Community Audiology (Derby and Derbyshire ICB) - Market Engagement

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB commissions an adult (18+) direct access community audiology service. This service provides hearing assessments and, if necessary, the supply and fitting of one or two hearing aids along with follow-up support. Patients 55 and older can self-refer, whereas those younger than 55 require a GP referral. In the 2022/23 period, it delivered roughly 55,500 interventions.<br/><br/>The purpose of this advert is to help facilitate engagement with the market to support the commissioner develop its commissioning and procurement strategy for this service.<br/><br/>As part of this engagement, and to facilitate the above, the commissioner will be requesting providers to complete and submit a market engagement survey and is also inviting the market to register to attend an online market engagement event, which is scheduled for Monday the 20th May 2024.<br/><br/>There will also be the opportunity for providers to attend 1:1 meetings with the commissioner following the market engagement event.<br/><br/>The deadline for registration to attend the event and submit completed surveys is 17:00 on Wednesday 15th May 2024.<br/><br/>Please note this is a market engagement exercise and does not commit the ICB to carry out any further procurement process. <br/><br/>Any future opportunity will be advertised in accordance with the regulations.<br/><br/>Documentation available via the e-tendering portal to support market engagement is as follows:<br/>- Derbyshire Community Audiology Market Engagement - Briefing Document<br/><br/>Any and all information/documents that are made available as part of this engagement exercise is draft and subject to change. All timeframes are indicative and also subject to change.<br/><br/>Please note, this Prior Information Notice relates to a service/contract in scope of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Any future Procurement / Provider Selection Process conducted will be subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 will not apply. Additional information: To Register your Interest in attending the Market Engagement Event and/or seek additional information please use the following link and Project reference: Link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Project Reference: C282027.<br/><br/>The aim of this Market Engagement is to;<br/>• Engage with providers about options to manage costs <br/>• Understand from the provider point of view how the options under consideration could be implemented practically<br/>• Find other solutions to reduce cost that haven't been considered<br/>• Gauge provider interest to move forward with the options under consideration<br/><br/>For information relating to the options under consideration please refer to the Market Engagement Briefing Document, which is available via the Atamis e-tendering portal project documents section).<br/><br/>To help facilitate the market engagement, relevant providers are invited to attend a market engagement event (MS Teams) on the 20th May 2024. <br/><br/>Providers are asked to register to attend the Market Engagement Event via the messaging functionality within the Atamis portal. (Providing the name, job title and email address of all the attendees you wish to register). A link to the market engagement event will be provided following registration.<br/><br/>The Commissioner would also be grateful if you could complete and submit a market engagement questionnaire. The link to this questionnaire is within the Market Engagement Briefing Document, which is available via the Atamis e-tendering portal project documents section).