Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service (LAADS)

Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance and Discharge Service (LAADS) Prior Information Notice (PIN) This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) undertaken as advance notice to the market that a future procurement opportunity is likely to be advertised in September 2021 with an aim to mobilise the successful provider implementing a new service by March 2022. The contract will commence 01 March 2022 for t3 years, with the option to extend for up to 24 months. The service contract will therefore cover a maximum duration of up to 5 years. The aim of the procurement activity is to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service will be procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC). Additional updated information will be provided at the point of advertising the opportunity including service specification, indicative activity data / demand forecasts, contract values, and any other relevant information required to respond to the opportunity adverts and call for competition at that time. The financial figure published on this prior information is a maximum prospective value taking account of broad service requirements for which the contracting authority is reviewing the funding position. The full service specification, contract terms and conditions, and procurement documentation including timeline will be published with the advertised opportunity, call for competition, and invitation to tender where providers will be able to submit their completed tender responses via the eTender portal: Proactis Due North. Providers can register in advance as suppliers on Due North here: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login where all communications regarding advertised contract opportunities will be managed by Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of the named Contracting Authority.