Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-07-31
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85141000: Services provided by medical personnel
Estimated value: 929820 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and is managing this procurement process. Under delegated commissioning arrangements NHS England has delegated the commissioning of primary medical services to NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, who are proposing to Commission a GP practice for patients registered at Flatt Walks surgery, Beech House surgery, Cleator Moor Health Centre and Griffin Close Health Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 8 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and is managing this procurement process. Under delegated commissioning arrangements NHS England has delegated the commissioning of primary medical services to NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, who are proposing to commission a GP practice for patients registered at Flatt Walks surgery, Beech House surgery, Cleator Moor Health Centre and Griffin Close Health Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 8 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.
NHS England has a set price of 88,96 GBP for the capitation payments per weighted patient. This is at 2018/2019 values and is subject to change. This amount will be reduced by 4,87 % to account for the out of hours opt-outs resulting in a net price per weighted patient of 84,63 GBP. This capitation payment is designed to cover the essential and additional services element of the contract as per the NHS (general medical services contracts) regulations.
Payments will be adjusted on a quarterly basis to reflect the actual number of weighted patients on the contractor’s list.
In addition to capitation payments the practice will be eligible for enhanced services and Quality outcomes framework (QOF) payments in line with GMS contractors. The practice will also be eligible for reimbursement of rent and rates on current premises as per the NHS (general medical services premises costs) directions.
A sustainability fund is being offered each year to help support the service, the amounts are as follows:
Patient list = 23,991 (raw) 27 667,84 (weighted) as at 1.10.18 This service are currently being delivered from the following sites:
The ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006’ as amended by the ‘Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014’ (TUPE) applied to this contract as this is an existing service provision.
Public contracts for health, social, education, and certain other service contracts listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015) shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of PCR 2015.
This procurement will be conducted via the NECS e-tendering system (Proactis) as such 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, 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.
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 08.30 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.).
The basic principles 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).
The ‘Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006’ as amended by the ‘Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014’ (TUPE) applied to this contract as this is an existing service provision.
The commissioner will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Part 3 Chapter 6 Regulation 88 to 104 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the high court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.


Winner: North Cumbria Primary Care Ltd
Award value: 929820
Number of bids: 2