BME Health Forum

The project's primary aim is to ensure the needs and concerns of BME communities and organisations influence the commissioning and delivery of services, resulting in improved access to services and health outcomes:

• To empower and enable BME communities to engage with and influence commissioners and providers. • To improve commissioner and provider understanding of and response to the needs of BME communities. • To improve communication between BME community organisations, commissioners and providers. • To develop a continuation strategy for sustained activity following the lifecycle of this initiative. • To contribute towards the evidence base relating to the contribution of involvement mechanisms in improving health and well-being. Full details of the Contracting Authority's requirements are included within the Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation available from the EU-Supply Portal (see below), including a detailed Service Specification and a Memorandum of Information (MOI) providing background information to the need and intentions of this service.

Additional information: To access and download a copy of the Service Specification and details of the procurement process, potential Bidders are invited to login to the electronic procurement portal "EU-Supply" available at https://nhssbs.eu-supply.com . Registration on EU-Supply is FREE OF CHARGE. Once logged into EU-Supply, search for TENDER REFERENCE 29306 "BME Health Forum Service", then REGISTER INTEREST. You can then download the documents. Please see EU-Supply Quick User Guide (attached) which will assist your use of the portal. For any technical support, contact the EU-Supply Helpdesk on 0800 840 2050 or support@eu-supply.com. ***DEADLINE for Bid Submissions via the EU-Supply Portal is 12noon, Monday 6th November 2017***