Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-09
Buyer: Arden and GEM CSU
Country: UK
Region: Northamptonshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services
Submission deadline: 2016-09-16
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England Central — Primary Care Medical Services for Clarence Avenue Surgery (caretaker), Kingsthorpe, Northampton.
This is a care-taking contract for Primary Care Medical Services at Clarence Avenue Surgery, 14 Clarence Avenue, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6NZ on behalf of NHS England (Central Midlands) and Nene CCG (referred to as the Commissioner(s)) under joint commissioning.
Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (Arden & GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Central Midlands) and Nene CCG (referred to as the Commissioner(s)) under joint commissioning arrangements is seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver primary care medical services under a care-taking arrangement, at Clarence Avenue Surgery, 14 Clarence Avenue, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, NN2 6NZ.
As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 14 months from the commencement date of 1.10.2016 until the 30.11.2017, with the option to extend for a maximum of a further 12 months.
The Commissioner(s) are to carry out a patient consultation on the future options for the Clarence Avenue Surgery practice. There may be a requirement to extend the contract if it is agreed that a full procurement is required for a longer term provider or that no decision has been forthcoming following the patient consultation.
Based on the current contract it is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have an estimated annual agreement value of 430 000 GBP (excluding caretaker element which is to be determined with the successful Bidder as part of this tender exercise). It is estimated that the initial contract value (14 months) will be 500 000 GBP (excluding caretaker element which is to be determined with the successful Bidder as part of this tender exercise). The weighted patient list size was 4 279 in July 2016.
The key objective of this procurement is to commission an able provider/s through the most current NHS England Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract. These services must be provided by GPs and nurses and the Provider/s will be expected to deliver:
— High quality, patient centred and value for money (VFM) Primary GP services, delivered in a safe and effective manner;
— Primary Medical Services including Essential, Additional and Enhanced Services as set out in the Service Specification.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Please see other information as below in Section VI.3) on how to register.
Parent company or other guarantees, bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
The Contracting authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require 1 party undertakes joint and several liability.
The services to which this notice relates to the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further detail.
— eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html and click the link to register;
— Click the ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier);