Hospital services

Tender description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's Commercial Procurement Service seeks to introduce a new commercial Framework Agreement which will allow UK public bodies to procure on-site surgical and medical capacity solutions. This will enable Participating Authorities to act quickly in realising efficiencies. This Invitation To Tender (ITT) is offered in three lots: Lot 1 On-Site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions (with no provision of capital equipment or infrastructure upgrades) Lot 2 On-Site Surgical and Medical Capacity Solutions (including provision of capital equipment and/or infrastructure upgrades) Lot 3 Pathway Redesign and Implementation Further details are provided in the ITT accompanying this Contract Notice which can be viewed at www.nhssourcing.co.uk The overall aims of the Lot 1 Services are to provide NHS Organisations with fully compliant solutions which supplement the delivery of patient care by NHS Organisations in line with the NHS' core Key Performance Indicators including but not limited to: A&E 4 hour wait targets, elective 18 week Referral to Treatment targets, cancelled procedures targets, bed availability and utilisation targets, timely and appropriate diagnostic testing targets and urgent 2 week GP referral rules for suspected cancer. The Lot 1 Services will aim: — To provide high quality support that can be called upon at relatively short notice. — To prevent inappropriate waiting times for patients and assist NHS Organisations in meeting national targets and guidelines. — To enable delivery of a Patient Pathway from referral to treatment that removes unnecessary delay in treatment. — To establish a positive working relationship between an NHS Organisation and the Supplier to facilitate and maximise service delivery, the emphasis being on timely, quality, cost effective, evidence-based care, with appropriate clinical protocols and audit where possible. — To provide medical, nursing or other staff as a part of the Lot 1 Services to perform clinical and support activities, including therapies and administration. — To help Trusts to avoid unnecessary, inappropriate primary and secondary referrals — To provide tailored audit and review processes with national and locally agreed Key Performance Indicators. Lot 1 Services do not include the sourcing by the Supplier of additional capital equipment and/or infrastructure upgrades. The overall aims of the Lot 2 Services are to provide NHS Organisations with fully compliant solutions which supplement the delivery of patient care by NHS Organisations in line with the NHS' core Key Performance Indicators including but not limited to: A&E 4 hour wait targets, elective 18 week Referral to Treatment targets, cancelled procedures targets, bed availability and utilisation targets, timely and appropriate diagnostic testing targets and urgent 2 week GP referral rules for suspected cancer. The Lot 2 Services will aim: — To provide high quality support that can be called upon at relatively short notice. — To prevent inappropriate waiting times for patients and assist NHS Organisations in meeting national targets and guidelines. — To enable delivery of a Patient Pathway from referral to treatment that removes unnecessary delay in treatment. — To establish a positive working relationship between an NHS Organisation and the Supplier to facilitate and maximise service delivery, the emphasis being on timely, quality, cost effective, evidence-based care, with appropriate clinical protocols and audit where possible. — To provide medical, nursing and other staff as a part of the service to perform clinical and support activities, including therapies and administration. — To help NHS Organisations to achieve additional physical capacity, such as capital equipment or infrastructure upgrades for the purposes of repatriating patients. — To help Trusts to avoid unnecessary, inappropriate primary and secondary referrals. — To provide tailored audit and review processes with national and locally agreed Key Performance Indicators. Lot 2 Services may include the sourcing by the Supplier of additional high quality capital equipment and/or infrastructure upgrades using innovative funding models to optimise the performance of the facilities without necessitating additional NHS Organisation capital spend. Such equipment and infrastructure upgrade may include outpatient, diagnostic, ward space or any other upgrades to existing facilities which enhance capacity and/or throughput. Innovative funding models may include guaranteed minimum activity levels to cover any capital investment made by the Supplier, with such minimum activity levels to be agreed with the NHS Organisation and described in the Call Off Contract. This Lot will seeks Suppliers who will carry out a detailed assessment of an NHS Organisation's patient pathway or pathways, the supporting infrastructure and the service provided, propose means to optimise the patient pathway(s) considering existing infrastructure and equipment constraints and potential for future expansion and subsequently implement the redesigned patient pathway(s).