Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-03-01
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and North East)
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

Technical requirements: North of England commissioning support are working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) and NHS Newcastle gateshead clinical commissioning group who wish to commission 2 Alternative provider medical service contracts; one for Grainger GP Practice with a contract of 10 years with an option to extend for a further 5 years and one for Ponteland road GP Practice with a contract term of 5 years.
To be delivered from Grainger GP Practice, Elswick Health Centre, Meldon Street, Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6SH.
North of England commissioning support are working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) and NHS Newcastle gateshead clinical commissioning group who wish to commission an Alternative provider medical Services to replace the existing service. The contract term for Grainger GP Practice will be 10 years with effect from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2028 with the option to extend for a further 5 years subject to satisfactory contractual performance.
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.
North of England commissioning support are working for and on behalf of NHS England North (Cumbria and North East) and NHS Newcastle gateshead clinical commissioning group who wish to commission an Alternative provider medical services for the patients currently registered at the practice. The contract term for Ponteland road GP Practice is to be 5 years with effect from 1.4.2018 to 31.3.2023 with no option to extend.
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.
To register an interest in tendering for this procurement please register on the Proactis eTendering portal at https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS hosted by Proactis. The basic principles of the open procedure will be followed
For this procurement to test capacity, capability and technical competence of bidders in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. “Under the public services (Social Value Act 2012) contracting authorities must consider:
(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 has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social and environmental well-being”.