Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-02-12
Buyer: NHS England Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) working for and on behalf of NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS England: Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMH&SCP)under joint commissioning arrangement are conducting a Request For Information (RFI) exercise to engage with the market and obtain input on the draft service model and specification in respect of an alternative provider medical service for Bolton currently known as Shanti Medical Centre.
Please note that this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for provider organisations to help inform potential future service models and/or commissioning intentions.
To register an interest in responding to this market engagement exercise and obtain a copy of the Request for Information documentation please go to the PROACTIS portal: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS
The project title is NHSE483 Request for Information for an alternative provider medical service for Bolton.
Please note that the RFI documentation will be available on the Proactis portal from 7.2.2019 and the deadline for RFI responses is 12:00 noon on 20.2.2019.
Please note that all communications and RFI submissions will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal only.
Should you have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal, you should contact the eTendering provider by Email: Suppliersupport@proactis.com or Website: http://proactis.kayako.com/suppliernetwork/Core/Default/Index (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.).
The aim and objective of the service is to deliver essential and additional services to registered patients of the practice currently known as Shanti Medical Centre. It is proposed that the terms and conditions of service, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in General Medical Services (GMS) contracts. There is also the expectation that, in delivering the services outlined at Appendix 2, the successful bidder will do so within the context of the CCG’s strategic direction for Primary Care in Bolton as well as the wider strategic redesign of services across the NHS at a national level, both of which place General Practice at the center of system level integrated care provision based around neighborhoods of 30 000 — 50 000 registered populations. Shanti Medical Centre practice is a member of the Rumworth neighborhood in Bolton and it is anticipated that the successful bidder will fully participate in this emerging agenda, building relationships with its fellow member practices and wider workforce and quickly developing a thorough understanding of the neighbourhood and its community assets.
Additionally, and under a separate NHS Standard Contract, it is anticipated that the successful bidder will sign up to delivery of the Bolton Quality Contract. Bolton CCG has developed a set of Standards known as the Bolton Quality Contract and its focus is to reduce variation and raise performance across the borough by achieving the following outcomes:
— align with the national antimicrobial resistance strategy to reduce overall prescribing of all antibiotics.
In 2018/19, each practice commissioned to provide this service in Bolton received the difference between their “core” (i.e. GMS global sum rate) price per patient and the Bolton Quality Contract minimum offer of 109,78 GBP per patient. As with previous years, 40 % of this additional funding is dependent on the delivery of agreed KPIs; however 60 % of the payment is guaranteed.