PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE - PREHABILITATION FOR SURGERY SERVICE (PILOT)

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This is a prior information notice with future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the CCGs' commissioning intentions. NHS Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will be commissioning a multimodal prehabilitation for surgery service on behalf of the three CCG's: Leicester City CCG, West Leicestershire CCG and East Leicestershire & Rutland CCG. The service will be commissioned as a pilot for 1 year with the possibility of a 1-year extension. The Commissioners will be considering inviting offers to deliver a supervised exercise programme as part of a multimodal prehabilitation for surgery pilot project. The project aims to deliver 300 patient episodes potentially over 2 years for patients in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland undergoing major surgery, at locations convenient for patients across LLR. It is proposed that the terms and conditions of all the services, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in the NHS England Standard Short form contract. The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process, advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract. We recommend any current providers of similar services, providers who may be interested in providing this service in the future, or other stakeholders who may have an interest in providing this service to register on Contracts Finder and on the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo for alerts, please see links below. https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (to register on the ML CSU Bravo portal please see instructions on attached full advert) Additional information: To register on the Bravo portal 1. If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. Register on the portal webpage at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). 2. Once registered, candidates must Express their Interest by: a. logging into the ML CSU eTendering Bravo portal b. selecting response to the relevant ITT, c. select Open Access relevant ITT, d. search for and access listing related to this contract and view details, e. click on Express Interest link. 3. Once you have expressed your interest, please access the My ITTs page, where you can view all the documentation (and download if required) and construct your reply in the bravo online questionnaire, as instructed. The deadline will be detailed in the tender documentation. For technical support in submitting your Expression of Interest or registering on the 'Bravo Solution' Electronic Sourcing system please contact the Bravo Solution helpdesk via Tel: 0800 069 8630 or email: help@bravosolution.co.uk All communications from Bidders (including their Bidder Members) during the period of the Procurement must be directed to MLCSU via the 'messaging' area within the ML CSU online procurement portal: https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. Strictly no other forms of communication to MLCSU or the Commissioner will be accepted (including telephone calls, postal queries/submissions, faxes or email communications) during this period