Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-07-28
Buyer: NHS England and NHS Improvement – East of England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85121100: General practitioner services

Technical requirements: Market Engagement Event for the Procurement of APMS Services for St Neots Health Centre; Willow Tree Surgery, Peterborough; and Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Peterborough
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement East of England would like to inform potential bidders of a market engagement event to be held on Wednesday 5 August 2020 at 12.30 pm-2 p.m. via Microsoft Teams for the procurement of APMS Services. Please note the deadline for the market engagement responses is by 5 p.m. on Tuesday 4 August 2020.
The key objectives of the Procurement are to commission services that serves the patients within St Neots and the surrounding area of Cambridgeshire, and the Woodston and Orton areas of Peterborough and ensures a continuity of service provision, for the following sites:
The contracts for these services are due to commence on 1 April 2021. TUPE may be applicable to the contracts. The commissioner are exploring the option to combine the two sites in Peterborough as they are geographically close to one another, this decision will be made before the publication of the tender and will, in part be informed by the feedback of the early market engagement.
While this market engagement event will inform the commissioning of the services outlined above, the Commissioners would also like to use this opportunity to gather the views of providers who may be interested in other future opportunities.
The Commissioners are seeking to engage with the market to gather the views of potential providers on various aspects of how the services should best be configured and organised. Potential providers are invited to provide their views and comments on the aspects of the service as outlined in the questionnaire.
If your organisation is interested in providing APMS services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough attending this event and responding to the market engagement questionnaire will enable you to inform the commissioning of these services and future opportunities.
Please follow the link to the e-tendering procurement portal below; you will need to create an account if you are not already registered on the portal. It is anticipated that the tender opportunity will be published late September 2020 and will be accessible via this e-tendering procurement portal.
A draft procurement timetable is shown below to identify the key milestones of the subsequent procurement; please note, this is a draft, indicative timetable that is subject to change:
NHS England has delegated its commissioning authority to NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, and as a result under delegated functions NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG will act on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement – East of England.
At this stage, this is purely a market engagement exercise. Any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the contract notice advertising the procurement when this is published.
The responses received during the market analysis exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process but will be used to inform and finalise the invitation to tender documentation.
Please note any data of list sizes quoted in this PIN notice are indicative and will be confirmed as part of the ITT documentation for the subsequent procurement.
The market engagement event is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 5 August 2020 starting at 12.30 p.m. until 2 p.m. When completing the market engagement questionnaire, please ensure you provide contact details including the name of the person(s) attending, their job role(s) and an email address that can then be used to access the event link. The event link will be sent to all received email address by 10 a.m. Wednesday 5