--- title: "Market Engagement for the future procurement of NHS 111 Services and GP Access Fund & GP OOH Services for West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ATTAIN HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES" published: "2017-02-09" --- # Market Engagement for the future procurement of NHS 111 Services and GP Access Fund & GP OOH Services for West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Buyer: ATTAIN HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f1904ffa-5047-45c6-97b1-b6467e24fe72.json) ## Summary The West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, represented by Attain Health Management Services, is initiating a procurement process titled "Market Engagement for the Future Procurement of NHS 111 Services and GP Access Fund & GP OOH Services." This tender, classified under the health and social work services industry, is currently in the planning stage. A key milestone related to this process is the engagement end date, which is set for 23rd February 2018. The services are to be located in the East of England, with plans to commission an Integrated Urgent Care Service, organised into two separate lots: Lot 1 for NHS 111 services and Lot 2 for GP Access Fund and GP Out of Hours (OOH) services. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in integrated health services, particularly those with capabilities in urgent care, clinical triage, and digital health solutions. Companies that excel in delivering seamless patient care, utilising telephony and digital technologies to enhance service accessibility, would be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, providers that can demonstrate experience in coordinating efforts across various healthcare sectors—such as primary, community, and emergency services—are encouraged to participate, especially those focused on patient empowerment and self-care initiatives. ## Notice West Essex CCG is seeking to commission an Integrated Urgent Care Service. The CCG will be undertaking one procurement process but with two separate Lots, covering the following services: Lot 1 - NHS 111 inclusive of call handling, clinical triage and an enhanced clinical hub; and Lot 2 - GP Access Fund and GP OOH The services are to be procured based on the Integrated Urgent Care Commissioning standards published in September 2015 to deliver to the public and healthcare professionals a single point of telephony access into urgent care alongside their registered GP and affording the CCG the ability to co-ordinate urgent care intervention through the NHS 111 service, the clinical hub, GP Access Fund and GP OOHs. The offer for the public will be a single entry point - NHS 111 - to fully integrated services in which organisations collaborate to deliver high quality, clinical assessment, advice and treatment and to shared standards and processes with clear accountability and leadership. It is imperative therefore that the services allow for movement of patients seamlessly from one element of the system to the other, streamlining the experience for patients, reducing unnecessary waiting and inefficiency The services should not be limited to treating patients, but must also be committed to empowering the population to self-care where appropriate with a focus on education and lifestyle modification. The new provider(s) will need to plan for online and digital provision in the future in order to make it easier for the public to access urgent health advice and care. This will increasingly be in a way that offers a personalised and convenient service that is responsive to people's health care needs. The service will assess patients with their care needs, working in partnership with the wider care system across ambulance, primary, community, secondary, mental health, social care and the voluntary sector. It is essential that clinicians working in the services are supported by the availability of clinical records SCR and ESCR as well as Electronic Prescribing and other locally available systems. The IT system must also allow directly bookable appointments to a range of providers. The services will deliver a clinically led, patient focussed sustainable high quality service with operational efficiency. Accessible to all patients, utilising telephony and digital technologies to deliver the most clinically appropriate and value for money outcome. Although these services are being undertaken in 2 separate Lots it is imperative that the services are integrated as much as possible to reduce fragmentation between services and improve the quality of the patient journey through the care system. To support the Procurement process West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group plans to hold a pre-procurement 'Market Awareness Provider Event' on 21st February 2017. Providers who wish to attend are asked to Register on the Attain Bravo portal and return the Form. Additional information: Interested Providers should follow the link below to the Bravo portal to access the necessary details. Providers are asked to complete the Attendees Form and return this using the messaging facility within the system ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7dd64efc-90de-43ab-b1b9-f9f091a551d9 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Feb 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ATTAIN HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES | | Locality | EPPING | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM16 6TN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH35 West Essex | | Local authority | Epping Forest | | Electoral ward | Epping East | | Westminster constituency | Epping Forest | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 9 Feb 2017 at 12:26 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7dd64efc-90de-43ab-b1b9-f9f091a551d9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7dd64efc-90de-43ab-b1b9-f9f091a551d9 9th February 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk Attain Bravo Portal ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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