SEL Diabetes Education, Housebound Long-Term Conditions Review and Community Phlebotomy Services

Descriptions

The CCG is seeking expressions of interest for the delivery of services in London brough of Bexley. We are seeking a single Bexley located provider who can demonstrate expertise in the delivery of all the following areas: 1. Diabetes education - the structured education service for patients (adults and/or children) with type 1 or type 2 diabetes within the London Borough of Bexley area. Provider must work closely with Bexley GP practices to improve the uptake of the diabetes structured education programme in Bexley. 2. Housebound annual long-term conditions review service - the provision of annual reviews for all housebound patients with one or more long term condition, including phlebotomy service as instructed by the GP practice. 3. Community Phlebotomy - the provision of phlebotomy capacity within the four Bexley Primary Care Networks to alleviate pressure on existing phlebotomy services in the area. The service will be open to all adults with GPs encouraged to refer those who are frail, vulnerable, or less able to travel as a priority. It is expected that following a procurement process in June 2022, the new contract will run for a period of 12 months with a further extension option of 12 months (12+12) (maximum 24 months in total). The total value of the contract (over 24 months) will be £470,000 which equates to £235,000 per annum (including irrecoverable VAT). Please note that this opportunity is open only to suppliers located in the Geographical area of SEL CCG and SMEs/VCSEs. This means only these suppliers can bid for the opportunity. Interested organisation must express an interest via Pro-contract e-tendering portal. Bidders needs to register on Pro-contract if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link. https://procontract.due-north.com/Register Once registered, you can express an interest in this project and submit the EOI form by clicking the following link to this specific project: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=86dc2e34-b2a3-ec11-8112-005056b64545 Please note that any expressions of interests by any other means will not be considered. Duly completed EOI Bid Response documents for this project must be submitted via the 'Request for Information' section on Pro-Contract e-tendering portal. The deadline for expression of interest is 14:00 on 04 April 2022. Any expressions of interest received after this deadline will not be considered. In line with the Health and Care Bill it is envisaged that CCGs will be abolished and replaced by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Any reference to CCGs as Contracting Authorities in this procurement should be interpreted as referring to the ICBs that will take their place in due course. Please note that the contract(s) will be awarded without further publication. Interested organisations must express their interest as instructed in this PIN notice if they wish to take part in this procurement process.