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title: "Community Dermatology Service (Lewisham) - Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047c8d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS SOUTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2024-07-11"
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# Community Dermatology Service (Lewisham) - Market Engagement

Buyer: NHS SOUTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047c8d

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## Summary

The NHS South East London Integrated Care Board is planning to procure a Community Dermatology Service for Lewisham borough. The service aims to optimise patient referrals, improve outcomes, and create sustainable care pathways. The tender, identified as Project PRJ2068, falls under the services category and focuses on dermatology services. Interested organisations need to register by submitting required documents via the Atamis e-tendering portal before the deadline of 25th July 2024.

This tender offers an opportunity for businesses in the healthcare and dermatology sectors to provide essential services to support the growing population of Lewisham. Bidders with expertise in dermatology services, healthcare management, and community healthcare provision are encouraged to engage with the procurement process. The planned Community Dermatology Service procurement aims to enhance primary and secondary healthcare coordination, improve patient access to care, and address the demands of dermatology services in the local area.

## Notice

The Community Dermatology Service will play a key role in supporting Lewisham borough in delivering its strategy to optimise the value of referrals and improve patient experience and outcomes. The Service will manage a broad range of dermatological conditions and support the development of sustainable care pathways, which are cost-effective, responsive to local need, clearly articulated between clinical partners and underpinned by a combination of effective referral optimisation and robust educational support. The Community Service will also play a pivotal role in strengthening the dermatology offering across Lewisham, by providing a link between primary and secondary care, building capacity and expertise within the community and diverting less complex activity away from the acute trusts, thereby improving access to secondary care for those patients requiring consultant- led treatment.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Lewisham borough serves a resident population of approximately 303,500 (Lewisham JSNA, ONS 2018) and is expected to grow to 344,500 by 2031. Lewisham has a younger population bias and remains amongst the most deprived local authority areas in England. The borough's growing population means extra demand for services. Dermatology services at local trusts continue to be under great pressure and it is not uncommon for patients to wait a long time for specialist assessment and treatment for conditions such as acne, psoriasis or eczema which can cause distress and discomfort for patients. Such a position is likely to have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with backlogs continuing to grow, and possible latent demand in the community yet to convert to referrals. Historically there was no borough-wide community dermatology service in place in Lewisham, with referrals being made directly into secondary care. However, as part of service developments made during Covid, in 2020 North Lewisham PCN established a pilot community dermatology model which attracted widespread support from patients and local clinicians and demonstrated that a community service within Lewisham is both desirable and effective. Following discussions with a range of stakeholders, including the SE London Planned Care Board, SE London Dermatology Network, GPs, commissioners, GPs with extended roles (GPwER), and consultant dermatologists, in November 2021 it was agreed that this service model should be extended as a pilot across the whole borough. After a successful period it has now been established that a permanent service needs to be procured for Lewisham borough. Interested organisation must express an interest via Atamis e-tendering portal. Bidders needs to register by completing and submitting the Early Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire on Atamis by no later than 17:00hrs 25 July 2024. This can be done by clicking the below link. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (Contract Reference: C295739). Once registered, you can express an interest in this project and submit the Early Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire by clicking the following link to this specific project - Contract Reference: C295739. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please send the completed Early Market Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire via the messaging facility on Atamis for this project. Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered. Additional information: Interested organisation must express an interest via Atamis e-tendering portal. Bidders needs to register by completing and submitting the Early Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire on Atamis by no later than 17:00hrs 25 July 2024. This can be done by clicking the below link. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome (Contract Reference: C295739). Once registered, you can express an interest in this project and submit the Early Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire by clicking the following link to this specific project - Contract Reference: C295739. https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please send the completed Early Market Engagement Registration Form and the completed Market Engagement Questionnaire via the messaging facility on Atamis for this project. Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021224-2024 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 | 11 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,750,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS SOUTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 2TZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | London Bridge & West Bermondsey |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI6 Outer London - South |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121282 - Dermatology services

## Release History

- 11 Jul 2024 at 10:27 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021224-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.selondonics.org/icb

## Provenance

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