Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-12-14
Buyer: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 4170000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: NHS England requires all Clinical Commissioning Groups to have Improved Access to General Practices (Improved Access) in place by 1.10.2018. NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is exploring the approach to Improved Access to all patients’ registered to a Wiltshire GP via a Test and Learn over an 18 month period. The Test and Learn will be carried out by Wiltshire Health and Care with the support of GPs across Wiltshire. This decision has been reached as Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group wish to explore how they can best deliver the General Practice Forward View requirements. The Test and Learn will ensure that services are fit for future and cover the actual needs of Wiltshire patients. This process will be used to inform the contracting arrangement in the future as this may result in changes to commissioning pathways. The contract duration is 1.10.2018 to 31.3.2020. The total contract value is 4 170 000 GBP.
NHS England requires all Clinical Commissioning Groups to have Improved Access to General Practices (Improved Access) in place by 1.10.2018. NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is exploring the approach to Improved Access to all patients’ registered to a Wiltshire GP via a Test and Learn over an 18 month period. The Test and Learn will be carried out by Wiltshire Health and Care with the support of GPs across Wiltshire. This decision has been reached as Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group wish to explore how they can best deliver the General Practice Forward View requirements. The Test and Learn will ensure that services are fit for future and cover the actual needs of Wiltshire patients. This process will be used to inform the contracting arrangement in the future as this may result in changes to commissioning pathways. The service seeks to provide extended access of pre-bookable and same day appointments to GP services to the whole Wiltshire registered population offering 7 day access including:
The Test and Learn will explore the use of appropriate professionals, the deployment of technology and a range of different appointment types all aimed at providing a better patient experience. Given the strong existing relationships, knowledge and experience across the primary care system Wiltshire Health and Care, working with local GPs, has been identified as the only reasonable option for delivering the service in a limited period of time. Additionally, this approach enables the continuation of integration of local services, to release significant benefits to patients and it is also expected to improve the use of public funding. Commissioners are pleased with the quality of the services Wiltshire Health and Care currently deliver, and have no concerns regarding the proposed provider’s ability to deliver the service to March 2020. As a result of all of the material factors noted above, the Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) “competition is absent for technical reasons”. The contract duration is 1.1.2018 to 31.3.2020. The total value of services being delivered under this contract is 4 170 000 GBP.
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the Light Touch Regime contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
NHS England requires all Clinical Commissioning Groups to have Improved Access to General Practices (Improved Access) in place by 1.10.2018. NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is exploring the approach to Improved Access to all patients’ registered to a Wiltshire GP via a Test and Learn over an 18 month period. The Test and Learn will be carried out by Wiltshire Health and Care with the support of GPs across Wiltshire. Given the strong existing relationships, knowledge and experience and relationships across the primary care system Wiltshire Health and Care, working with local GPs, has been identified as the only reasonable option for delivering the service in a limited period of time. Additionally, this approach enables the continuation of integration of local services, to release significant benefits to patients and it is also expected to improve the use of public funding. Commissioners are pleased with the quality of the services Wiltshire Health and Care currently deliver, and have no concerns regarding the proposed provider’s ability to deliver the service to March 2020. As a result of all of the material factors noted above, the Negotiated procedure without prior publication has been followed and justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) “competition is absent for technical reasons”.
Model of service includes most of the GP practices within Wiltshire working in 8 hubs to provide the services.
The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the Light Touch Regime contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).
As described in VI.3, deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the 2015 Regulations.


Winner: Wiltshire Health and Care
Award value: 4170000
Number of bids: 1