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title: "DDICB Market Engagement Event: Children's Community Nursing - Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs in Education Settings"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04b236"
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buyer: "NHS DERBY & DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2024-10-29"
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# DDICB Market Engagement Event: Children's Community Nursing - Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs in Education Settings

Buyer: NHS DERBY & DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b236

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## Summary

In a planned procurement process, the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks to engage with the market for the provision of Children's Community Nursing Services designed for children and young people with complex health needs in educational settings. This service falls under the health services industry category. The ICB is organising a virtual Market Engagement Event scheduled for Tuesday, 12th November 2024 at 10:00 am, with registration and questionnaire submission due by 2:00 pm on Monday, 11th November 2024. The initiative is situated in the Derby region, with the procurement process currently at the planning stage and a future notice date set for 15th November 2024. The service aims to ensure that the healthcare requirements for children and young people are met safely and effectively within educational contexts.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specializing in healthcare services, particularly those experienced in working with educational settings and complex health needs. Qualified providers who can offer skilled nursing and training for educational staff, as well as collaborative services involving parents, carers, and multidisciplinary teams, are highly encouraged to participate. The virtual engagement event allows potential providers to understand the model and provide valuable feedback, helping shape the final scope of services. Participation in this procurement process could lead to significant growth opportunities for healthcare providers capable of delivering quality, integrated care services within educational environments.

## Notice

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified providers to attend a virtual Market Engagement Event in relation to the Provision of Children's Community Nursing Service (for Children and Young People with Complex Health Needs in Education Settings).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Children and Young People (CYP) with medical conditions or complex health needs, will require a number of adults who are competent to support them in meeting their care needs, as it is not possible for them to do this for themselves. This will be achieved by either upskilling and enhancing skills of the education setting workforce with the appropriate training to enable them to undertake tasks that have been identified and are safe to do so by a registered health professional, or through appropriate delegation to health and care staff. This decision will be made using appropriate locally agreed Joined Up Care Derbyshire agreed clinical tools aligned to relevant national guidance. 

The service aims to provide oversight and assurance of the healthcare requirements identified for the CYP, through multidisciplinary assessments, and that these are being met in a safe and effective way whilst the CYP is in an educational setting. The service will work collaboratively with schools, parents, carers, children and young people and other professionals involved in children's care to support their needs.

The purpose of this advert is to invite the market to respond to a market engagement questionnaire, and attend a virtual market engagement event engage to communicate elements of the model/process. To facilitate this, the commissioner will be requesting providers to complete and submit a market engagement questionnaire (available via the e-tendering portal) to provide feedback and register to attend the market engagement event, which is scheduled for Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 10:00am for approximately 1hr 30 mins.

The deadline for registration and submitting the market engagement questionnaire to attend the event is 14:00 on Monday 11th November 2024. The link to attend the MS Teams event will be shared after the registration deadline via the Atamis portal.

Please note this is a market testing exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. 

Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations.

Draft documentation available via the e-tendering portal to support market engagement is as follows:
- Draft Service Specification
- Questionnaire (which includes indicative budget information)

Any and all information/documents that are made available as part of this engagement exercise is draft and subject to change. All timeframes are indicative and also subject to change.

Please note, this Prior Information Notice relates to a service/contract in scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Any future Procurement / Provider Selection Process conducted will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 will not apply. Additional information: To Register your Interest in attending the Market Engagement Event or seek additional information please use the following link and Project reference: Link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Project Reference: C316205.

The aim of this Market Engagement is to;
1. Provide the market with visibility of the proposed opportunity.
2. Support the ICB decision making to inform the future commissioning of services (as applicable).
3. To gauge the level of interest from the market of capable providers with capacity to deliver the services noted above.
4. Invite interested Providers to attend a Market Engagement Event on Tuesday 12th November 2024.

May we ask that you register your attendance for the Market Engagement Event by filling in the questionnaire and submitting via the messaging functionality within the Atamis portal.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035008-2024 |
| 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 | 29 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 15 Nov 2024 |
| 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 | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS DERBY & DERBYSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | DERBY |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE1 2FS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Darley |
| Westminster constituency | Derby South |
| Delivery location | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 29 Oct 2024 at 12:56 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035008-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/

## Provenance

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