Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-09-04
Buyer: NHS England North (Cheshire and Merseyside)
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: 2018-10-03

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and has managed this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cheshire and Merseyside. Under co-commissioning arrangements for commissioning Primary Care services NHS Wirral CCG and NHSE are proposing to commission a GP practice for patients registered at TG Medical Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 4 years with the option to extend by 2 further 36 Month periods (4+3+3)
For information on how to express an interest in this tender please see additional information at V1.3 of this notice.
The procurement is for a contract term of 4 years with the option to extend for a further three years and then a further three years again after that, all subject to satisfactory contract performance at the discretion of the commissioner. All financial values are in real terms i.e. no inflation is included and therefore financial values are as at 2018/19 values.
NHS England has a set price of 84.63 GBP (88.96 GBP less 4.33 GBP for out of hours opt-out) 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 84.63 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 84.63 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 and QOF payments in line with GMS contractors. 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.
Patient List Weighted 4497 = (raw) 4785(weighted) as at 1.7.2018 This service are currently being delivered from Tg Medical Centre, 56-60 Grange Road, Wirral CH48 4EG
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).
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on PROACTIS which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
(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”.