Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-06-11
Buyer: NHS England South (South West)
Country: UK
Region: SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services
Submission deadline: 2016-07-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: NHS England South (South West) Primary Medical Services at St Georges Medical Practice as a Branch Surgery.
NHS England wish to commission a GP service for the patients currently registered at St Georges Medical Practice as a branch surgery of a local GP practice holding an existing GMS, PMS or APMS contract. St Georges is located in Worle, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. This is an area of new housing which is set to grow in due to a number of new housing developments which are now under-way.
This service is being commissioned due to the term expiry of the current APMS contract on 30.9.2016 and following the decision not to award a contract as part of the recent APMS procurement exercise.
There are currently 3 482 patients registered at St George's Medical Practice. The weighted list size is 3 026,48. The list size has been increasing and the population is set to rise in coming years due housing developments under-way in the local area.
The provider will have to meet GMS core hours, currently 8:00 to 18:30, 5 days per week. During these hours the site will be expected to be open to deliver face to face appointments for patients currently registered with St George's practice and/or for patients of the main surgery for whom this would be a convenient alternative.
Any changes to opening hours will require NHSE approval and demonstrate that the effect on access will be at least neutral. Changes to hours or services will be subject to patient engagement and consultation which is the responsibility of the contractor.
The provider will receive the GMS price 76,44 GBP per weighted patient in-line with other GP contracts locally.
The service will be added to an existing GMS, PMS or APMS contract. This service must be fully operational by no later than 1.10.2016.
Providers must have the appropriate Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration and comply with the all other necessary technical, capability and capacity checks as detailed in the Organisational Questionnaire and Specification / Tender documents.
Interested providers will be able to view the tender opportunity via the ‘current tenders’ list on In-tend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
Or you should be able to go directly to this particular tender opportunity by following the link below: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/ProjectManage/222
In order to access the tender documentation you will need to ‘express an interest’ and register on the system. Bidders are required to respond to Organisational and ITT questions directly within In-Tend and attach any requested documents separately to the place-holders provided.
Parent company and other guarantees may be required in certain circumstances, see the invitation to tender for further details.
The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Directive) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority (Open, Restricted, Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, Competitive Dialogue or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations. 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).

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