Lot 2 - Community ENT - Mid Hampshire

Contracts

• Contract 019568-2022-F7607-1 · Omnes Healthcare

  Signed

  26 Mar 2015

  Value

  £3,648,617

  Status

  active

  • Change Nature and extent of the modifications: The Covid pandemic has resulted in emergency measures which have delayed the process of reviewing, consulting on and agreeing the commissioning strategy and re-procurement of the Tier 2 Mid Hampshire ENT Service contract as: • Management of the Covid-19 response has necessarily been the focus of the contracting authority, the incumbent provider and key partners and stakeholders since March 2020. • Resources in the contracting authority have been redirected to support frontline activities during the initial and subsequent waves, including direct care for patients, efforts to support supply chain activities and vaccination programmes in line with national guidance around removing routine burdens and freeing up as much capacity as possible to focus on the pandemic response. • Resources in the wider system, including Acute and Community NHS Trusts and providers, Primary Care, Community and Tier 2 Providers and Clinicians, and other partners/ stakeholders, all of whom would have been engaged in the review and re-tendering exercise, were redirected to support frontline activities and the pandemic response. • The ability to undertake meaningful engagement and consultation as part of any review process was limited by the pandemic, for example as infection prevention control guidance has precluded the convening of patient and public groups. • This modification is required to ensure essential service delivery can be maintained, with no detrimental impact on patient care given the above unforeseeable circumstances. Accordingly, under Reg 72(1)(c) Public Contract Regulation 2015, this Modification Notice is being published as notification of the decision by Hampshire and IOW ICB to extend the existing contract for the Tier 2 Mid Hampshire ENT Service with Omnes Healthcare Ltd for 19 months. This modification is required under Reg 72(1)(c) Public Contract Regulation 2015, due to circumstances which a diligent Contracting Authority could not have foreseen. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract and any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. This time is considered necessary and proportional to alleviate the risk stated in this notice and will give the above-named Contracting Authority sufficient time to review the service to form the commissioning model., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The Covid pandemic has resulted in emergency measures which have delayed the process of reviewing, consulting on and agreeing the commissioning strategy and re-procurement of the Community ENT Service contract. The Covid pandemic and related unforeseen circumstances have resulted in significant delays to the scheduled service review and subsequent re-tendering activity, for example as: • Management of the Covid-19 response, both in terms of immediate measures and the subsequent recovery of diagnostic and elective activity (in between Covid Waves), has necessarily been the focus of the contracting authority, the incumbent provider and key partners and stakeholders since March 2020. • Resources in the contracting authority were redirected to support frontline activities including direct care for patients, efforts to support supply chain activities and vaccination programmes in line with national guidance around removing routine burdens and freeing up as much capacity as possible to focus on the pandemic response. • Resources in the wider system, including Acute and Community NHS Trusts and providers, Primary Care, Community and Tier 2 Providers and Clinicians, and other partners/ stakeholders, all of whom would have been engaged in the review and re-tendering exercise, were redirected to support frontline activities and the pandemic response. • The ability to undertake meaningful engagement and consultation as part of any review process has been limited by the pandemic, for example as infection prevention control guidance has precluded the convening of patient and public groups. The pandemic and related emergency measures has also meant that: • Data (e.g. activity and demand), which is essential to inform future commissioning strategies and models, is now out of date. The last 'steady state' data available is from 2019/20, prior to the pandemic. • Data gathered during the pandemic is not relevant or comparable. • Ways of working, patient behaviours and care pathways have all changed as a result of the pandemic. As noted in national guidance, it is vital that future work takes account of lessons learned during Covid, by locking in beneficial change and addressing both opportunities and weaknesses highlighted since March 2020. • As such, the 2019/20 baseline cannot be viewed as a reliable source for modelling future requirements. Given the pandemic is still ongoing, as is the analysis of lessons learned from Covid, and this will be essential to developing robust and future proof service models which meet the needs of our population. At the same time, the restructure of the NHS including the merging of CCGs is going ahead despite the disruption caused by the pandemic. As such, the health and care landscape is changing significantly. The Hampshire Southampton and Isle of Wight CCG had been formed, bringing opportunities to consider demand and capacity modelling, speciality reviews and innovative models of care across a wider geography. From 1st July 2022 further changes have taken place with the formation of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board. The Contracting Authority considers the above issues have resulted in a set of circumstances which a diligent Contracting Authority could not have foreseen. Accordingly, Hampshire and IOW ICB has decided there is a requirement to extend the existing contract for Tier 2 ENT Service with Omnes Healthcare Ltd for 19 months outside of the terms originally procured under Reg 72(1)(c) Public Contract Regulation 2015. The modification will enable a review to be undertaken to inform decisions about the type and scope of service required to meet future needs, based on robust data gathering, patient, clinical and stakeholder engagement, and lessons learned from the pandemic and the NHS restructure. The modification will also enable a robust, competitive procurement to be undertaken, including an adequate mobilisation period to minimise any risk of service discontinuity or negative impacts on patients or the wider system. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the contract and any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract.

• Lot 2 - Community ENT - Mid Hampshire · Omnes Healthcare

  Signed

  date not published

  Value

  £2,658,600

  Status

  active

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Consortium members and other public bodies

• NHS SHAMPSHIRE, SOUTHAMPTON AND ISLE OF WIGHT ICBContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Eastleigh, South EastContact name, email, phoneShow contact details Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

• South of England Procurement ServicesReview body Fareham