Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-12
Buyer: NHS England North (Cheshire and Merseyside)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 2065405 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-10

Technical requirements: In partnership with Southport&Formby CCG & South Sefton CCG, NHSE (Cheshire&Merseyside) are looking to commission primary care medical services & management at Hightown Village Surgery&Freshfield Surgery for a period of 3years with an option of a further 2years.The delivery model should be innovative & in line with the principles of the General Practice Forward View.The procurement process will allow potential providers to bid for the two APMS contracts, respectively or collectively;Freshfield Village Surgery (Lot 1) & Hightown Village Surgery (Lot 2).The financial envelope is GMS rates,excluding Q&OF, NHSE DES & CCG commissioned services.Service requirements are to provide full time clinical services* Mon-Fri, in core hours from 8am to 6.30pm, so that patient needs are met in line with the GMS service specification, evaluation criteria and weighting, FMT and FMH *Definition of full time clinical services–patients seen in core hours by appropriate clinicians.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply to these contracts. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
In partnership with Southport&Formby CCG & South Sefton CCG, NHSE (Cheshire&Merseyside) are looking to commission primary care medical services & management at Hightown Village Surgery&Freshfield Surgery for a period of 3years with an option of a further 2years.The delivery model should be innovative & in line with the principles of the General Practice Forward View.The procurement process will allow potential providers to bid for the two APMS contracts, respectively or collectively;Freshfield Village Surgery (Lot 1) & Hightown Village Surgery (Lot 2).The financial envelope is GMS rates,excluding Q&OF, NHSE DES & CCG commissioned services.Service requirements are to provide full time clinical services* Mon-Fri, in core hours from 8am to 6.30pm, so that patient needs are met in line with the GMS service specification, evaluation criteria and weighting, FMT and FMH *Definition of full time clinical services–patients seen in core hours by appropriate clinicians.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply to these contracts. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
To register an interest in tendering for this procurement please register on the Proactis eTendering portal at https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. “Under the Public Services (Social Value” Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider: (a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and (b) How in conducting the process of procurement they might act with a view to securing that improvement”. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social and environmental well-being”.


Award value: 2065405