Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-04-13
Buyer: NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1840000 GBP

Technical requirements: Tower Hamlets CCG are to contract with Tower Hamlets GP Care Group for the provision of extended hours primary care provision within Tower Hamlets. A procurement process has not been followed as these services are an extension of core-list base services that are delivered by the GP practices in Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, is a GP federation whose members comprise all 37 GP practices in Tower Hamlets. The annual value of the contract is 920 000 GBP per annum. VAT inclusive The contract will be for a year with a possibility of one 1 year extension. The service will be based out of GP practices in Tower Hamlets and be delivered as a seamless extension to current GP services.
Tower Hamlets CCG are to contract with Tower Hamlets GP Care Group for the provision of extended hours primary care provision within Tower Hamlets. A procurement process has not been followed as these services are an extension of core-list base services that are delivered by the GP practices in Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, is a GP federation whose members comprise all 37 GP practices in Tower Hamlets. Extended hours provision of core primary medical services including GP, nurse and HCA appointments. The service also includes the coordination and delivery of online consultation services across Tower Hamlets. Primary care access will be delivered through locality-based hubs, offering routine and urgent appointments, with a range of primary care professionals, from 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Monday to Friday, and 8:00 am – 8:00 pm on weekends, including bank holidays, with the expectation that the service is available 365 days a year.
The contract will be for 12 months from 1.4.2018 to 31.3.2019 with possible extension by 1 year. This contractual change will reduce the transactional burden on both the CCG and GP practices, releasing management and clinical time to focus on the delivery of patient care. Further information incl. a copy of the specification can be requested via nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net
Our proposal is to award this contract to the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, which is a GP federation whose members comprise all 37 GP practices in Tower Hamlets, This is a list based service and only those GP practices with access to this information can undertake the services defined in the service specification. The provisions of the NHS Regulations 2013 and its focus on integration, avoidance of cost duplication and serving the needs of patients allows a non-procurement route to award. This contractual change will reduce the transactional burden on both the CCG and GP practices, releasing management and clinical time to focus on the delivery of patient care. This will also enable a broader population health approach to the management of patients under the enhanced service and support a more collaborative approach to the delivery of care, enabling practices to share workforce during a period where all practices are experiencing significant recruitment challenges.


Winner: Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CiC
Award value: 1840000