Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-08-09
Buyer: NHS Tayside
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85121000: Medical services
Estimated value: 5920000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-09-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS Tayside is seeking expressions of interest in providing primary medical services under a General medical services contract to approximately 7 100 patients in Dundee. The practice
operates from premises at Maryfield Medical Centre, 28 Mains Loan, Dundee, DD4 7AA. The requirement has arisen due to a practice vacancy. NHS Tayside wishes to select a new service provider with the capacity and capability to meet the needs of these patients by delivering high quality, patient centred clinical services.
Tayside Health Board more commonly known as NHS Tayside placed an advertisement in the official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 6.8.2018 seeking expressions of interest from any parties interested in providing primary medical services to patients in Dundee.
This requirement has arisen as to a practice vacancy for providing primary medical services located at Maryfield Medical Centre, 28 Mains Loan, Dundee, DD4 7AA, to a list of approximately 7 100 patients. NHS Tayside wishes to select a new service provider with the capacity and capability to meet the needs of these patients by delivering high quality, patient-centred clinical services in a primary care setting, all in accordance with NHS Tayside’s requirements set out in Appendix 1 (“Requirement”). The services will build on existing best practice, and focus on a community and health and social care approach. The clinical services will be delivered in an environment that provides patient care of a standard consistent with that of similar services provided elsewhere within NHS Tayside.
It will be important that Applicants involved in the planning and/or delivery of existing schemes and services can demonstrate that they have sufficient capacity so as not to prejudice delivery of primary medical services under any other contract an Applicant may have with NHS Tayside or pre-existing schemes or the ability of NHS Tayside itself to deliver services.
The successful Applicant will be required to enter into a contract with NHS Tayside on the terms of the General medical services contract (“GMS Contract”) the form of which is prescribed by The National Health Service (General medical services contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, as amended, or replaced from time to time. Performance by the successful applicant under the terms of the GMS Contract will be subject to these Regulations available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/66/contents/made
The commencement date for the contract will be agreed between the successful bidder and Tayside Health Board. There is no fixed term applicable to the awarded contract. The contract duration of 60 months used in this notice is for illustrative purposes only.
It is a requirement that all applicants meet the criteria of section 17L of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, as amended.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project Code is 11582. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason:
The requirement is for specialised medical services and does not lend itself to any potential community benefits.

Eligibility requirements: List and brief description of conditions: It is a requirement that all applicants meet the criteria of section 17L of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978, as amended.

Award value: 5920000