Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-04
Buyer: Luton Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 1700000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-06-01

Technical requirements: — commission weekday provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments to general practice services in evenings (after 6:30 pm) — to provide an additional 1,5 hours a day,
— commission weekend provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on both Saturdays, Sundays and bank Holidays to meet local population needs,
— robust evidence, based on utilisation rates, for the proposed disposition of services throughout the week, and,
The CCG is expected to implement all 7 core areas of GPFV access, these 7 core requirements are as follows:
—— commission weekday provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments to general practice services in evenings (after 6:30 pm) — to provide an additional 1,5 hours a day;
—— commission weekend provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on both Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays to meet local population needs;
—— provide robust evidence, based on utilisation rates, for the proposed disposition of services throughout the week;
— capacity: commission a minimum additional 30 minutes consultation capacity per 1000 population, rising to 45 minutes per 1000 population,
— measurement: ensure usage of a nationally commissioned new tool to automatically measure appointment activity by all participating practices, both in-hours and in extended hours,
— advertising and ease of access: ensure services are advertised to patients, including notification on practice websites, notices in local urgent care services and publicity that into the community, so that it is clear to patients how they can access these appointments and associated service, all practice receptionists able to direct patients to the service and offer appointments to extended hours service on the same basis as appointments to non-extended hours services. Patients should be offered a choice of evening or weekend appointments on an equal footing to core hours appointments,
— inequalities: issues of inequalities in patients' experience of accessing general practice identified by local evidence and actions to resolve in place,
— effective access to the wider whole system services: effective connection to other system services enabling patients to receive the right care the right professional including access from and to other primary care and general practice services such as urgent care. Leadership and Governance: Ensure leadership and governance arrangements / requirements are in place. The CCG has carried out a thorough due diligence process and has identified that the 27 GP member practices within Luton are best placed / most capable to provide these services. If any other organisation would like to express an interest by 17:00 on 1.6.2018 if they believe that they are capable and has capacity of delivering the above requirements in line with the service specification then the CCG will review the expression of interest and will run a competitive “structured selection” process.
The duration of the contract(s) will be for a period of 18 months (total contract value 1 700 000 GBP) with an option to extend for a further 24 months (total contract(s) duration 48 months). If no valid expressions of interest are received by the “expression of interest” closing date (1.6.2018 at 17:00), the Clinical Commissioning Group will allow a 10-day standstill period prior to entering into contracts with those providers designated / identified within the notice as being the “Most Capable” pursuant to Regulation 99(3)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.


Award value: 1700000