National Respiratory Audit Programme

The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is seeking to commission an

organisation that will support the delivery of the National Respiratory Audit Programme

(NRAP). The contract will initially be delivered for NHS-funded care in England and Wales,

for a period of three years, at a maximum total budget of up to £2,748,000 GBP excluding

VAT. Bids exceeding this limit will be rejected. There is potential to extend the contract for

up to two additional years at £916,000 per year. With the inclusion of aspirational intent as

defined in this ITT's specification, the maximum potential ceiling value is £ 14,795,695.00

GBP excluding VAT.

During this contract period, the supplier will need to build on the achievements of the audit

to date and enhance the ability for the audit to be used for healthcare improvement. Data

outputs are useful for local healthcare improvement when provision to clinical teams is

timely, the data is refreshed regularly and appropriate tools, support and guidance

accompany the data outputs. The intent is for all these features of the audit to be

implemented and improved during the period of this contract.

Whilst the contract value is listed as £2,748,000 GBP for a duration of 3 years, Healthcare

Quality Improvement Partnership reserve the right to invoke aspirational intent.

The scope of this aspirational intent and value ranges are listed below and also under section

1.3.1 and Section 12 of the specification.

The specification also outlines the mechanisms for invoking aspirational intent.

It is important to note that HQIP are under no obligation to invoke any aspirational intent or

HQIP may opt to invoke only certain elements of it.

1. Up to 24-month extension that mirrors the NCAPOP headline contract at £916,000 per

year

2. Inclusion of additional national or international funders

Scotland - £76,669.20 to £1,077,713

Northern Ireland - £26,472.40 to £395,122

Guernsey - £9,160 to £130,130

Jersey - £13,740 to £189,280

Isle of Man - £11,908 to £177,450

The potential value range above would be a resultant increase to the contract value.

Table 2 at Section 12 of the specification sets out further detail.

3. As part of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme, this project is

required to remain responsive to future changes in clinical standards, service delivery and

national clinical policy priorities.

This opportunity is to potentially include:

• Different topics
• Combining NCAPOP projects / programmes, including alignment across the programme,

and / or joint working with other similar NCAPOP programmes

• Transitioning to different models of data collection and operational methods for the audit,

e.g. different sources of routine data

• Extending service coverage to include non-NHS funded care
• Additional, associated or enhanced delivery of any aspect of the project
• Other healthcare improvement initiatives either related to or linked with the project.

Value of the above is up to £1,000,000.

Bidders should note that HQIP does not accept requests to amend the published Terms and

Conditions of Contract after bid submission or prior to contract signature.

Bidders must sign the Form of Tender to indicate acceptance of these Terms and Conditions

of Contract. Failure to sign the Form of Tender will make your bid submission non-compliant

and subject to disqualification.

In rare cases where a bidder wishes to raise a potential legal implication to agreeing to the

terms and conditions, this must be raised during the published bidder clarification time

window via the messaging module within the e-tendering portal so that it can be addressed

via the standard process for all bidder clarifications.