation of charitable funding to support delivery of specialist palliative care services, in line with the stated aims of the charitable hospice sector. <br/><br/>For a provider to be able to apply, they need to be able to demonstrate that they have the appropriate estates (i.e. hospice inpatient unit facilities), are specialist palliative care providers with the necessary specialist workforce in line with the description of the procurement. The model of care outlines the common provision of CPSC service in all eight boroughs in North West London: <br/><br/>1. Care at home (adult community specialist palliative care nursing teams, hospice at home and 24/7 specialist telephone advice)<br/>2. Community specialist inpatient beds (hospice inpatient beds, enhanced end-of-life care (EoLC) beds)<br/>3. Hospice outpatients (including lymphoedema, psychological and bereavement services), hospice day care and wellbeing services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice.

This market engagement assessment will allow the Contracting Authority to make a fair and transparent informed decision on what appropriate next procurement steps to undertake. These are likely to come under two categories:

- Where there is no competition - Contracts may be awarded under the Direct Award Process A in compliance with the Procurement Selection Regime Regulations (PSR)

- Where there is competition - A Most Suitable Provider or Competitive Process may be necessary to procure the services in compliance with PSR.

Participation for this market engagement closes at 12:00hrs 10 January 2025

The model of care for Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services will be an integrated service, and therefore will require providers to deliver the full package of services, which includes the following:

Care in your own home
* Adult community specialist palliative care team (7 days a week, 12 hours a day)
* Hospice at home (7-day service, available up to 24hrs)
* 24/7 specialist phone advice (Consultant-led advice)

Care in a community inpatient setting
* Enhanced end-of-life care beds
* Specialist hospice inpatient unit beds

Outpatient and wellbeing care
* Hospice MDT outpatient clinics
* Dedicated bereavement & psychological support (including offering one-one counselling and group sessions)
* Lymphoedema (for both cancer and non-cancer patients)

Main components of the Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care services:
* Delivered by a Specialist Level Palliative Care Multidisciplinary Team with the requisite qualifications, expertise and experience in offering care.
* Specialist knowledge (specialist consultant and specialist nursing services as a minimum) to assess and manage physical, psychological, social, religious and spiritual needs to reduce symptoms, suffering and distress.
* Providing 24/7 specialist telephone advice
* Community Specialist Palliative Care nursing
* Providing education and training to the wider care team who are providing direct core level palliative care to the person.
* Supporting complex assessment and symptom management
* Coordinated home support with general providers to enable patients to stay at home day care services
* Hospice inpatient beds, Enhanced End of Life Care beds, Hospice At Home, Hospice outpatient, day and other wellbeing services
* Family & Carer support
* Psychological and Bereavement support.

The proposed new model of care can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.nwlondonicb.nhs.uk/get-involved/cspc/proposed-new-model-care-community-based-specialist-palliative-care-adults-nw-london

There will be a need for a physical base that is linked to a hospice within or close to NW London. The Contracting Authority believes there are currently no hospices set up in the region other than those of existing providers. However, the Contracting Authority invites any providers who consider they can realistically deliver the full package of services under the Proposed Contract to express their interest and complete the market engagement questionnaire. The responses will then be assessed in order to establish whether there is genuine competition and decide the procurement next steps.

To register your interest, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference/name as detailed:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Project reference: C326763
Project Name: Adult Community Specialist Palliative Care Services
You must then complete the market engagement questionnaire within the Requirements section, only completed questionnaires will be considered.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ca44
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041244-2024
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£18,700,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Dec 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Mar 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 5JD
Post Town
North West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Marylebone
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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