Staffordshire Wheelchair Service

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The aim of the wheelchair service is to provide high quality assessment and provision of wheelchair equipment, postural management, pressure relief cushioning to children and adults and maintenance service within the following clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire: Cannock Chase CCG Stafford & Surrounds CCG South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula CCG East Staffs CCG – North Staffordshire CCG Stoke on Trent CCG The service will provide assessment, maintenance & repairs as required and associated education delivered at home, within clinical settings or within venues agreed by the service users. More information. East Staffordshire CCG is consulting with it’s primary Health provider as to the status of wheelchair services within the current contract covered by this procurement. Whilst it is the current intention that if appropriate, East Staffordshire CCG will join the procurement in due course, at this stage East Staffordshire CCG cannot commit to participating in this procurement or that its relevant Wheelchair e services will fall within the scope of the contract. However, East Staffordshire CCG has the option that at a later date, subject to agreement with the other CCGs’, it may participate and for its services to fall within the contract scope. This option may be exercised either during the procurement process or during the contract term. East Staffordshire CCG and the other participating CCG’s also have yet to agree the contractual approach should the option for East Staffordshire CCG to participate be exercised. Further information about the Staffordshire wheelchair services procurement will be available in the Memorandum of Information (MOI) which will set out the scope and objectives of the procurement together with details of how to complete the invitation to tender documents (ITT). The intention is to publish the ITT W/C 5th April 2016 via the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo e-tendering solution. Additional information: If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the Internet, and may also be through the medium of an electronic reverse auction. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body (please refer to the MOI for details) with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. Any other public sector body wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body. The contract conditions will be set out in the invitation to tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the web site is free of charge). As this is an open procurement, you will be invited to participate if you have expressed an interest within the specified time frame. Any such expressions of interest must be forwarded to Elaine Butler – elaine.butler2@nhs.net with the following information: organisation name & address; telephone number; e-mail address; web site address and organisation type. You must submit your expression of interest by the deadline stated (31.03.2016). For technical support in accessing the tender documentation once issued, contact the BravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk. Although this procurement is for part B services (and therefore not subject to the full scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (the “Regulations”), Midlands and Lancashire CSU will apply best procurement practice. Please note however, that Midlands and Lancashire CSU does not intend to hold itself bound in any way in respect of those regulations save those which apply to part B services.

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