--- title: "Clinical Commissioning Local Improvement Plan (CCLIP) Co-Ordinator" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-067197" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-067197" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-067197.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-067197.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS DORSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2026-03-23" --- # Clinical Commissioning Local Improvement Plan (CCLIP) Co-Ordinator Buyer: NHS DORSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-067197 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-067197) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-067197.json) ## Summary NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board is in the planning stage of a procurement process for the role of Clinical Commissioning Local Improvement Plan (CCLIP) Co-Ordinator. This initiative falls within the services category, with a focus on portfolio management services, and aims to enhance primary healthcare delivery across Dorset. The contract, valued at £150,000 per annum, will extend for three years with the potential for a two-year renewal, beginning as early as 1 June 2026. A market engagement event is scheduled for 10 April 2026, which will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, following the deadline for registration on 7 April 2026. This procurement aligns with NHS Dorset ICB's strategic objectives and the Procurement Act 2023, and is situated in Dorchester, within the United Kingdom. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in healthcare coordination and service management, particularly those with a strong understanding of the Dorset healthcare landscape. Organisations with established connections to GP practices, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), and community providers would be well-suited to compete. The CCLIP programme targets neighbourhood-level collaboration and aims to improve health outcomes through integrated care models. Providers who can offer innovative solutions and demonstrate value for money are encouraged to engage with this process. This tender provides an opportunity for businesses to contribute to the development of service specifications, fostering greater collaboration within the local health economy and supporting primary care efficiencies, making it an attractive proposition for those aiming to expand their presence in the public health sector. ## Notice This Expression of Interest (EOI) seeks information relating to the CCLIP Co-ordinator in order to: * Gauge market interest * Develop the authorities' requirements and approach to the procurement * Design a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria This EOI is being conducted in line with: * NHS Dorset ICB Standing Financial Instructions * Procurement Act 2023 NHS Dorset ICB requires information on the market's capability and capacity to provide the services described in the Service Specification. CCLIP (Clinical Commissioning Local Improvement Plan), as it stands, is a voluntary annual reward and incentive programme for GP practices in Dorset. It is a local quality incentive scheme to engage general practice to achieve outcomes against key local objectives and quality improvements not covered through the national schemes or commissioned services. The CCLIP fund is the first example of how we would like to use elements of existing and additional funding streams differently, to meet the objectives set out in the 10YP and to ensure sustainability at neighbourhood when INT funding ceases. As the provider landscape is changing, we will need to use existing resources to commission and contract differently. COMMERCIAL SECTION Contracting terms to be The NHS Terms and Conditions of Goods & Non-clinical Services Contract Contract Term: 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years Proposed start date: aspire to the 1 June (earliest) Budget: PS150k per annum SERVICE SPECIFICATION The service aims are to: 1. Deliver a single co-ordinator role for the management of the CCLIP Programme across single/multiple neighbourhoods to support primary care delivery; legally, efficiently and within financial balance. 2. Demonstrate value for money in the development of all CCLIP projects 3. Deliver an increased level of neighbourhood level collaboration between GP practices, PCNs, local authorities, community providers, VCSE organisations, and system partners through the development of Alliance agreements. There is an expectation that the Provider will support primary care in developing formal agreements / sub-contracts with partners, e.g. VCSEs, to deliver service improvements. 4. Assure commissioned outcomes are based on neighbourhood need, by coordinating projects, quality improvement initiatives, digital solutions, and workflow optimisation. Ensuring local citizens within neighbourhoods are engaged in development and delivery. Innovation and Transformation projects will deliver the following CCLIP Programme outcomes and principles: Outcomes * Provide efficiencies to the system (financial savings and/or activity) * Provides value for money for the delivered outcomes. * Contribute to overall ICB financial productivity and save money * Reduce the gap in healthy life years at neighbourhood * Deliver early adoption of improved population health and health inequalities at neighbourhood level Principles: * Deliver integrated neighbourhood models of care: taking a neighbourhood approach e.g. partnering/sub-contracting with VCSEs. * Must develop and strengthen the resilience of neighbourhood contractors. * Projects must not duplicate existing commissioned services e.g. INT Delivery Programme * Must support strategic commissioning framework implementation * Must develop assurance and accountability among GP providers - moving to accountable care provision * Should be deliverable through and with organisational options amongst INT providers (e.g. GPA) * Must offer safe, evidence-based quality projects that have agreed levels of manageable risks The provider will act as a Coordinator and Assurer of outcomes for approved projects within the CCLIP programme for the Dorset system as well as being responsible for the end-to-end co-ordination of a wide range of non-clinical services that support general practice outcomes Core service description Coordinator role The provider will act as a Coordinator responsible for end-to-end co-ordination of a wide range of non-clinical services that support general practice outcomes. The Coordinator must be a credible, mature and local leader with strong partner relationships across primary care and system partners, with a deep understanding of the Dorset health and care landscape. The Co-ordinator must have a mandate from GP practices and PCNs to represent them. The provider will also co-ordinate and provide programme management to projects that are funded through the CCLIP fund. 1. Coordination and Programme Management for CCLIP * Work with general practice to identify and develop project/s that support neighbourhood priority health outcomes in line with the CCLIP programme principles. * Encourage innovation in neighbourhood model of delivery that align with the 'three shifts' in NHS plans. * Coordination of multi PCN and neighbourhood level initiatives that deliver CCLIP projects * Assure best value for money through price discovery and an understanding of best value models. * Recommend standardised pricing models and best value procurement where possible to the Project Provider(s) and Commissioner for recommended projects. * Co-ordinate a multi neighbourhood provider and commissioner oversight panel to approve projects in line with outcomes and principles * Ensure approved project funding is managed within authorised budget envelopes for CCLIP specification * Advise the Commissioner of the funding schedules to be paid for each approved project * Assure the Commissioner on outcome achievement, payment awards and scheduling * Monitoring provider performance with monthly reports of approved projects and fund utilisation 2. Provider Management * Assurance of contractor resilience for project providers. 3. Relationship and stakeholder management * Develop trusted relationships with community providers, local councils, and the VCSEs * Facilitate cross-sector relationships and partnership models of service delivery and contractual frameworks among primary care and its partners. * The Co-ordinator must have established relationships with Primary Care Networks, Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and system partners across both Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) and Dorset places. 4. Coordinator of General practice The Coordinator will facilitate the development of GP services at scale, support functions on behalf of general practice: * Services at scale Facilitating models of care delivered at scale. Examples not exclusively including single, multi and neighbourhood provider models e.g. COVID-antiviral, MGUS, Gender Identity shared care prescribing services * General practice support services - Co-ordinating complaints - Act as the contact point for all complaints related to general practice that will come via the ICB's complaints team. Working with general practice to respond to the complaints adequately and with compassion. - Primary care support line - Act as a single point of contact for non-contractual related queries e.g. business continuity issues, non ICB commissioning queries. - Non-ICB commissioned queries/issues. Bringing system partners together as needed. - Operational issues - bringing general practice together to provider peer support and expertise to resolve operational issues. - Business continuity / operational issues - co-ordinating learning and best practice and leaning on mutual aid across PCNs to reach resolutions - Medicines Query service. - SystmOne formulary updates and medicines protocol maintenance. - Co-ordination of primary care medicines shortage management - Mutual Aid pharmacy leadership development for 'Developing pathway' PCNs Further discussions will be had with the provider to agree specific areas. * GP communication Co-ordinate the communication of key messages for GP practices, to ensure messages are shared effectively and local information is clearly understood. Locations The service will be delivered: * Virtually across all neighbourhoods via remote coordination, digital platforms, and shared communication tools. * Onsite, where required, at: - GP practices - Primary Care Network hubs - Community or local authority premises - Place or ICS coordination centres The Co-ordinator must maintain adequate physical presence to build relationships, understand local context, and support service delivery. Service Requirements and Standards * Governance and Accountability * Monthly reporting to the commissioner and relevant neighbourhood boards to provide assurance on how agreed projects are providing value for money and making a difference. * Participation in Place-level governance and Primary Care Transformation groups. * Maintenance of risk registers, action logs, and delivery plans. * Quality and Performance The Coordinator must meet KPIs relating to: - Delivery of agreed workplans - Timely issue resolution - Supplier/contract performance - Neighbourhood satisfaction surveys - Demonstrated administrative burden reduction - Value for money and cost avoidance tracking Dependencies and Interfaces The service will interface with: * GP practices and PCNs * Integrated Neighbourhood Teams * Local authorities * Community and Voluntary Sector partners * Acute and community NHS providers * ICS Digital, Estates, and Workforce teams * Other commissioned services contributing to neighbourhood level care * NHS Dorset ICB and/or the cluster commissioning organisation. The provider must have a good understanding of the Dorset health and care system, and the partners within it. The provider must maintain a presence in the county of Dorset (i.e. in either Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole or Dorset local authority footprint). The provider must have a mandate from Dorset GPs and primary care networks to represent them. ### Planning Information NHS Dorset ICB requires information on the market's capability and capacity to provide the services described in the Scope section. If you are interested in contributing to the development of our requirements we will be holding a market engagement event on Friday 10 April 2026 at 10am. This will be held online via Microsoft Teams. To register your interest please advise tracey.hall@nhsdorset.nhs.uk by Tuesday 7 April, 2026. The market engagement event will comprise: 45 mins of presentation of the draft specification 45 mins of feedback on the draft specification 30 mins of Q&A Participants will be given the opportunity for subsequent 1:1 discussions with the project team if requested. EOI TIMETABLE 23/03/2026 Publication of the Expression of Interest 07/04/2026 Deadline for advising of attendance at the market engagement event 10/04/2026 Market engagement event - via Teams 13/04/2026- 17/04/2026 Opportunity for 1:1 discussions RIGHT TO CANCEL OR VARY THIS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST NHS Dorset ICB reserves the right to: - Cancel all or part of this EOI at any stage and at any time; - Amend, clarify, add to or withdraw all or part of the EOI at any time - Not proceed with a contract award. Nothing shall constitute a commitment to ordering unless NHS Dorset ICB undertake a procurement process that results in the award of a contract. GENERAL Any and all costs associated with the production of such a response to an EOI must be borne by the potential Economic Operator. We will not contribute in any way to meeting production costs of any response. Information contained within this document is confidential and must not be revealed to any third party without prior written consent from us. We expect that all responses to this EOI will be provided by potential Economic Operator in good faith to the best of their ability in the light of information available at the time of their response. GENERAL CONTACT POINT FOR THIS EOI: Project Lead Name: Tracey Hall Position: Head of Place, NHS Dorset ICB Email Address: Tracey.hall@nhsdorset.nhs.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026338-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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 | 23 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 17 Apr 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £750,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS DORSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | DORCHESTER | | Post town | Dorchester | | Postcode | DT1 1XJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK64 Dorset | | Local authority | Dorset | | Electoral ward | Dorchester West | | Westminster constituency | West Dorset | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 66 - Financial and insurance services ### Codes - 66140000 - Portfolio management services ## Release History - 23 Mar 2026 at 14:46 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026338-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026338-2026 23rd March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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