NHS England and NHS Improvement South (South West) - Dorset Sexual Assault Referral Centre Services
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITEstimated Value
Up to £3,721,000
Deadline
24 August 2020
Published
1 July 2020
Type
services
Key points
- Be people-oriented and focused on addressing the needs of service users
- Provide consistency of available services offered to different age groups, i.e. adults and paediatrics, and equal access to services
- Meet national quality and clinical standards
- Provide value and effectiveness of provision
- Ensure 24/7 access to crisis support and specialist clinical and forensic care/ advice
- Ensure the workforce has the required capabilities and competencies
- Operate as part of a coherent Sexual Assault Pathway
- Ensure effective collaboration with key partners Key elements of Dorset SARC services include:
- Adult provision
- Paediatric provision, co-delivered by paediatricians at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust (PHFT)
- Forensic Physicians (for complex cases and pre-pubertal children up to their 14th birthday)
- Forensic Nurse Examiners (for adults and post-pubertal young people aged 14 years and above)
- Crisis Workers
- Estates and facilities (in liaison with Dorset Police and the OPCC) Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) services and therapeutic provision fall outside of the scope of this contract. The Dorset SARC provider will be required to work closely with the paediatric department from PHFT, who are commissioned separately by NHSE/I to provide the paediatric workforce for assessment and examinations of children and young people. PHFT also deliver provision of non-recent/historic Child Sexual Abuse Services. Services will be delivered under the national service specification (Spec 30), coupled with the Dorset (local) specification, that are aligned with best practice, current Faculty for Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM) guidelines and current Royal Colleges' guidance. Where standards and guidance are reviewed and updated during the life of the contract, SARC services must maintain compliance with any changes and as such the contract may be varied accordingly. The Commissioner contracted the Services using the National NHS Standard Contract. The contract will be for a term of 7 years and will commence from 1st April 2021. The total contract value is £3,720,206 over the seven years. This procurement was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners. Additional information: These services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
Key dates
- Commences
- 1st April 2021
- Duration
- 7 years
Regulations cited
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
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NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNITKey Dates
Published
1 July 2020
Submission deadline
24 August 2020
Notice type
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