EARLY SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING SERVICES WITHIN CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH.

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB would like to invite providers to attend an Early Supplier Involvement event which will inform the market of the Commissioners intentions to procure their Children's Safeguarding Services, this includes Children in Care Health Assessments and also Child Protection Medicals service, and Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) co-ordination service within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Please note that registration for this event does not constitute as registration for the full procurement process. The Commissioner will advertise the full procurement separately via Find a Tender websites. The intention is to publish the full procurement in September 2024 and interested parties will need to register for this. The new service is planned to commence on 1st July 2025. The Commissioner is developing the specifications and estimated activity/ budget for their Child Protection Medical Service, Children in Care Health Assessments and MASH co-ordination service and values Providers' expert insights and feedback on the future service. The information and rationale that you provide may be used to support the service specifications' final content. This Early Supplier Involvement will take place on 22nd August 2024 at 1pm for one hour. The Commissioner will also be providing, for providers who attend the Early Supplier Involvement event, the opportunity to meet individually with the intention to discuss: • How the model could be delivered most effectively. • Any lessons learnt and/or challenges the provider has experience of, • Future expectations of these services, • A chance to raise any other area you see as relevant. • An opportunity to ask questions, if these can please be provided by midday 24th August to give the commissioners time to put the responses together. The sessions will be agreed on an individual basis and will take place on the morning of 28th August, each slot will be for a maximum of 1 hour. The Commissioner will take suitable notes to inform the commissioning of these decisions, but the discussions and any intelligence shared with the ICB will be treated as private and confidential. The questions and responses from individual sessions will be distributed to all providers, unless the provider indicated the question is of a commercially sensitive nature If you are interested in attending the virtual event, please register by emailing cpicb.contracting@nhs.net with the following details no later than 5pm on the 20th August 2024; • Name of delegates • Job title of delegates • Organisation details, including address • Delegate email address and telephone number. • Identifying which event you would like to attend (ESI or ESI and Individual)