Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-02
Buyer: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Submission deadline: 2018-08-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England – East and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG (referred to as the Commissioners) under fully delegated commissioning arrangements is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the service of Primary care medical (plus Walk In) services for St Neots Health Centre. NHS England — East is the lead Commissioner and NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG is the fully delegated Commissioner.
The Commissioners are looking to tender the Service on a 12 month basis while they carry out a service review and patient engagement to determine any changes required to service delivery from the Health Centre.
The total estimated contract value is 861 576 GBP over the lifetime of the procurement (12 months).The service is expected to be full running by 1.12.2018.
St Neots is a town in the southern part of Cambridgeshire, within the county of Huntingdonshire, next to the Bedfordshire county border and has a growing population due to the large amount of housing development within the town boundary. The Health Centre is located within the town centre, close to retail outlets and public car parks and currently has a registered list size of approximately 6320 patients.
The services delivered from the St Neots Health Centre are General Medical Services including Walk-In services to non-registered patients from the St Neots and Cambridgeshire area. The service is open from 8am-8pm Monday – Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
Arden & GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”). The Services are being procured as “Schedule 3 - Social and Other Specific Services” and AGCSU is bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services. The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Suppliers instructions: How to express interest in this Tender.
— browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register,
— click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre- Qualification Questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier),
— click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining)
— there may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk.

Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.