Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR) in the Southeast and Southwest of England

Tender description

The Southeast and Southwest Integrated Care Boards (ICB) deliver Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR). C(E)TR's were developed as part of NHS England's commitment to improving the care of people with a learning disability and autistic people in England. The Southeast and Southwest, consisting of 13 Integrated Care Boards (ICB's) are seeking expressions of interest from providers who are capable of delivering two key functions to the CETR process: • To recruit, train and support the Experts by Experience and Clinical Reviewers. • To book Expert by Experiences and Clinical Reviews for CETR's. The value of this procurement is currently estimated between £300k and £350k per annum, across all 13 ICB's. The deadline to submit your interest is 12:00 Wednesday 20th November 2024. Lot 1: The Southeast and Southwest Integrated Care Boards (ICB) deliver Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR). C(E)TR's were developed as part of NHS England's commitment to improving the care of people with a learning disability and autistic people in England. C(E)TR's were designed to bring an additional challenge and scrutiny to existing health and care review processes, an alternative perspective and expert insight. For people at risk of admission or who are admitted to a mental health hospital, C(E)TRs are an essential person-centred process. They seek to ensure system partners are working with people and families to provide the right care, education and treatment to avoid the need for an admission to a mental health hospital, and ensure good care for all. The Southeast and Southwest, consisting of 13 Integrated Care Boards (ICB's) are seeking expressions of interest from providers who are capable of delivering two key functions to the C(E)TR process: • To recruit, train and support the Experts by Experience and Clinical Reviewers. • To book Expert by Experiences and Clinical Reviews for C(E)TR's. As a minimum, the ICB's would expect interested providers to have the following: • Experience and awareness of C(E)TR's and working with people with a Learning Disability and Autism • A robust infrastructure to oversee and manage a team of Experts By Experience and Clinical Reviewers • Efficient back office functions to manage the CETR booking process and effective communication with 13 ICBs The specification for these services is currently under development and this market engagement exercise via PIN is designed to aid that development and inform the later procurement strategy. The potential term of this contract is currently being reviewed but is likely to be no less than 5 (five) years, with an intended start date of 1st April 2025. The value of this procurement is currently estimated between £300k and £350k per annum, across all 13 ICB's. TUPE may apply to this requirement. The deadline to submit your interest is 12:00 Wednesday 20th November 2024. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. Additional information: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest / market engagement questionnaire using the placeholder provider within Atamis. The award decision makers of this procurement process will likely be a joint forum of Southeast and Southwest ICB's. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) prior information notice. The contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply.