Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-22
Buyer: NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands CSU
Country: UK
Region: Leicester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2016-03-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Leicester City — at several locations / practices which will be confirmed with the information contained within the Invitation to Tender.
Co-Commissioning delegated responsibility sees Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (LC CCG) seeking suitability qualified organisations to provide Alternative Provider Medical Services (General Medical Practice) in Leicester City. The procurement will be lotted, being one lot per practice, and bidders can bid for whichever or however many lots they are qualified to do so.
The services will need to be mobilised for and commence on 1.10.2016. Subject to ECC approval, the contracts' end dates will be 30.9.2026, with the option to extend (subject to performance and commissioner decision). Should the ECC, of NHS England, not approve the length proposed of these contracts the relevant parties shall be notified as soon as possible.
Co-Commissioning delegated responsibility sees Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (LC CCG) seeking suitability qualified organisations to provide Alternative Provider Medical Services (General Medical Practice) in Leicester City. The procurement will be lotted, being one lot per practice, and bidders can bid for whichever or however many lots they are qualified to do so.
LC CCG is keen to concentrate its efforts on targeting its resources at the most deprived and unhealthy groups in terms of both equity of access to services and community development.
Extended opening hours, improved access, improved patient experience and patient outcomes are all focal points of the procurement of healthcare services.
The provider must design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and greater say in their treatment. The provider must have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient satisfaction.
Based on feedback from the patient consultation, LC CCG is looking to increase core opening hours and appointment access to the registered population to include some evening and/or weekend working.
The services will need to be mobilised for and commence on 1.10.2016. Subject to ECC approval, the contracts' end dates will be 30.9.2026, with the option to extend (subject to performance and commissioner decision). Should the ECC, of NHS England, not approve the length proposed of these contracts the relevant parties shall be notified as soon as possible.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations').
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services. These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail.
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once); — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register; — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue'; — Enter your correct business and user details; — Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete; — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender; — Login to the portal with the user-name/password; — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link  (these are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier); — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content; — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page; — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page  (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only); — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining); — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification; — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT. — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.