Dermatology services

Tender description

This procurement is for a new tier 2 community dermatology service in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The contract duration will be for 3 years, which is intended to run from 1.11.2018 until 31.10.2021 with the possibility of one extension of up to 2 years (31.10.2023). The anticipated, maximum total contract value (including any potential extensions) is 3 605 441 GBP with an annual value estimated at 721 088 GBP. This procurement is for a new tier 2 community dermatology service in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The main outcomes of the service will be: — equitable access and treatment of dermatology patients presenting with dermatological problems within different levels of deprivation, — increased overall patient’s satisfaction with dermatology services, — provider services closer to patients’ home, — improved communication between community, secondary and primary care services provider, specialist clinicians and primary care, — improved quality of care within primary and community settings regardless of provider, — increased patient choice, — improved access to advice and information, increased knowledge and awareness of the management of dermatology for patients, — reduced waiting time for patient’s access to specialist care in the community, — improve access to advice and information with increased knowledge and awareness of the self-management of their condition. The contract duration will be for 3 years, which is intended to run from 1.11.2018 until 31.10.2021 with the possibility of one extension of up to 2 years (31.10.2023). The anticipated, maximum total contract value (including any potential extensions) is 3 605 441 GBP with an annual value estimated at 721 088 GBP. The Services to which this procurement relates fall within schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the ‘Regulations’). As such, the procurement of the service is being run as a single-stage application process applying the open procedure.