FACT SHEET #6

							                                                 FACT SHEET #6
                                                              November 2009
                                                     Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
                                                                 Assistive Devices Program




                       Home Oxygen Program
                      New Procurement Process
The Ontario government is committed to providing better access to health care. The
Home Oxygen Program (HOP) will ensure that all Ontario residents who require this
health care service will receive uninterrupted access during the implementation of the
new procurement process.



Home Oxygen Request For Proposals (RFP) Development

1. Proposed Changes to Mandatory Service Requirements
The Ministry is revising the HOP requirements based on consultations held earlier this
year in addition to jurisdictional review, research and consultation with health care
experts. All changes will be reflected in the RFP and HOP Administrative Manual,
which are anticipated to be posted in early-mid January 2010.
The ministry is enclosing a summary of the ‘PROPOSED CHANGES TO
MANDATORY SERVICE REQUIREMENTS’ with this Fact Sheet for vendors’
comments, by December 9, 2009.
The revised pricing schedule and the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Pricing Review
are anticipated to be posted soon.


2. Revised Timelines of Next Steps
The following are the revised anticipated timelines (subject to change) of the RFP
process next steps:


Milestone                                             Anticipated timelines (subject
                                                      to change)
Posting on MERX of the proposed changes to the
mandatory service requirements. Home Oxygen           November 25, 2009
vendors are asked to review and provide feedback,
if they wish
Deadline for Vendors’ feedback on changes to           December 9, 2009
mandatory service requirements
Posting on MERX of the revised pricing schedule.       TBD
Home Oxygen vendors are asked to review and
provide feedback, if they wish
Deadline for Vendors’ feedback on revised pricing      TBD
schedule
Request For Proposals (RFP) is posted on MERX          Early-mid January 2010 (TBD)
Vendors Meeting (to answer vendors’ questions          Mid-January 2010
re: RFP)
Proposal submission deadline                           Early-mid February 2010 (TBD)
Ministry’s review and evaluation of vendors’           By March 31, 2010
submissions and notification of successful
vendors
New vendor contracts are in effect                     April 1, 2010


The Ministry will inform the vendors of more specific timelines once they become
available and confirmed.


Maureen Williams, Senior Program Coordinator        http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/
Assistive Devices Program                           public/program/adp/adp_mn.html
Phone: (416) 327-8150; 1-800-268-6021 (Toll-                      Disponible en français
free in Ontario only); TTY : 1-800-387-5559
Fax: (416) 327-8963
E-mail: maureen.williams@ontario.ca




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