PROVISION OF INTEGRATED URGENT CARE: URGENT CARE CENTRES (MINOR INJURY AND MINOR ILLNESS) FOR ELR CCG

This is a call for competition.

NHS East Leicestershire & Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are commissioning a new out of hours service.

The Commissioner wishes to receive responses to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services required.

The Provider must ensure services are appropriate to local needs, access and convenience are important aspects of a patient-centred service, but it is also vital that the services are appropriate and responsive to the needs of the local population.

The aim of all the services is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients in East Leicestershire & Rutland.

It is proposed that the terms and conditions of all the services, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in ntegrated Urgent Care: Urgent Care Centres (Minor Injury and Minor Illness) Service.

The main benefits and expected outcomes are:  Equity of access and quality of the service across East Leicestershire & Rutland  Ensuring value for money and the most efficient use of available resources across the health and social care economy  Promoting and ensuring a positive patient experience  Aligning services to deliver the GP 5 Year Forward View The contract lengths will be 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years subject to satisfactory review.

The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract.

The ITT will be live on the 14th September 2018 on M&L CSU Bravo portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 on the 12th October 2018.

Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process up to a week before the ITT deadline, i.e. the deadline for submitting clarification questions on the tender is 17:00 8th October 2018.

Interested providers are guided to the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk to register their interest and gain access to this procurement's documents and more specific information.

Please see next page for instructions on how to register on the portal.