--- title: "Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review and Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service to NHS Somerset ICB" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2023-03-06" --- # Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review and Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service to NHS Somerset ICB Buyer: NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ae5f.json) ## Summary The NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board has initiated a tender for the provision of Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review and Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service. This procurement falls under the classification of Health services and is specifically focused on healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The tender is currently at the active stage, with a tender period ending on 5th April 2023. The contracting authority, NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, is seeking suppliers to bid for two separate lots with specific budget allocations and contract durations. This tender presents business growth opportunities for suppliers in the healthcare services sector, particularly those offering home oxygen assessment, pulmonary rehabilitation, and related services. Bidders should be prepared to deliver high-quality, clinically appropriate care and demonstrate value for money in service provision. The procurement process is being conducted openly, with equal treatment of all bidders and adherence to specific regulatory frameworks governing the procurement of healthcare services. Potential bidders should align their proposals with the objectives of the services outlined in the tender description to enhance their chances of success in this competitive procurement process. ## Notice Somerset Integrated Care Board seeks to commission Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review and Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services for patients registered with a Somerset GP. The service is being procured as two separate lots within a single process. Suppliers are invited to bid for one or more of the following: Lot 1: Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review Lot 2: Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service The contracts will be for an initial term of 2 years, with an option to extend for any period up to a further 2 years. The available budget per annum, exclusive of recoverable VAT is: Lot 1: Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review: PS229,000 Lot 2: Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service: PS254,000 This gives a total contractual value for the combined service of PS966,000 This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. ### Lot Information Home Oxygen Service - Assessment and Review Somerset Integrated Care Board is seeking to commission their Home Oxygen - Assessment and Review Service. The aim of the service is to deliver a high quality, safe and effective community service that ensures home oxygen therapy is appropriately prescribed to patients with clinical need whilst ensuring service prescribers, users and their carers are well informed about the nature, scope and capability of the service and that provision is evidence based, clinical led and continually strives to improve outcomes. The high-level objectives of the service are: * to provide a systematic and integrated service, working collaboratively with primary, community, secondary and social care services. * to provide responsive access to assessment and follow up procedures. * for the service to be carried out by appropriately qualified and trained healthcare professionals using appropriate diagnostic equipment. * to ensure high quality, clinically appropriate care and strengthen affordability and value, through targeting the service on those who will benefit from home oxygen. * to ensure a higher standard of clinical treatment and improved outcomes, through more effective and speedier diagnosis to ensure that users of the service have a positive experience of care. * to reduce risk of harm through removal of oxygen supply where no longer required or appropriate. The Contract will be for 2 years, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years, with a maximum budget of PS229,000 per annum and a total contrate value of PS458,000. The service will commence on the 1st October 2023. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service Somerset Integrated Care Board is seeking to commission their Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service. The aim of the service is to promote and embed pulmonary rehabilitation as an essential component in the management of patients with COPD and other chronic respiratory conditions within a high quality, safe and effective environment. The high-level objectives of the service are: * to promote and embed pulmonary rehabilitation as an essential component in the management of patients with COPD and other chronic respiratory conditions. * to improve understanding amongst health professionals of which patients will benefit and should be referred for pulmonary rehabilitation. * to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation for eligible patients. * to improve participation and completion rates from pulmonary rehabilitation for eligible patients. * to provide an individually tailored, multi-disciplinary intervention for symptomatic patients that is integrated into their overall care. * to address the social and psychological impacts of the disease on the patients and those close to them. * monitor progress with appropriate individual outcome measures and programme quality control. * to improve symptoms and functional performance4. * to provide a cost-effective, quality assured pulmonary rehabilitation programme that meets the patient's personal needs. * to improve the patient's knowledge, understanding and, in turn, confidence in the self-management of their conditions, resulting in appropriate use of other healthcare resources. * to improve patients' health-related quality of life, breathlessness management, functional and maximum exercise capacity and thus reduce disability and handicap associated with chronic respiratory disease. * to ensure users of the service have a positive experience. The Contract will be for 2 years, with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years, with a maximum budget of PS254,000 per annum and a total contrate value of PS508,000. The service will commence on the 1st October 2023. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006448-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | 5 Apr 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £966,000 | | Lots value | £966,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | YEOVIL | | Post town | Bath | | Postcode | BA22 8HR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset | | Local authority | Somerset | | Electoral ward | Brympton | | Westminster constituency | Yeovil | | Delivery location | TLK23 Somerset CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85100000 - Health services - 85111700 - Oxygen-therapy services - 85121232 - Pulmonary specialists services ## Release History - 6 Mar 2023 at 13:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006448-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.nhssomerset.nhs.uk - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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