Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-21
Buyer: NHS England North Yorkshire and the Humber
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
Submission deadline: 2019-01-21

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 (North) Yorkshire and the Humber (NHSE). Under the co-commissioning arrangements NHSE has delegated the responsibility for the commissioning of primary medical care services to NHS Leeds Commissioning Group (CCG). NHSE and the CCG are proposing to commission a GP practice for patients registered at The Light Surgery. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend by 2 further years.
The procurement is for a contract term of 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years all subject to satisfactory contract performance at the discretion of the commissioner.
NHS England has a set price of 86,63 GBP without out of hours for the capitation payments per weighted patient. This is equivalent to the General Medical Services (GMS) price. This capitation payment is designed to cover the Essential & Additional Services element of the contract as per the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations.
The successful bidder will be eligible for an annual uplift to the set price of 86,36 GBP per weighted patient in line with the national uplift to GMS contracts. This will apply from April 2019.
Patient list sizes will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. For each additional weighted patient in excess of contracted levels the successful Bidder will be paid at the GMS rate applicable at the time less out of hours opt-out. e.g. currently 86,36 GBP. For each weighted patient below contracted levels an equivalent deduction will be made.
In addition to capitation payments the practice will be eligible for DES, extended access, QOF payments, Minor Surgery and Quality Incentive Scheme in line with GMS contracts. They will also be eligible for re-imbursement of Rent and Rates on current premises as per the NHS (General Medical Services Premises Costs) Directions. The contracting authority holds a transitional budget of 135 000 GBP in Year 1, and 67 500 GBP in Year 2 to support the preferred provider to deliver the new specification and any service redesign needs. The weighted Patient List is 11 672 as of October 2018. This service are currently being delivered from The Light Surgery
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.
This procurement will follow the basic principals of the Open Procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
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(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 Authority and the Commissioner relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”.
The Contracting Authorities will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Regulation 95 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.