Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-01-14
Buyer: NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England)
Country: UK
Region: Essex
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 545454 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-30
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: North and East London Commissioning Support Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Midlands and East (East)) are inviting suitably qualified providers to deliver Alternative Primary Medical Services at Chadwell Medical Centre, Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock, RM16 4JD. The contract term is for 12 months with an option to extend up to but not exceeding a further 12 months. The short term nature of the contract is to enable NHS England (Midlands and East (East)) to confirm the longer term provision for patients of this service.
As this tender is for existing services, the services must be fully operational by the service commencement date of 1.4.2017 in order to ensure continuity of care for patients.
North and East London Commissioning Support Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Midlands and East (East)) are inviting suitably qualified providers to deliver Alternative Primary Medical Services at Chadwell Medical Centre, Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock, RM16 4JD. The contract term is for 12 months with an option to extend up to but not exceeding a further 12 months. The short term nature of the contract is to enable NHS England (Midlands and East (East)) to confirm the longer term provision for patients of this service.
As this tender is for existing services, the services must be fully operational by the service commencement date of 1.4.2017 in order to ensure continuity of care for patients.
The current patient list size for these services is 5 165 as at 1.10.2016. These services must be provided by GPs, nurses and other suitably qualified clinicians, the successful Provider will be expected to:
— Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered choice and a say in their treatment;
— Be eligible for and expected to provide all Enhanced Services, remunerated in line with the relevant Directions as specified by the commissioner;
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
Parent company or other guarantee bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
This Procurement is for clinical services and falls under the ‘Light Touch Regime’ (Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102)). The Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations referred to therein and, to the extent that it follows any other part of the Regulations, it does so entirely voluntarily.
The contracting authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time which shall include the right not to award the contract and does not bind itself to accept any tender received, and reserves the right to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary. The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate.
All dates, time periods and values in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.
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Eligibility requirements: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to require groupings of contractors to take a particular legal form or to require one party to undertake primary legal liability or to require that each party undertakes joint and several liability.

Award value: 545454