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title: "Brent Integrated Frailty and Complex Care (BIFCC) Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044f6b"
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# Brent Integrated Frailty and Complex Care (BIFCC) Service

Buyer: NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044f6b

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## Summary

The North West London Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract for the Brent Integrated Frailty and Complex Care (BIFCC) Service to Harness Care Ltd. This tender was for health services under a Provider Selection Regime, with a focus on risk stratification, patient identification, and multidisciplinary care coordination. The contract, valued at £794,804.53, was signed on 26th March 2024. The intention to award notice was published on 3rd April 2024, marking the start of a standstill period requiring representations from providers by 15th April 2024.

This contract provides an opportunity for businesses in the health services sector, particularly those experienced in frailty and complex care services, to engage with the North West London Integrated Care Board. The selection process favoured the existing provider, Harness Care Ltd, based on their ability to meet key criteria for quality and service continuity. Businesses interested in multi-disciplinary care provision, community-based healthcare, and patient outcome improvement would be well-suited to compete for similar future tenders in this industry category and locale.

## Notice

The ICB would like to issue a short-term direct award for period of 12 months. This will allow time for review and understanding of where the service sits as part of the wider commissioning strategy and approach to ensuring common and equitable services in each of the ICB boroughs. The Frailty service has three Providers that make up the service which are: K&W Healthcare Ltd, Harness Care Ltd (Harness North Primary Care Network and Harness South Primary Care Network) and Kilburn Primary Care Co-operative Ltd. This notice is for the Harness Care Ltd (Harness North Primary Care Network and Harness South Primary Care Network. The award is being made to the existing provider of the service, as per Provider Selection Regime, Direct Award Process C. For a period of 12 months at a value of PS794,804.53. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard and has been assessed against the five key criteria as such . * The aim of the Brent Integrated Frailty and Complex Care (BIFCC) Service is to risk stratify and identify patients with frailty and complex needs and provide them with: * Proactive Identification * Holistic Assessment * Multiagency planning & coordination where a core team of multi-disciplinary professionals provide targeted appropriate support * Weekly Complex Patient Management Groups (CPMG) - case management meetings * Weekly Multidisciplinary Group meetings * Enhanced Care Planning and review To ensure the right level of care is provided in the community to enable better outcomes for patients and reduce Non-Elective admissions, reduce A&E attendance and provide care to patient in the right place.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The ICB would like to issue a short-term direct award for period of 12 months. This will allow time for review and understanding of where the service sits as part of the wider commissioning strategy and approach to ensuring common and equitable services in each of the ICB boroughs. The Frailty service has three Providers that make up the service which are: K&W Healthcare Ltd, Harness Care Ltd (Harness North Primary Care Network and Harness South Primary Care Network) and Kilburn Primary Care Co-operative Ltd. This notice is for the Harness Care Ltd (Harness North Primary Care Network and Harness South Primary Care Network. The award is being made to the existing provider of the service, as per Provider Selection Regime, Direct Award Process C. For a period of 6 months at a value of PS794,804.53. The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard and has been assessed against the five key criteria as such. * The aim of the Brent Integrated Frailty and Complex Care (BIFCC) Service is to risk stratify and identify patients with frailty and complex needs and provide them with: * Proactive Identification * Holistic Assessment * Multiagency planning & coordination where a core team of multi-disciplinary professionals provide targeted appropriate support * Weekly Complex Patient Management Groups (CPMG) - case management meetings * Weekly Multidisciplinary Group meetings * Enhanced Care Planning and review To ensure the right level of care is provided in the community to enable better outcomes for patients and reduce Non-Elective admissions, reduce A&E attendance and provide care to patient in the right place. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 15th April 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. please contact c.machola@nhs.net for any written representations. This decision has been made as per North West London governance process. Additional information: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 15th April 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. please contact c.machola@nhs.net for any written representations. This decision has been made as per North West London governance process. Full assessment against the relevant key criteria was made in order to determine the existing provider Harness Care Ltd (Harness North Primary Care Network and Harness South Primary Care Network)is satisfying the contract and will continue to do so for the short term contract award.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 15th April 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. please contact c.machola@nhs.net for any written representations.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010838-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £794,804 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | North West London |
| Postcode | NW1 5JD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Marylebone |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HARNESS CARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2024 at 16:02 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010838-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.nwlondonics.nhs.uk

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