IOW Community STOMA Service

Tender description

NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group ('the CCG') expects to commence a procurement process in March 2019, for sponsorship for the provision of a Community STOMA Service commencing July 2019. Main Aims and objectives of the STOMA service: • Delivery of care within the community; • Support primary care to manage long term conditions; • Reduced costs for prescribing through formulary development; • Clinically appropriate prescribing and reduced waste through annual reviews; • Reduced activity within secondary care environment; • Increased support to patients within acute episode of care; • Access to quality monitoring data to ensure service is delivering objectives. The CCG is seeking to engage with suppliers to inform their Tender development for the above service, by asking interested parties to complete a Request for Information Form (RFI) to feed back on the current indicative draft specification. This Notice and any subsequent dialogue with suppliers are without prejudice to any subsequent procurement and does not constitute an expression of interest at this time. How to Take Part The Contracting Authority is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this Procurement and to communicate with potential Bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and all communications with the Contracting Authority will be conducted electronically via the Portal. Interested parties should access the portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning; suppliers using the portal for the first time must register to receive a password for their initial login. If you have not accessed the Portal before, InTend registration is quick and free - follow the instructions on the front page of the InTend website (supplier side). To complete an RFI, please search for the Tender reference F9610_RFI in the portal "current opportunities" and access the RFI document, complete and return via portal message by the deadline requested. Queries on the RFI process should be sent via the portal messaging system. However, should participants have any problems using the Portal, they should contact carolswann@nhs.net .