PRJ-1139-NHS SEL ICB - Urgent Treatment Service and Out of Hours Home Visiting Service – for the Royal Borough of Greenwich

Tender description

<p>South-East London Integrated Care Board (SEL ICB) wish to commission the following</p> <ul> <li>an Urgent Treatment Service (UTC) that includes an out-of-hours service</li> <li>a GP Out of Hours Home Visiting Service</li> </ul> <p>The intention is to commission the two services in separate lots. The tenders may be submitted for one or for both services.&nbsp; Services will be commissioned under two contracts, unless the successful bidder is the same for both lots, whereby&nbsp; a single contract will be awarded combining both services.</p> <p><strong>Greenwich UTC – Lot 1</strong></p> <p>The borough of Greenwich has one UTC which is co-located within the Emergency Department (ED) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH Woolwich). &nbsp;It will be open 24 hours a day seven days a week.</p> <p><strong>Out-of-Hours Home Visiting – Lot 2</strong></p> <p>The service will be expected to treat and care for people with an urgent care need in their own home, &nbsp;thereby reducing the number of ambulance call outs and&nbsp; reducing the need for hospital admission.</p> <p>The provider will be expected to work closely with the NHS 111-CAS provider, who will be the source of referrals into the service.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This service will provide urgent home visits when GP surgeries are typically closed, from 6.30pm to 8am weekdays, all day at weekends and all day on Bank Holidays.&nbsp;</p> <p>Greenwich covers geographical areas with high deprivation and significant population diversity.</p> <p>The provider will need to ensure its workforce are suitably skilled, have local knowledge regarding local services and are supported and adept to meet and manage these challenges.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The successful bidder can phase the mobilisation of the services during circa February and July 2023 – but all services under the new contract must be operational by the 1st of July 2023.</p> <p>The maximum contract term of 7 years (3yrs with optional extensions for further + 2yrs + 2yrs ).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We anticipate that the maximum value over a 7-year contract period is (£40.6 Million) for the UTC, and for the OOH HV (£2.1Million).</p> <p>The ITT reference for this tender is PRJ1139. All completed bids must be submitted by <strong>17.00 on Monday 5th December 2022.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Keywords: UTC, Greenwich, NHS SEL ICB, Out-of-Hours , Home Visiting , QEH Woolwich