Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-03
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Region: Sunderland
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Submission deadline: 2017-06-01

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Cumbria and the North East. Under co-commissioning arrangements and Level 3 delegated arrangements for commissioning Primary Care services Sunderland CCG and NHSE are proposing to commission APMS service for the current Church View and Colliery GP Practices in Sunderland for an initial period of 9 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years. This to be delivered from the Silksworth Health Centre SR3 2AN
Tender documentation will be available as from 12:00 noon on 2.5.2017. For information on how to express an interest in this tender please see additional information at V1.3 of this notice.
NHS England and Sunderland CCG have a set price of 85.35 GBP for the Capitation Payments per weighted patient. This will be reduced for the Out of Hours opt-outs giving a net price per weighted patient of 81.15 GBP. This payment is designed to cover the Essential & Additional Services element of the contract as per the NHS GMS Contracts Regulations. Patient List Weighted =12157.55 Raw = 10865
This service will need to be delivered from the following premises. Silksworth Health Centre Sunderland SR3 2AN
Payments will be adjusted on a quarterly basis to reflect the weighted patients on the service providers. A transitional fund of 165 000 GBP is payable in the first year.
Additional to Capitation payments the practice will be eligible for Enhanced Services and Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) payments in line with GMS contractors. A local Quality Premium scheme will be effective from 01 April 2017.
All financial values provided are in real terms no inflation is included and financial values are at 2017/18 values. The actual contract values will be amended in line of inflation.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply to these contracts. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
This procurement will follow the basic principals of the Open Procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on PROACTIS which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts have been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority and the Commissioner relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”.
The Contracting Authorities will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Regulation 95 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.