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Virtual Ward GP Support Service

General-practitioner services
South East (UKJ2)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: "Virtual Ward GP Support Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityEast Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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Published history for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1.7Bids / Report
76.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 21 active published awards; 21 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityEast Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
Last source update25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGeneral-practitioner services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-049d84
What is being bought
A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:<br/>• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients – as appropriate<br/>• Medical decision making & prescribing as required for VW patients<br/>• Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team<br/>• Medical advice – available during working hours – for the Virtual Ward team<br/>• Occasional home visiting (rarely required) if it is clearly beneficial and will <br/>• Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives<br/>• Support the Trust in the development of Virtual Ward pathways, VW awareness, and efficacy of access/referral/discharge processes<br/>The GPs supporting the service are required to be able to offer face to face reviews occasionally and attend in person some development or service meetings, in a timely fashion and at short notiice – i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.<br/>The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty. <br/>The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).<br/>The GPs supporting also need to be familiar with local systems and processes (e.g. HSCC, JCR, UCR, PSL etc arrangements). GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    A seven day per week service supporting the Trust Virtual Ward consisting of:<br/>• Daily attendance and patient review at a VW virtual ‘board round’ to discuss patients – as appropriate<br/>• Medical decision making & prescribing as required for VW patients<br/>• Escalation to ESHT Consultants from relevant specialties to support the VW team<br/>• Medical advice – available during working hours – for the Virtual Ward team<br/>• Occasional home visiting (rarely required) if it is clearly beneficial and will <br/>• Support the Virtual Ward team in communication and working with carers and relatives<br/>• Support the Trust in the development of Virtual Ward pathways, VW awareness, and efficacy of access/referral/discharge processes<br/>The GPs supporting the service are required to be able to offer face to face reviews occasionally and attend in person some development or service meetings, in a timely fashion and at short notiice – i.e. need to be working within East Sussex, able and willing to travel.<br/>The GPs also need to be experienced in general, skilled in supporting acute illness and in particular for patients with Frailty. <br/>The GP service must include GPs experienced in supporting virtual wards (to help with their own supervision and development).<br/>The GPs supporting also need to be familiar with local systems and processes (e.g. HSCC, JCR, UCR, PSL etc arrangements). GPs in the service need to be able to maintain good relations with ESHT Consultants (where relevant) and other primary care colleagues in East Sussex.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    25 Sept 2024, 10:01 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 2 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
South Downs Health and Care Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 2 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 900000 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 900000 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Contracting authority GB-FTS-32807
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  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    buyer

    729 The Ridge, St Leonards on Sea, UKJ2, TN37 7PT
    esht.procurement@nhs.net
    +44 3001314511

  • East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
    reviewBody

    Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, bn21 2ud

  • South Downs Health and Care Ltd
    supplier

    10075871
    12 Brodrick Close Hampden Park, Eastbourne, UKJ2, BN22 9NQ
    sdhc.feedback@nhs.net
    +44 7936917642
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. <br/>Decision makers: Simon Dowse – Director of Transformation, Strategy & Improvement. Abigail Turner – DDO, CHIC Division.<br/><br/>The basic selection criteria and the key criteria were assessed by reflecting on the evidence provided by SDHC Ltd. SDHC Ltd have successfully delivered a pilot over 12 months, where the provider met all the specified criteria. The quality of the provision to date exceeds expectations and is critical to service quality overall. The service provider has directly supported innovation of the service, pathways, promotion or the service within ESHT and wider GP community. They are also working with us on innovating training for VW medical support.<br/><br/>The VW service and GP service provider have a well embedded and positive working relationship. The arrangement offers an exemplar for integrated acute, community and primary care working and collaboration – to deliver a service that offers better outcomes for patients and use of health and care resources<br/><br/>The GP service continues to offer significant value vs recruiting our own GPs, using our own consultant resource or using ‘agency’.<br/><br/>The service recruits manage and provides GPs through the Federation. Lessons and challenges from the ESHT approach to recruiting in-house GPs for our UTC model indicate that this approach, working with the Federation, is more sustainable, more resilient and more cost-effective. (We are exploring options to use this model for other services)<br/><br/>The GP service provided is critical to delivery of the VW – which represents an increase in patient choice.