Expression of Interest - Community Pulmonary Rehab Service West Norfolk

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to express their interest in relation to the Provision of a Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation service across West Norfolk.

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary, individually- tailored programme that promotes self-care and self-management for patients with chronic respiratory impairment. To achieve maximum health gains, comprehensive programmes need to include the following fundamental components: disease education, self-management advice and structured physical exercise. The service will assess, counsel, enable and support patients through the programme and carry out appropriate tests to measure efficacy of outcome. The service will plan and administer booking arrangements for patients. The service will be flexible and responsive, adapting to the individual need in terms of their circumstances, e.g., learning difficulties, culture, ethnicity, language, and disability.

Providers willing to express an interest will be required to respond to a series of questions which are scored on a "Pass/Fail’ basis. The scoring criteria for each question is stipulated within the question. Only providers who score a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions will be deemed compliant and capable. Depending on the outcome of the Expressions of Interest, the Commissioner reserves the right to direct award to provider(s) with no further competition where there is a single provider expressing an interest and scores a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions.
Depending on the number of providers who Express an Interest and scored a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions, then the Commissioner may seek to undertake a formal competitive process.
Providers must respond to the series of questions which are scored on a "Pass/Fail “basis. via the Atamis eProcurement system no later than 10am on Monday 27th November 2023.