Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-11
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services
Estimated value: 5621790.72 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: (a) services required for the management of the registered patients and temporary residents, who are, or believe themselves to be:
Which are delivered in the manner determined by the Contractor’s practice in discussion with the patient, or, where appropriate (e.g. where power of attorney exists), the patient’s next of kin or legal guardian;
(b) appropriate on-going treatment and care to all registered patients and temporary residents taking account of their specific needs.
NHS West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (WL CCG) are commissioning a provider to deliver primary medical services under an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract for The Centre Surgery located in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
The commissioner wishes to receive responses to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services required.
The provider must ensure services are appropriate to local needs, access and convenience are important aspects of a patient-centred service but it is also vital that the services are appropriate and responsive to the needs of the local population.
The provider will need to design the services around the needs of patients and their carer’s. To deliver a patient-centred service, the provider will need to engage patients in the design and development of the services. Please see service specification for further detail.
The contract shall be for a term of five (5) years plus 5 years subject to review of performance at 5 years.
The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract. The ITT will be live on the 2.11.2018 on M&L CSU Bravo portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 12:00 on the 30.11.2018.
Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process up to a week before the ITT deadline, i.e. the deadline for submitting clarification questions on the tender is 17:00 23.11.2018.
Interested providers are guided to the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk to register their interest and gain access to this procurement’s documents and more specific information. Please see next page for instructions on how to register on the portal.
The contract shall be for a term of five (5) years plus 5 years subject to review of performance at 5 years.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the Court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the Court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) has been convicted by a judgement which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate; (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the Contracting Authority; (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1)of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/

Award value: 5621790.72