Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-11-13
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 96986725 GBP

Technical requirements: NHS Tower Hamlets CCG (under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England) is seeking to procure one or more high-quality provider(s) to deliver GP Primary Medical Services and additional services as specified below, under two 5 + 5 + 5 (15 max total) years APMS Contracts from 1 October 2021, delivered from the sites as defined below for the two contracts.
This is a Prior Information Notice to notify potential providers of the future procurement and to allow providers with sufficient opportunity to become accredited providers on the NHS England APMS PDPS (see details below) in order to participate in the upcoming procurement process.
Tower Hamlets CCG intends to procure this contract via the NHS England National APMS Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS).
In order for providers to bid for this contract, they must be an accredited provider on the PDPS. This accreditation can be gained by applying to join the PDPS – please refer to the instructions at the following link.
It is currently envisaged that the procurement will be published via a further competition on the national PDPS in early February 2021. In order to ensure that applicants have their application submissions to join the PDPS evaluated in time for inclusion in the further competition, they should submit their PDPS applications as soon as possible and, in any event, before 18 December 2020. Applications received after this date may not be evaluated prior to the further competition publication in February 2021.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the CCG elects to use the PDPS to manage this procurement (as is the current intention) only those organisations accredited on the PDPS will be invited to participate in the procurement.
When the ITT is published, a bidder may submit tenders for one or both lots. A bidder will not be awarded more than one lot.
• tower hamlets pilot patient access specification, to improve patient access to primary care services.
Registered list of 23 707 patients (weighted list 20 143.92). To be delivered from the practice’s existing single site at 121 Westferry Road.
The provider will be required to be a member of the local primary care network and work collaboratively to deliver Network-wide services to the local population.
Commencement and duration of both APMS contracts are: 1 October 2021 for initial period of 5 years; potential for extension period of up to 5 years at discretion of commissioner, and potential for a further final period of 5 years at discretion of commissioner (max total duration of both contracts 15 years).
St Andrews Health Centre, 2 Hannaford Walk, Bow, London, E3 3FF and St Paul’s Way, First Floor, 11 Selsey Street, London, E14 7LJ (services provided from both sites from the APMS contract commencement date).
Lot 2: St Andrews Health Centre and St Paul’s Way Medical Centre– a single APMS contract for the delivery of:
• primary medical services to two newly merged lists with a combined registered list of 28 837 patients (weighted list 28,294) – to be delivered from both the two practices' existing sites at 2 Hannaford Walk and 11 Selsey Street;
• tower hamlets pilot patient access specification, to improve patient access to primary care services;


Award value: 96986725