Provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Description

This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender for the provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The services include: • NHS 111 call handling • 24/7 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) • Out of Hours Primary Care Access Lot 1: This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender for the provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The IUC service(s) will meet the values, rights, obligations and expectations of patients as set out in the NHS Constitution. The aim is to provide a clinically safe, competent and patient trusted IUC Service with equity of access to the local population across all of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough catchment area, and associates. The ICB is committed to the provision of a high-quality IUC by offering the following services: • NHS 111 call handling This IUC service shall be provided using the components of telephony via NHS 111 24/7, 365/6 days a year. The telephony service will deliver a 'consult and complete' model of care via the provision of health advice, based on algorithmic clinical assessment. • 24/7 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) The CAS will provide clinical assessment to patients who require further assessment and clinical assessments of all 111 and 999 high acuity disposition validations from the NHS111 call handling function. The CAS will direct patients to the appropriate healthcare, direct booking or referrals, be the Trusted Assessor, work closely with the ICS Urgent Care Co-ordination Hub (or equivalent) and Same Day Emergency Care Services, to support patients being cared for by the most appropriate service and only attending Emergency Departments or dispatching an ambulance, when appropriate. The CAS will provide a high quality Healthcare Professional line which will provide support 24/7 to all on scene HCPs in our system as per the National Specification. • Out of Hours Primary Care Access. During the Out of Hours periods, a Primary Care level service that provides telephony, operating within the CAS, and face to face consultation to treat all registered and temporarily resident patients and those visitors calling NHS 111. The IUC service is required to be sustainable, based on a service model that is clinically and commercially robust, that can attract and retain suitably qualified competent practitioners, which can be integrated with other services in order to deliver the service to a high standard. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24-month period. NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions will apply. The anticipated Contract go-live date is 01st April 2026. The approximate lifetime value including the available extension is £103,505,950 This is an existing service that is being re-commissioned, and it is being awarded to a new provider.