North Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Minor Hand Surgery Service

Tender description

This opportunity has previously been advertised as a future opportunity on contracts finder and also OJEU. OJEU reference 2017/S 167-343698. NHS North Staffordshire and NHS Stoke on Trent CCGs serve a registered population of approximately 502,000 people. The CCGs are considering the possible procurement of an Adult Community Minor Hand Surgery Service for the population of Northern Staffordshire, using a single provider route. The community based service shall provide high quality minor hand surgical procedures for Carpal Tunnel Decompression and Trigger Finger Release as part of the orthopaedic/musculoskeletal pathway. The overarching aims of the service are to provide: • A high quality, cost effective and patient centred surgical procedures for people with Carpal Tunnel and Trigger Finger. • Timely access to reduce waiting times and achievement of the 18 week referral to treatment target. • Community based provision, offering an alternative to secondary care • Clinically effective treatments that reduce the demand on secondary care (acute) services and reduce the need for more costly interventions Further details, to include contract duration will be made available at a later date only to those organisations who have registered their interest in this service. Organisations wishing to express an interest and provide additional procurement-specific information should provide the following details by email to olena.florek@nhs.net or Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Sunday 1st October 2017. The following information must be stated in the email: organization name and address, contact name, telephone number, Organisations should also confirm their registration on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo Portal https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. If not registered, organisations should follow the link and register on the portal. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk Candidates should also register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. For technical support in registering on the Bravo system, please contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk