--- title: "Public Health Input to Independent Funding Requests in North West London" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES" published: "2018-08-22" --- # Public Health Input to Independent Funding Requests in North West London Buyer: NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625.json) ## Summary The NHS Shared Business Services is initiating a public tender titled "Public Health Input to Independent Funding Requests in North West London." This procurement process falls under the Administrative healthcare services industry and is located in London, United Kingdom. Currently in the planning stage, the procurement is designed to support healthcare services for patients in North West London specifically around Individual Funding Requests (IFR). The contract is planned to commence on 1st November 2018 and will span for one year with an option to extend for another year, totalling a potential value of £70,000 per annum. Interested parties should submit their questionnaires by 12pm on Thursday, 30th August 2018. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare consultancy and public health services. Companies that can provide expertise in policy development, evidence reviews, and support for non-routine NHS treatments are particularly suited for this contract. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, or social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate, leveraging their capabilities to deliver high-quality public health support within budget constraints. Engaging with this contract allows interested providers to establish themselves as key service contributors in the healthcare sector. ## Notice The North West London (NWL) Collaboration of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) commissions healthcare services on behalf of the NWL patients, one of these services consists in providing specialist support to commissioners in policy development and management of requests for treatments not routinely funded by the NHS or funded in line with agreed clinical thresholds/pathways. The Individual Funding Request (IFR) and Planned Procedures with Threshold (PPwT) service ensure an evidence-based, equitable and standardised process with consistency in decision making across NWL. The IFR route is suitable only for treatments that fall into the 'not normally funded' category for use in clinically exceptional circumstances and which need to be considered on an individual patient basis. Consisting of assessing, processing and decision making for all IFRs requests received for NWL patients. The policy development function is informed when patient cohorts are identified, by means of research or IFR applications and may require completion of clinical evidence reviews. This could include, Equality Impact Assessments (EQA), economic evaluation, clinical engagement and financial modelling. To assist this process the public health provision requires Consultants in public health medicine for 1.2 sessions (10 hours) per week to provide public health support with the capacity to deliver the service within budget and given timelines. The requirements of the IFR service is for the public health provision attend weekly IFR clinical triage, IFR panel training workshops, IFR and Appeal panels. In addition to support the policy development function when patient cohorts are identified, by means of research and completion of evidence reviews. The CCG is looking to award the contract for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 1 year. The total potential maximum value is PS70,000 per annum. The purpose of this engagement with the market is to assess the level of interest from providers to deliver the service. Attached to this advert is a draft specification and interested Providers are asked to express their interest by completing the attached questionnaire. Responses to this Request for Information will be used to inform the contract approach and as such, a response is important. Completed questionnaires should be submitted to alice.donovan-hart@nhs.net by 12pm on Thursday 30th August 2018. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/62373b9b-dd23-4250-a407-794f4d0de769 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - Engagement stage | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Aug 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Aug 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Nov 2018 - 31 Oct 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £140,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC1N 2TD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | Holborn & Covent Garden | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services ## Release History - 22 Aug 2018 at 13:14 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/62373b9b-dd23-4250-a407-794f4d0de769 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/62373b9b-dd23-4250-a407-794f4d0de769 22nd August 2018 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3b6725ec-d86e-4554-9e1d-632d1c49d749 Specification - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ce7941a4-d534-406e-b44f-d2e8a9242887 FOR COMPLETION - Request for Information ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f30c9e99-e7a4-4b0a-94e5-cef01ecc3625.json.