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

organisation that will support the delivery of the National Paediatric Critical Care Audit. The

audit will be delivered nationally. The successful bidder will be required to build on the

achievements of the audit to date and enhance the ability of the audit to be used for

healthcare improvement.

The overarching aim is to stimulate improvements in care for patients by measuring

variations in quality, experience and outcomes. During this contract period, the successful

tenderer 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 is most useful locally for healthcare improvement when its 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 of these features of the audit to be

implemented and improved during the period of this contract.

This re-commission provides an opportunity to move the audit on from data collection for

healthcare planning and research, to data driven healthcare quality improvement. Tenderers

should propose five clinically important, realistic and measurable (SMART) 3-year

improvement aims.

Tenderers should consider improvement aims from the following areas, but can also propose

aims from other areas:

• Reduce:

o the risk of dying

o unplanned extubation rates

o specialist PCC transport service refusals for urgent transfer

o the number of children transferred to a unit more than two hours (travel by road) away

o the central line infection rate

o the length of stay for children with complex medical needs

o the number of unnecessary cardiac surgery admissions to PCC Level 3

o emergency readmission rates

• Increase the proportion of parents and families who have excellent care experiences (with a

baseline measure)

The audit supplier will work with commissioners, funders, specialised commissioning and

operational delivery networks (ODNs) to create a coherent strategy for how the

improvement goals listed above, or similar, will be achieved.

To access the ITT documents:

For a bidder who has already registered themselves on WAX as a supplier:

Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) - Find the right

opportunity and click on "View Details" - Click on "Log in"

For a bidder who has NOT registered themselves on WAX as a supplier:

Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) - Click on ''Register Here" - Complete the supplier registration form and Click on "Register" - Activate

your account - Open WAX homepage (Link: https://s2c.waxdigital.co.uk/HQIP/SignIn.aspx) -

Find the right opportunity and click on "View Details" - Click on "Log in"

The deadline for the submission of the tender is 12 noon on 10 September 2021.

Please note that any communication from HQIP regarding this tender will be via the

Source2Contract messaging board. Bidders must use the Source2Contract messaging

board for their communications with HQIP regarding procurement.