Proposed Provision of Community Dermatology Services for Lincolnshire East CCG

Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group (LECCG) is seeking to procure a short-term “Proof of Concept” Community Dermatology Service. LECCG dermatology services are currently provided only from secondary care.

The main current providers are United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust, and North Lincolnshire and Goole. The service excludes two-week wait and Tier-four patients.

All other patients aged six and over will be referred to the community dermatology service for assessment, diagnosis and treatment, within a shorter time frame. The service is a “proof of concept” and will be frequently evaluated and developed to inform the future commissioning requirements for dermatology.

The term of the contract is for 12-18 months. The CCG wishes to hear from suitably qualified and experienced community dermatology providers who may be interested in delivering these Services.

Please note that this is not a formal procurement advertisement. To express an interest, please complete the form online through the Arden & GEM Bravo e-tendering portal - gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk.

To complete the form online: i) Register on the portal at: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). ii) Express interest by a) logging-in to the GEMCSU e-Tendering portal b) selecting response to advert and PQQ, c) select Open Access PQQ, d) search for and access listing related to this contract and view details e) click on Express Interest link iii) Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can complete the questionnaire. Please note that this is not a PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate with interested parties.

Any Expressions of Interest shall not automatically entitle involvement in the future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this notice shall be advertised separately and all organisations wishing to participate shall need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.

A contract notice will be placed on Contract Finder to advertise the Procurement process. Please note that the proposed date for publication of the contract notice in the section below is a guideline only and may be subject to change.

The services to which this advertisement relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations. Neither placement of this notice nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any Regulations, save those applicable to Part B services. Please see the attached document for more details on this opportunity.