--- title: "NHS Worcestershire CCGs CHC Fast Track End of Life-Designated Nursing Home Pilot Procurement" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU" published: "2018-05-18" --- # NHS Worcestershire CCGs CHC Fast Track End of Life-Designated Nursing Home Pilot Procurement Buyer: NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-71ebd0ce-f625-46c8-ab64-eac388a9546c.json) ## Summary The NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is initiating a tender for the "NHS Worcestershire CCGs CHC Fast Track End of Life-Designated Nursing Home Pilot Procurement" in the West Midlands, UK. This procurement is focused on providing end-of-life care services within designated nursing homes across three Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Worcestershire. The open procedure is currently active, with bids due by 18th June 2018. The contract is expected to commence on 31st July 2018 and will run for an initial 12 months, with the potential for a one-year extension. The total value of the contract is £1,300,000, aiming to award multiple contracts across the three CCG areas. This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social care services, particularly those experienced in delivering end-of-life care. Companies that can provide high-quality services directly related to community nursing homes are particularly well-suited to compete. The transparent and equal opportunity process ensures that both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, allowing them to grow and expand their service offerings in a critical sector of healthcare. ## Notice This notice is a call for competition under an open type Procedure requesting bids for the CHC Fast Track Funded End of Life Care-Designated Nursing Homes Pilot Procurement being developed by NHS South Worcestershire CCG, NHS Redditch & Bromsgrove CCG, and NHS Wyre Forest CCG ("the CCGs") The Worcestershire CCGs are currently reviewing their CHC Fast Track Funded End of Life Care in Nursing Homes and have made a decision to commission a Pilot for care with Designated Nursing Homes within each of the three CCG areas. The CCGs initial focus is to invite tenders from relevant providers in the market who have current experience of delivering End of Life Care in the community within a Nursing Home environment. Interested and capable providers must be able to provide services for patients registered with Worcestershire GP Practices within the relevant CCG area. The CCGs will run a transparent process, ensuring all bidders (where applicable) are given equal opportunity. The CHC Fast Track End of Life Designated Nursing Home service will deliver - High quality end of life care for patients that choose to end their life in a Nursing Home setting - Provide rapidly accessible care thus preventing delays with discharge from hospital. - Provide support to family members - Prevent avoidable admissions and readmissions to hospital All staff will be trained via an evidence based End of Life Care programme. The service will provide one primary function: To deliver a personalized high quality service in the delivery of end of life care, responding to the needs of patients and family members. The contract term will be for an initial pilot of 12 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months. The CCGs are looking to award a number of contracts to cover the 3 CCGs. The indicative number of new packages by locality per year are: SW=196, R&B=72 and WF=28. The aim is to award contracts per CCG lot as follows: - NHS Wyre Forest CCG - up to 2 contracts - NHS Redditch & Bromsgrove - up to 4 contracts - NHS South Worcestershire - up to 6 contracts The CCGs reserve the right to award in part or in whole. The CCGs reserve the right not to proceed with award. "Light Touch Regime" services: This service is classified as clinical which comes under the Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. As the CCGs are relevant bodies for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. To register interest and download the ITT documentation you will need to follow these steps: To register on the portal, go to: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk Follow instructions from there. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b52b7dda-ccbc-420e-b7bd-de9453dccb70 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 May 2018 | | Submission deadline | 18 Jun 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Jul 2018 - 30 Jul 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,300,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE CSU | | Locality | STOKE-ON-TRENT | | Post town | Stoke-on-Trent | | Postcode | ST4 4LX | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire | | ITL 3 | TLG23 Stoke-on-Trent | | Local authority | Stoke-on-Trent | | Electoral ward | Fenton West & Mount Pleasant | | Westminster constituency | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 18 May 2018 at 17:28 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b52b7dda-ccbc-420e-b7bd-de9453dccb70 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b52b7dda-ccbc-420e-b7bd-de9453dccb70 18th May 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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