Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-09-30
Buyer: NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services
Estimated value: 9311400 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-11-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) Contract for NHS West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
NHS West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (WL CCG) are seeking to commission a provider to deliver medical services at Thurmaston Health Centre, Leicester under an alternative provider of medical services contract from the 1 April 2021 for 7 145 patients. The current contract arrangement is operating under caretaker arrangements that are due to expire on the 31 March 2021.
The Commissioners wish to receive responses to the invitation to tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required.
The aim of all the services is to deliver all essential, additional and enhanced services to all registered patients at the practice.
NHS West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (WL CCG) are seeking to commission a provider to deliver medical services at Thurmaston Health Centre, Leicester under an alternative provider of medical services contract from the 1 April 2021 for 7 145 patients. The current contract arrangement is operating under caretaker arrangements that are due to expire on the 31 March 2021.
The Commissioners wish to receive responses to the invitation to tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required.
The aim of all the services is to deliver all essential, additional and enhanced services to all registered patients at the practice.
• to seek innovative provision of primary care services, potentially utilising new technology, which aligns with national and local strategic plans;
• to deliver a GP Led service with appropriate clinical oversight throughout core hours to ensure safe robust process which supports practice staff and patients;
• aligning services to the GP Forward View, the NHS Long Term Plan and Investment and Evolution — a 5-year framework and primary care networks.
The Commissioner is therefore seeking innovation in the provision of integrated primary care services, which align to both the national and local strategic plan, i.e.:
— improve integration and collaborative working with local health and social care providers, including ‘Primary Care Networks,
— improve engagement with patients in the development of integrated primary care services ensuring the patient has more control over their own health and the care they receive;
— the contractor must support the ‘digital first’ approach and use clinically safe, NHS approved digital technology to improve access, increase patient choice, and improve quality and outcomes;
— the contractor must provide a GP Led service with appropriate clinical oversight to support the multi-dimensional practice team;


Award value: 9311400