General management consultancy services

Tender description

The aim of the Elective Care development collaborative programme is to test a number of interventions designed to reduce demand and support the long-term financial sustainability of the NHS. Currently, there is a significant ‘improvement gap’ in Elective Care services nationally, with recognised space for service improvement and more effective management of demand. The requirement is for a consultancy company/companies to provide both knowledge and resource to ensure the NHS can support large-scale service improvements over an intermediate and long-term horizon for Wave 2 of the Elective Care development collaborative programme. The contract value is approximately GBP 600 000 excluding VAT for an estimated contract period of 9 months from July 2017 to March 2018. The key requirements are for the following 4 elements of the Wave 2 programme: — Planning — Pre 100 day testing preparatory work with the sites — (mid. July 2017 — October 2017). This will include providing specialist advice of agile rapid testing methodology to ensure the right conditions are set for a successful, innovative testing period and provide advice and support to 3 local sites on design. — (b) Rapid Implementation 100 day testing — Run the 100 day testing period, implementing interventions and auditing results in data and analysing and monitoring progress (Nov 2017 — Jan 2018) — (c) Evaluation and Demand Management guides production: Evaluate the findings and produce three demand management guides for the three specialities ready for regional dissemination and implementation — (d) Capability building and Skills transfer (Learning and Development): Build on the current materials available to implement the method. Run a series of train-the-trainer ‘How to’ sessions.