Framework Agreement for Healthcare Planning Services for NHS Wales

NHS Wales requires the services of suitably qualified Healthcare Planners on a call off basis to include [but not limited to] assisting with a range of requirements around Programme Business Case, Strategic Outline Case development, Outline Business Case development, Business Justification Case, Full Business Case development, Construction phase and Commissioning and Patient and Public Engagement (PPE). Such services being applicable to the development of the estate within NHS Wales.

Services are to be provided by means of a 4 year Framework Agreement made available for all NHS Organisations to utilise but principally through the offices of NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Specialist Estates Services.

More details are contained within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and accompanying documents within the Bravo e-Tender Wales portal ITT_106644

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services on behalf of the Health Boards in Wales are seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Healthcare Planning services to support NHS Capital Estates and Facilities department to call off a wide range of services to enable their future strategic direction and to support the preparation of business cases. The Framework will cover a range of services:

• Whole system strategic healthcare planning prior to strategic outline case.
• Organisational statistical analysis and scenario planning.
• Organisational capacity planning.
• Model of care development.
• Contribution to Health Board/Trust service and estate strategy.
• Project specific statistical activity analysis and scenario planning.
• Project specific capacity planning.
• Business case writing.
• Brief preparation.
• Functional content preparation.
• Schedules of accommodation.
• Activity Database (ADB) room data sheets preparation.
• Whole hospital and departmental operational policies.
• Equipment scheduling.
• 1:500, 1:200 and 1:50 scale drawing reviews.
• User group management/training.
• Planning for post project evaluation.
• Change management, service modernisation and commissioning.