# NHS Southport & Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG - Home Oxygen Service - Assessment & Referral \(HOS-AR\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [STAFFORDSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT](/buyers/staffordshire-and-lancashire-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust](/contract-winners/liverpool-university-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,800,000
- Tender value: £1,800,000
- Award date: 18 January 2022
- Published: 24 May 2022
- Contract start: 1 April 2022
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 1a72539e-979b-4896-a35f-931287b2fb8f-537494
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f931f77c-4d58-4986-ba81-4b0f778f06ee

## Description

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit \(MLCSU\) is working with NHS Southport & Formby Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group to award a contract for a Home Oxygen Service - Assessment & Referral \(HOS-AR\) for patients living in the CCG area\. The aim of the Home Oxygen Assessment and Review Service \(HOS-AR\) is to ensure that home oxygen is appropriately prescribed to those people who clinically need it\. The provider will be required to deliver assessment and follow-up appointments in either a clinic environment or in the patient's home, where appropriate\. The service will clinically manage all adult patients where a potential need for home oxygen has been identified or a prescription for home oxygen has been initiated\. NICE guidance recommends that a specialised assessment needs to take place to enable the oxygen requirements of the patient is individually met\. There will be an initial contract period of 4 years commencing on 1st April 2022\. There will be the option to extend for a further 2-year period from 1st April 2026\. The contract value is set at £1,800,000 over the entire 6-year contract period\. Additional information: This procurement was for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations \('Regulations'\) http://www\.legislation\.gov\.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7 http://www\.legislation\.gov\.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations\. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service \(Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition\) \(No 2\) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement\. Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts, and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1a72539e-979b-4896-a35f-931287b2fb8f-537494)