CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

BCU-ITT-47121 Provision Of Consultancy For Tackling The Inverse Care Law (ICL) In North Wales

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Inverse Care Law programme aims to reduce the inequality in healthy life expectancy that is experienced by people living in the most deprived areas in North Wales and increase years of healthy life.

This aim will be realised by achieving the following objectives within the programme:

• Identify people who live in the most deprived areas in north Wales (most deprived and second most deprived fifths);

• Engage with the community in order to outreach people and encourage them to attend a health and wellbeing check with a Health Care Support Worker (HCSW), within their local community (either in a GP practice or an appropriate community venue);

• Undertake a health*and wellbeing check*; this will include undertaking a risk assessment of the individual’s risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes;

• Undertake a Mental Health risk assessment such as the Warwick Edinburgh Scale questionnaires

• Discuss (based on motivational interview techniques) of any identified risks and the relevant clinical, risk factors and risk conditions exploring community-based interventions that can reduce/ eliminate the identified risks; for instance Social Prescribing and Community Assets.

• Improve individual health management and enhance people capacity and responsibility of taking care of themselves. This will result of enabled community efficacy, literacy and self-care.

• Onward referral using evidence-based pathways of care, to relevant clinical or community-based interventions, dependent on the risks identified and the priorities of the individual;

• Collation of data on outcomes from health and wellbeing check, including the impact of the interventions received on their quality of life and wellbeing.

*Health and wellbeing check to include: blood pressure, heart rate and rhythm, lipid profile, HbA1c if at high risk of type 2 diabetes, smoking status, BMI, Mental Health

**Wellbeing check to discuss wider determinants of health including housing and financial concerns

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The work should be completed within 3 months of starting.

The commissioned work will result in a final document which:

1. Contains demonstrable evidence of current but related activities that are already taking place in North Wales

2. Create a ‘map’ of intelligence for North Wales covering/informing

-What and where are the potential assets/providers?

- Where are the target groups?

- Where needs are met in priority groups

- What are limitations of providers to meet needs

- Where are the opportunities for greatest return on any future investment?

3. Contain demonstrable evidence of related activities taking place across North Wales

4. Clearly align findings with the Primary Care and cluster plans

Wales, Nationally)

5. Understand current ICL targeted practices / models in Wales (e.g. CwmTaf Morgannwg University Health Board, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board ) and in the UK (eg Bromley By Bow). Identify those which can inform the model of ICL delivery in BCUHB/North Wales areas.

6. Explore which are the best opportunities and models for North Wales to tackle the ICL in the next 1- 3 years and beyond.

7. Explore the potential financial saving/returns of this investment against the identified best models and opportunities for North Wales within Health and wider determinants.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

BCU-ITT-47121

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:110231)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice