Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-19
Buyer: North of England Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Region: Merseyside
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Submission deadline: 2016-11-17
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England Cheshire & Merseyside (The Contracting Authority) NHS England are accountable for the provision of Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) in the Cheshire and Merseyside area and are proposing to commission an APMS contract.
The APMS is currently provided from The Knoll Surgery Princeway Health Centre Princeway Frodsham WA6 6RX.
This APMS service is currently provided from existing premises The Knoll Surgery Princeway Health Centre, Frodsham WA6 6RX; As of the 1.7.2016 this practice had a raw patient list of 5580 and a weighted patient list of 5619 NHS England has a set price of 76.44 GBP (80.59 GBP less 4.15 GBP out of hours opt-out) for the capitation payments per weighted patient. This capitation payment is designed to cover the Essential & Additional Services element of the contract as per the NHS (General Medical
Services Contracts) Regulations. Patient list sizes will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. Each additional weighted patient above contracted levels the successful bidder will
be paid at the GMS global sum value applying at the time less out of hours opt-out e.g. currently 76.44 GBP. Each weighted patient below contracted levels an equivalent deduction will be made.
In addition to capitation payments the practice will be eligible for DES and QOF payments in line with GMS contractors.
The contract has the option to be extended for a further 2 year period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.
This procurement will be conducted via NECS e-tendering system (PROACTIS) accordingly there will be no hard-copy documents issued to bidders and all communications between bidders and NECS, including tender submissions, will be conducted via the PROACTIS portal.
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the PROACTIS e-tendering portal, which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
Please note that it is free to register on PROACTIS, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.
The basic principles that mirror that of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No:102).
(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 have been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authorities relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”.