Community Paediatric Services – Out of Hospital Model on behalf of Harrow CCG

Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in collaboration with Harrow London Borough Council (Speech and Language Therapy service element) are seeking to commission an integrated, innovative paediatric community service that meets the needs of children and young people aged from 0 to 19 (0- 25 with a for children with Special Educational Needs Disabilities (SEND)), across the Harrow footprint.

The vision for Harrow CCG is to commission integrated out of hospital services to ensure primary and community care can provide the right care in the right place, at the right time, first time, by staff with the competencies and skills to meet the needs of patients/service users, which complement and work together with acute care services.

Additional information: The Contracting Authority anticipates awarding a contract for 2 years to the appointed provider with the option to extend for a further 1 year at the Contracting Authority’s discretion.

The expected service commencement date is 1st April 2017.

The annual value of the contract is estimated to be £2,500,000-£3,500,000 per year.

Potential Bidders are invited to a market engagement event on: Friday, 7th October 2016 at 2pm until 4pm.

***INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ASKED TO CONFIRM THE ATTENDANCE OF UP TO 2 ATTENDEES AND RETURN THE ATTACHED PRE-EVENT QUESTIONNAIRE TO: e.streeter@nhs.net REFERENCING ‘Harrow Community Paediatric Services – Out of Hospital Model’ IN THE TITLE.

THE DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IS 12pm, 23rd September 2016.