Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-03-09
Buyer: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 2689920 GBP

Technical requirements: This VEAT notice is intended to provide notice of the CCGs' intention to award a 6 month contract to the incumbent provider of extended access services in Peterborough, to provide services for Peterborough & Wisbech and to the Cambridge and Ely Federation and Huntingdon and Fens Federation, to pilot GP extended access service across the STP footprint of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, in line with national standards released in refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019 under publications gateway reference 07705 and 07706 and the GP 5 years forward view https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf In parallel with this pilot we are aiming to publish a PIN for the formal procurement in May 2018.
This will be a short-term 6-month contract awarded to the incumbent providers of GP extended access services in Peterborough to additionally pilot GP extended access services in Wisbech. There will be two further awards of 6 months for GP Extended access services in Cambridge & Ely and Huntingdon & Fens to pilot GP Extended access services. This will enable the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG to deliver to the national standards released in Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018/19, and under the GP forward view (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf to their patients from 1.10.2018, on a pilot basis. This contract is awarded under the nationally prescribed financial envelope and will be reported on an open book basis to ensure clarity over cost and activity. Alongside the pilot, the CCG will run an open competition (beginning in the financial year 2018 /2019) for the main contract for extended access services across the whole CCG (expected to be a 2 + 1 year contract), going live at the start of April 2019. During the pilot, activity data and service data will be gathered which will inform the open procurement for the future 2 + 1 year contract. The CCGs intends to operate quarterly engagement forums with interested providers with immediate effect to share data and information about the development of the service in order to ready themselves and the market for the full procurement in 2018 /2019. Any providers interested in attending these meetings should contact: capccg.primarycareimprovingaccess@nhs.net Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG.
This VEAT notice is intended to provide notice of the CCGs' intention to award a 6 months contract to the incumbent provider of extended access services in Peterborough, to provide services for Peterborough & Wisbech and to the Cambridge and Ely Federation and Huntingdon and Fens Federation, to pilot GP extended access service across the STP footprint of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, in line with national standards released in refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019 under publications gateway reference 07705 and 07706 and the GP 5 years forward view https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf In parallel with this pilot we are aiming to publish a PIN for the formal procurement in May 2018.
This will be a short-term 6-month contract awarded to the incumbent providers of GP Extended access services in Peterborough to additionally pilot GP extended access services in Wisbech. There will be two further awards of 6 months for GP extended access services in Cambridge & Ely and Huntingdon & Fens to pilot GP Extended access services. This will enable the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG to deliver to the national standards released in refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019, and under the GP forward view (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf to their patients from 1.10.2018, on a pilot basis. This contract is awarded under the nationally prescribed financial envelope and will be reported on an open book basis to ensure clarity over cost and activity. Alongside the pilot, the CCG will run an open competition (beginning in the financial year 2018/19) for the main contract for extended access services across the whole CCG (expected to be a 2 + 1 year contract), going live at the start of April 2019. During the pilot, activity data and service data will be gathered which will inform the open procurement for the future 2 + 1 year contract. The CCGs intends to operate quarterly engagement forums with interested providers with immediate effect to share data and information about the development of the service in order to ready themselves and the market for the full procurement in 2018 /2019. Any providers interested in attending these meetings should contact: capccg.primarycareimprovingaccess@nhs.net Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG.
This VEAT notice is intended to provide notice of the CCGs' intention to award a 6 month contract to the incumbent provider of extended access services in Peterborough, to provide services for Peterborough & Wisbech and to the Cambridge and Ely Federation and Huntingdon and Fens Federation, to pilot GP extended access service across the STP footprint of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, in line with national standards released in Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019 under publications gateway reference 07705 and 07706 and the GP 5 years forward view https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf In parallel with this pilot we are aiming to publish a PIN for the formal procurement in May 2018.
This will be a short-term 6-month contract awarded to the incumbent providers of GP Extended access services in Peterborough to additionally pilot GP extended access services in Wisbech. There will be two further awards of 6 months for GP Extended access services in Cambridge & Ely and Huntingdon & Fens to pilot GP Extended access services. This will enable the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG to deliver to the national standards released in Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019, and under the GP forward view (https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf to their patients from 1.10.2018, on a pilot basis. This contract is awarded under the nationally prescribed financial envelope and will be reported on an open book basis to ensure clarity over cost and activity. Alongside the pilot, the CCG will run an open competition (beginning in the financial year 2018 /2019) for the main contract for extended access services across the whole CCG (expected to be a 2 + 1 year contract), going live at the start of April 2019. During the pilot, activity data and service data will be gathered which will inform the open procurement for the future 2 + 1 year contract. The CCGs intends to operate quarterly engagement forums with interested providers with immediate effect to share data and information about the development of the service in order to ready themselves and the market for the full procurement in 2018 /2019. Any providers interested in attending these meetings should contact: capccg.primarycareimprovingaccess@nhs.net Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG.
This VEAT notice is intended to provide notice of the CCGs' intention to award a 6 month contract to the incumbent provider of extended access services in Peterborough, to provide services for Peterborough & Wisbech and to the Cambridge and Ely Federation and Huntingdon and Fens Federation, to pilot GP extended access service across the STP footprint of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, in line with national standards released in Refreshing NHS Plans for 2018 /2019 under publications gateway reference 07705 and 07706 and the GP 5 years forward view https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gpfv.pdf In parallel with this pilot we are aiming to publish a PIN for the formal procurement in May 2018.
There are pragmatic reasons why an at scale provider that has not operated in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG area would face significant challenge in mobilising the interim solution required to deliver 100 % population coverage from 1.10.2018.
Two of the key risks identified are workforce and local pathway knowledge, that is, the ability to mobilise the level of personnel able to deliver the 30 minutes per 1 000 population clinical time required, and who are also knowledgeable about local services, ensuring patients were seen in the right place, at the right time by the right clinician.
By utilising existing GP Providers familiar with local pathways the CCG is mitigating against the risk of failure to deliver the revised NHSE October deadline.
The CCG intends to use this time to understand how C&P urgent care services could be co-ordinated, and how C&P could best utilise the finite clinical labour at its disposal, which is a core requirement of the improving access specification. This is critical to the success of the C&P strategy overall for primary care and extended access as well as further Urgent Care services.
Alongside the pilot, the CCGs clear intention is to run an open and transparent procurement process (starting in 2018 /2019) for the main 1-3 contracts going live at the start of April 2019. Information and data from the interim solution will be shared with interested providers.
The CCG will focus on collecting data and information (building on that currently available from the live Peterborough) during the interim solution to produce a well-structured model for the procurement inform the future procurement exercise for between one and three 2 + 1 contracts. This data will include as a minimum -.
Data around model implemented, timing of appointments – days /hours, planned and actual slot usage (Nurse and GP), booking /referral patterns to and from service, DNA and cancellation rates of patients and business continuity. Specific focus during this time will be the integration of the improved access with the wider urgent care services such as 111 and UTCs. Access to this data at a clinical level is currently not available and will be collected over the pilot.


Winner: Greater Peterborough Network Limited
Award value: 2689920