NECS362 Primary Care Dementia Support Service Request for Information NHS Newcastle and Gateshead CCG

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NECS362 Primary Care Dementia Support Service Request for Information - NHS Newcastle and Gateshead CCG - North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) proposes to engage with the wider market to inform future service model development and/or commissioning intentions for the provision of a Primary Care Dementia Support Service for the population of the CCG area. Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group is interested to hear from providers who could deliver a Dementia support service which would be integrated with Primary Care in Newcastle and Gateshead. This service would be required to demonstrate the successful use of the Dementia Register to reach people diagnosed with dementia who were often otherwise not receiving any support. The primary aim of the service is for every person existing and newly diagnosed with dementia to have access to a named Dementia support worker. The service would be expected to gather feedback for service users to continuously improve the service, report results of the evaluation to commissioners. The budget for this service is £500,000 for 4 years Registering an Interest for this Market Engagement Exercise The CCG is seeking to obtain input and feedback from provider organisations as part of the development of potential service models for delivery of a Primary Care Dementia Support Service. If your organisation would like to register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is utilising an electronic tendering tool (In-Tend) (e-Tendering system) to manage this market engagement exercise and communicate with potential bidders in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102). It is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering; they should contact the In-Tend helpdesk via: support@in-tend.com or call us on 0845 557 8079 / +44 (0) 114 407 0065. The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm. Please note that the deadline for RFI responses is 12.00 noon on 25/03/2020. Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the InTend portal. Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.