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Request for Quotes for Panel Opportunity - Surge Community Testing Centre
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| RFx ID : | 23675561 |
| Tender Name : | Request for Quotes for Panel Opportunity - Surge Community Testing Centre |
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| Open Date : | Tuesday, 24 November 2020 1:30 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Close Date : | Friday, 11 December 2020 8:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Department/Business Unit : | Planning & Funding |
| Tender Type : | Request for Quotations (RFQ) |
| Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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| Exemption Reason : | None |
| Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
| Contact : |
Ryan Stangroom ryan.stangroom@middlemore.co.nz |
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Auckland, Counties Manukau, and Waitematā District Health Boards (Metro Auckland DHBs) are seeking to establish a panel of healthcare providers to stand-up Surge Community Testing Centres (Surge CTCs) for COVID-19 testing when the community testing system experiences high demand or ‘surges’ for COVID-19 tests in the Metro Auckland DHB catchment areas. Surge CTCs are likely to be short to medium term in nature (i.e. 2 days to 2 months) and be activated by the Metro Auckland DHB’s Northern Region Health Co-ordination Centre (NRHCC) on an as needed basis, often within a short-time frame. The aim of the Surge CTCs is to relieve pressure and support the existing community testing infrastructure, namely existing CTCs, Urgent Care Clinics and General Practices, by increasing capacity and providing increased choice and access to patients seeking a COVID-19 test during periods of high demand for testing.
Māori and Pacific communities are more likely to have a poorer outcome if impacted by COVID-19, therefore, additional Surge CTC capacity delivered by teams that have the capacity and capability to engage with these communities will be important to improve equitable access and health outcomes. Establishing a Panel of Surge CTC providers is expected to allow the Metro Auckland DHBs to engage Surge CTC providers in a streamlined way if/when the NRHCC identifies that additional COVID-19 testing capacity is required to support existing testing infrastructure by having clear roles, responsibilities, clinical protocols and contractual arrangements agreed ahead of activation.
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