Pipeline Framework: North Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Minor Hand Surgery Service

A pipeline has been launched for North Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Minor Hand Surgery ServiceThe contract start Date is 01 April 2018. Approach to market date is 15 September 2017NHS North Staffordshire and NHS Stoke on Trent CCGs serve a registered population of approximately 502,000 people. The CCGs are considering the possible procurement of an Adult Community Minor Hand Surgery Service for the population of Northern Staffordshire, using a single provider route. The community based service shall provide high quality minor hand surgical procedures for Carpal Tunnel Decompression and Trigger Finger Release as part of the orthopaedic/musculoskeletal pathway.The overarching aims of the service are to provide:• A high quality, cost effective and patient centred surgical procedures for people with Carpal Tunnel and Trigger Finger.• Timely access to reduce waiting times and achievement of the 18 week referral to treatment target.• Community based provision, offering an alternative to secondary care• Clinically effective treatments that reduce the demand on secondary care (acute) services and reduce the need for more costly interventionsFurther details, to include contract duration will be made available at a later date to those organisations who have registered their interest in this service.Organisations wishing to express an interest and provide additional procurement-specific information should provide the following details by email to olena.florek@nhs.net or Elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net by Friday 31stAugust 2017. The following information must be stated in the email: organization name and address, contact name, telephone number,Organisations should also confirm their registration on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU Bravo Portal . If not registered, organisations should follow the link and register on the portal.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 Candidates wishing to be considered must register their expression of interest & provide additional procurement-specific information (by registering on the Bravo portal): i) Candidates should register on the portal at (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If yourorganisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. You must submit your reply on the website by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact theBravoSolution Help-desk on +44 8003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.ukThis is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Midlands & Lancashire CSU, Heron House, 120 Grove Road, Fenton, Stoke on Trent ST7 1SQ. Email: elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net