Provision of Wheelchair and Posture Services for Children, Young People and Adults (Standard and Specialised)

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        "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 Wheelchair and Posture Services for Children, Young People and Adults (Standard and Specialised) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.\nThe wheelchair and posture service will ensure that all service users registered with a GP within NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB (including Royston), who have a long-term illness or disability, have a better quality of life and are able to maximize their mobility through the provision of a wheelchair that meets their clinical needs.\nThe aim of the wheelchair and posture service is to maximize the mobility and independence and improve the quality of life for service users and their carers, through timely access to appropriate assessment, provision and maintenance of equipment. The Provider should respond to changes in service users\u0027 health conditions through regular review and deliver a positive user experience.\nThe service will have a focus on quality, value for money, and innovation, to ensure maximum benefit is accrued from resources.\nThe Provider is expected to contribute to achieving the following outcomes:\n\u2022 Improvements in the functional health and social needs of users.\n\u2022 Increased user choice and greater control.\n\u2022 Improved access and responsiveness of assessment, handover and on-going support services.\n\u2022 Ensure opportunities for users input into service development and re-design through regular feedback.\n\u2022 Personalised care for all people accessing the service.\n\u2022 Deliver higher levels of satisfaction from users with a baseline taken from the start of service.\n\u2022 Deliver high levels of satisfaction from other health and social care professionals.\n\u2022 Reduced social isolation.\n\u2022Improved quality of life for users and their families/carers.\nThe Provider will ensure the Wheelchair Service:\n\u2022 Meets users\u0027 needs by ensuring that the user experience is positive in terms of the service they receive from using this service; that the service is accessible to all and delivers the right assessment, prescription and ensures the provision of a wheelchair and associated equipment that meets the users\u0027 clinical needs.\n\u2022 Users receive a timely and efficient service to ensure that their mobility needs, and posture are met as quickly as possible, in accordance with the waiting time targets within this document.\n\u2022 Maintains high levels of communication with service users throughout their journey with the service to always keep people informed.\n\u2022 Holistic assessment is completed with each user and their carer/parent.\n\u2022 Works with acute hospitals and community services in the facilitation of hospital discharges to ensure delays are not because of waiting for a wheelchair.\n\u2022 Consistently evidence wheelchair users, their families/carers are happy with the service.\n\u2022 Delivers continuous improvement throughout the lifetime of the contract using user feedback and complaints, lessons learnt, innovation, digital AI, Carbon Reduction Plan and stakeholder engagement.\nThis notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process.\nThe contract will be for a period of 5 years with the option to extend for up to a further 5 year period. The NHS Standard Contract (Short Form) terms and conditions will apply. The anticipated Contract go-live date is 1st April 2026. The approximate lifetime value including the available extension is \u00a325,073,351.00\nThis is an existing service that is being re-commissioned, and it is being awarded to a new provider.",
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    "title": "Provision of Wheelchair and Posture Services for Children, Young People and Adults (Standard and Specialised)"
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