Additional Capacity Planning

Description

HealthTrust Europe is seeking to establish a framework agreement for the supply of Additional Capacity Planning Services. The scope of this framework agreement includes Digital Health, Clinical Insourcing and Mobile and Modular Theatre Solutions.(“Agreement”) The Framework will run for an initial period of 12 months with the option for HealthTrust Europe to extend on one or more occasions in 12 month periods, up to a maximum of 48 months (in total) (1+1+1+1) TERMS AND CONDITIONS / ACTIVITY BASED INCOME (ABI) The terms and conditions of this Agreement and any resulting call-off contract is appended to the ITT. These terms include provisions requiring the payment by the supplier of an ABI management charge in consideration of the award of this Agreement, the management and administration by HTE of the overall contract structure and associated documentation, as well as the requirement to submit regular management information to HTE. SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST AND PROCUREMENT INFORMATION This exercise will be conducted on the HTE Bravo (Jaggaer) portal. Candidates wishing to be considered must register expressions of interest as follows: Register on the HTE portal at https://healthtrusteurope.bravosolution.co.uk. Login to the portal with username/password. Click the SQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers link. These are the SQs/ITTs open to any registered supplier. Click on the relevant SQ/ ITT to access the content. Click the Express Interest button at the top of the page. This will move the SQ/ITT into your My SQs/My ITTs page. You can access any attachments by clicking Buyer Attachments in the SQ/ITT Details box. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the SQ/ITT. Submit your reply using the Submit Response button at the top of the page. If you require any further advice, contact the Bravo e- Tendering Help Desk at help@bravosolution.co.uk. Sid4Gov HTE utilises the sid4gov supplier information database. Candidates should register on sid4gov at https://sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/organisation/register and submit their sid4gov company profile for publication on the database. Candidates already registered on sid4gov must ensure information is up to date. Where access to sid4gov is unavailable, please contact the sid4gov helpdesk at sid4gov@gps.gsi.gov.uk. Please note that sid4gov does not prepopulate any fields of the SQ on HTE's Bravo portal. Candidates must complete the Qualification & Technical Envelopes of the SQ in Bravo in full. Lot 1a: Digital Health - Virtual Consultation Under the provision of this Lot, Tenderers may offer a solution whereby the patient, or their carer accesses the platform to input information for review and has the option for a virtual consultation. Lot 1b: Digital Health - Remote Patient Monitoring Equipment This Lot offers solutions to healthcare providers to enable the monitoring of patient health data outside of a clinical setting. The devices and/or systems under this Lot must have the capability to collect data and promptly translate into a useable format that assists caregivers in deciding the appropriate course of action. Lot 1c: Digital Health - Remote Patient Monitoring Service & Equipment This Lot enables healthcare providers to insource the full range of elective Surgical and Medical Specialties offered under the NHS Tariff Payment System. Clinical experts will be deployed in existing departmental structures where Spare Capacity is identified by a healthcare provider. Typically, clinical experts will operate during the night and at weekends. Tenderers must be able to support healthcare providers in: • Reducing waiting lists to achieve UK Government and Department of Health targets by maximising the use of internal spare capacity; • improving the management of patient flow so that resources for care co-ordination are better directed; and • Providing a patient-focussed and Consultant-led insourced solution. Lot 2: Clinical Insourcing Solutions This Lot enables healthcare providers to insource the full range of elective Surgical and Medical Specialties offered under the NHS Tariff Payment System through a Supplier utilising Consultant-led clinical experts to work within existing departmental structures where there is spare capacity available. Typically operating during the night and at weekends, awarded Suppliers are able to support healthcare providers in: • Reducing waiting lists to support healthcare providers achieve UK Government and Department of Health targets, through maximising the use of internal spare capacity; • Retaining capacity planning and delivery in-house; and • Providing a patient-focussed and Consultant-led insourced solution. Lot 3a: Modular Buildings This lot will be used by Participating Authority(ies) for the purchase, hire or lease of modular buildings to provide additional capacity. These buildings can be permanent or interim solutions. Solutions can be from standard through to bespoke designs, delivered & installed. Including associated products & services for supply and commissioning of the buildings. Tenderers should be able to provide solutions suitable for clinical and/or non-clinical requirements. Lot 3b: Operating Theatre Consumables & Devices This Lot will be used by Participating Authority(ies) for the purchase, hire or lease of medical devices and consumables. It is required that all Tenderers are able to provide a product offering in at least one of the core elective specialties. For the purposes of the invitation to tender, core elective specialities means Medical Devices and Consumables used for the diagnosis, treatment and/or follow up of patients (“Core Elective Specialities”). Core Elective Specialties: 1. Ear, Nose & Throat 2. General Surgery 3. Gynaecology 4. Orthopaedics 5. Spinal Surgery 6. Urology Other Elective Specialties: 7. Anaesthetics & Pain Management 8. Audiology 9. Cardiology 10. Endoscopy 11. Gastroenterology & Endoscopy 12. Interventional Radiology 13. Maxillofacial 14. Neurology 15. Neurophysiology 16. Oral Medicine & Surgery 17. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 18. Radiology 19. Rheumatology 20. Vascular Surgery Lot 3c: Operating Theatre Service and Equipment The key aim of this Lot is to establish a partnership arrangement to help improve efficiency, reduce costs and to deliver an improved service to the Participating Authority(ies) with their elective care programme. This Lot will be used by Participating Authority(ies) for the purchase, hire or lease of Operating theatre and/or labs for Capital and Equipment. Lot 4: Managed Services The managed service refers to the transfer of certain operational and administrative tasks that would otherwise be performed by the Participating Authority, from a Participating Authority to a third-party professional service provider in order for the Participating Authority to achieve its additional capacity objectives (“Managed Service”). The service provider will have the contractual responsibility for the planning, deployment, delivery and management of the service, this may also include personnel and physical labour, equipment, systems and software, infrastructure and supplies, health and safety and administration and other associated services linked to the delivery and smooth running of the managed service. Prime Vendor and Subcontractor arrangements: Tenderers bidding for this Lot are not mandated to supply every element of the requirements directly and can appoint subcontractors thus making the Tenderer a Prime Vendor. The Prime Vendor may appoint a subcontractor who has been awarded to any of the Lots, mentioned above. By appointing a subcontractor(s), the Prime Vendor accepts full responsibility of their subcontractor(s). This Lot will only operate via mini competition process, service providers can compete and provide accurate bids for Participating Authorities bespoke requirements.