Community Chronic Pain Assessment and Treatment Service to NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

The objective of the Service is to: Promote the highest possible quality of life for pain patients; Provide accurate diagnosis, even if this is 'medically unexplained pain'; Advice and support primary care clinicians in managing the pain elements of their patients care; Provide psychological and behavioural interventions that support patients and their carers in managing their pain, enabling them to lead more normal lives with reduced disability; Provide specialist physiotherapist assessment with rehabilitation planning and review including promotion of group programmes; Help reduce recurrent inappropriate admissions and other healthcare services by promoting self-management; Increase social and physical functioning; Promote independence and wellbeing for patients through the provision of structured self-management support thus reducing the need for other medical appointments and admissions; Where appropriate provide direct interventions to reduce and manage pain. The Commissioner is directly awarding a contract to the existing provider Dr K Lothe and Partners LLP in accordance with the criteria outlined in Regulation (9) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The expected value of the contract for the initial 6-month term is PS476,654. The total lifetime expected value of the contract (6-month initial term + 3-month optional extension + 3-month optional extension) is PS953,308. For the avoidance of doubt, this contract is paid on a cost-per-case basis and therefore the expected contract values are indicative only. The contract period will commence on the 1st April 2025. Frimley ICB has followed PSR Direct Award Process C for the contract to which this notice relates This procurement has been carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners Additional information: Evidence that Dr K Lothe and Partners LLP have satisfied the existing 24/25 contract to a sufficient standard according to the detail outlined in the 24/25 contract: they provided all of the required documentation, information and policies for the existing contract. They have: followed the contractual service specification, not deviated from Frimley ICB Safeguarding requirements, charged the correct local prices as per the contract, issued invoices correctly in accordance with the Frimley ICB process, complied with Quality reporting requirements, and followed Schedule 6A reporting requirements. Dr K Lothe and Partners LLP have complied with/not fallen foul of the 24/25 NHS Standard Contract (Shorter Form) Service Conditions, including Service Conditions in relation to the following: service standards, co-operation, information requirements, safeguarding, payment terms and quality requirements. They have also complied with/not fallen foul of the 24/25 Shorter Form General Conditions, including those relating to: liability & indemnity, assignment & sub-contracting, and Information Governance. The new contracting arrangements are based on a rollover of the previous contracting arrangements/schedules which the provider has already satisfied/complied with to a high standard, and so the provider will highly likely to be able to satisfy the new contract to a sufficient standard.