PRJ-784 Newham Community Cardiology, Dermatology, Gynaecology and Minor Surgery Services

Newham Clinical Commissioning Group (NCCG) intend to commission a new model of community services for four specialties, Cardiology, Dermatology, Gynaecology and Minor Surgery, in the Newham area. This decision was reached following a review of existing contractual arrangements and the expiry of the current contracts. The purpose of the procurement is to enable patients to access the right care first time and to support the acute trust in meeting their 18 week RTT targets.
The specialties will be tendered as four individual lots. There is no limit to the number of lots that a single provider can bid. .

Services will be delivered from multiple sites across the borough and the number of clinics will be determined by patient demand following the introduction of the new care pathway. Existing provision is as follows although this is currently being reviewed and may be subject to change;
• Cardiology 4-5 clinics per month delivered from 1 site
• Dermatology (Consultant led) 19 clinics per month delivered across three sites
• Gynaecology (Consultant led and delivered) 6-8 clinics held per month from one site
• Minor Surgery 16-20 clinics per month currently delivered across three sites

The CCG are however open to potential bidders outlining their own potential service delivery model.
Indicative contract value for each services will be provided at the bidder event.
The contracts will commissioned via an NHS Standard Contract for a period of three years with the possibility of a further two year extension period.
The CCGs wishes to invite potentially interested providers of the services to a bidder event to be held on Friday 12 July 2019 from 09:00- 11:00. The event will be held at Newham CCG, Unex Tower, 5 Station Street, Stratford, E15 1DA.

Please note all attendees must register in advance to attend the bidder event. If you wish to participate, please submit a completed registration form by 10 July 2019 via the tender portal. The form can be accessed via the tender portal at https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=27452178-ef90-e911-80f8-005056b64545. Interested parties must register an account on the portal and, once registered and logged in, you must express an interest in the project to access the Registration Form. Further instructions on how to access the project can be found at the following link: https://supplierhelp.due-north.com/Opportunities1.html . Once in the project screen the form can be accessed, completed and submitted via the messaging facility.