Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare

BWPC (Bristol & Weston NHS Purchasing Consortium), plan to utilise the NHS Workforce Alliance RM6276 - Insourced Services - NHS Workforce Alliance to support the Provision of Healthcare and thereby conduct a mini-competition under this Framework. Only suppliers awarded under this Framework will be eligible to submit a bid.

This procurement will be governed by the NHS Provider Selection Regime. BWPC (Bristol & Weston NHS Purchasing Consortium), plan to utilise NHS Workforce Alliance RM6276 - Insourced Services to support the Provision of Healthcare and thereby conduct a mini-competition under this Framework.

Only suppliers awarded under this Framework will be eligible to bid. However we would welcome bids from framework suppliers that utilise other suppliers (i.e. sub-contracts) to meet the full requirements.

This procurement will be governed by the NHS Provider Selection Regime. The objective is to improve patient access, reduce waiting times, and enhance the efficiency of elective care services by leveraging external healthcare providers within the existing healthcare facility.

BWPC are sourcing for the provision of the following specialties: Specialty 1 Breast Care 2 Cardiology 3 Cardiology Diagnostics 4 Care of the Elderly 5 Cleft 6 Dental 7 Dermatology 8 DEXA (bone density scans) 9 Diabetes and Endocrine 10 Endoscopy 11 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 12 Gastroenterology and Hepatology 13 General Surgery (including Colorectal and Upper Gastrointestinal) 14 Gynaecology 15 Hernia 16 Histology 17 Neurophysiology 18 Non-obstetric ultrasound (NOUS) 19 Ophthalmology 20 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 21 Paediatric Cardiology 22 Paediatric Dentistry 23 Paediatric Surgery (including ENT, Cleft, Maxillofacial and Urology) 24 Plastics skin/general 25 Radiology Reporting 26 Respiratory (including Lung Function, NIV and Sleep) 27 Thoracic Surgery The prospective route to market for any award will be via a mini-competition under PSR regulations. The anticipated contract length is planned for initial 2 years with one optional 12 month extension (2+1).

All suppliers with an interest in this opportunity are encouraged to attend the online briefing, which will be hosted via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 3rd June *time to be confirmed and Link to follow. During this session, the Trust will present its objectives and explain the rationale behind the procurement.

The event is open to all suppliers and is not limited to those on the Framework. Each supplier may nominate up to two representatives to attend.

The webinar will be recorded for those suppliers unable to join live, and the recording will be made available upon request and through the mini-competition. Following the webinar, a Supplier Capability Assessment will be issued to all suppliers listed under Framework RM6276.

A link to the recording of the webinar will also be shared with this document via SAP Ariba. All Suppliers on the framework will receive the Capability Assessment regardless of whether not they attend the briefing.

Capability Assessments duly completed and received by the deadline stated herein shall be subject to evaluation. Only those responses (either independently or through sub-contracts) that (i) demonstrate the capability to meet the requirements in full and (ii) confirm their intention to participate by the stated deadline shall be invited to participate in any subsequent or associated further competition.

Capability Assessments received after the stated deadline shall not be evaluated. Any supplier that fails to submit a completed Capability Assessment shall not be eligible to participate in any further competition. Suppliers that expressly indicate that they do not wish to participate, or that fail to respond by the stated deadline, shall not be invited to participate in any associated further competition.