Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-05-30
Buyer: NHS England North (Cumbria and the North East)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Submission deadline: 2018-06-28

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and is managing this procurement process. Under delegated commissioning arrangements NHS England has delegated the commissioning of primary medical services to NHS North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, who are proposing to commission a GP practice for patients registered at Flatt Walks Surgery, Beech House Surgery, Cleator Moor Health Centre and Griffin Close Health Centre. The contract will be for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.
Tender documentation will be available as from 12:00 noon on 31.5.2018. For information on how to express an interest in this tender please see additional information at V1.3 of this notice.
NHS England has a set price of 85,35 GBP for the Capitation Payments per weighted patient. This amount will be reduced by 4.92 % to account for the Out of Hours opt-outs resulting in a net price per weighted patient of 81,15 GBP. This capitation payment is designed to cover the Essential and Additional Services element of the contract as per the NHS (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations.
Payments will be adjusted on a quarterly basis to reflect the actual number of weighted patients on the contractor’s list.
In addition to Capitation payments the practice will be eligible for Enhanced Services and Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) payments in line with GMS contractors. The practice will also be eligible for reimbursement of Rent and Rates on current premises as per the NHS (General Medical Services Premises Costs) Directions. The current contract holder also provides the Special Allocation Scheme (formerly Violent Patient Service). There is an opportunity for bidders to continue delivering this service by signing-up to provide this as a Directed Enhanced Service.
A sustainability fund is being offered each year to help support the service, the amounts are as follows:
All financial values provided are in real terms no inflation is included and financial values are at 2017/18 values.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (TUPE) will apply to these contracts. Bidders are advised to form their own view on whether TUPE applies, obtaining their own legal advice and carrying out due diligence.
This procurement will follow the basic principals of the Open Procedure in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
Public contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 shall be awarded in accordance with Chapter 3 Section 7 Regulation 74 to 77 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102).
To express an interest in tendering for this procurement, please register on PROACTIS which can be found at: https://www.proactisplaza.com/SupplierPortal/?CID=NECS and follow the registration instructions.
(a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contracts have been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority and the Commissioner relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”.
The Contracting Authorities will act in accordance with Part 3 Chapter 5 Regulation 85 to 87 and Regulation 95 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) (PCR 2015). Part 3 of the PCR 2015 provides for appeals to be made to the High Court subject to the time limitations and other required procedural steps. The rules relating to appeal are complex and a dissatisfied tenderer is advised to take their own prompt legal advice.