Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-07-14
Buyer: Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services

Technical requirements: Primary Care Medical Services for Bilston Urban Village, Ettingshall Medical Centre and Penn Fields Health Centre
NHS Arden and GEM CSU on behalf of NHS England — Midlands and East (West Midlands) and NHS Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group (referred to as the Commissioners) under fully delegated commissioning arrangements is looking to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the services of Primary Care Medical Services for Bilston Urban Village, Ettingshall Medical Centre and Penn Fields Health Centre.
Prior to this the Commissioners are running a market assessment to engage with the potential providers to gather information. Potential providers are requested to complete a market assessment questionnaire by 2:00 pm on 27.7.2018 which is being run through the Arden and GEM CSU Bravo Procurement portal.
A draft Service Specification has been attached as part of this PIN for potential providers to consider and provide their comments. The Commissioners will gather feedback from all Providers which will help them inform their Commissioning intentions.
Lot 1: Pennfields Health Centre — Maximum price per patient is 89,62 GBP. Based on the current weighted patient list size circa 4600, the estimated maximum contract value for the service will be 416 262 GBP per annum.
Pennfields Medical Centre currently opens 5 days per week, 8:30 am — 6:30 pm. It is located on Upper Zoar Street, Pennfields, Wolverhampton. The latest CQC inspection was carried out on 11.2.2016 and was rated as Good. The practice is aligned to a local model of care. The practice is based in an area of high deprivation. It was originally part of the national Equitable Access to Primary Care (EAPC) initiative to increase access to GP services in 2009. The current practice population is made up predominantly of homeless people, refugees and people new to the country. These are patients that practices may find challenging to treat. These patients often need a high level of resources including extra time for appointments and interpretation services.
2 patient lists which are being procured as 1. Maximum price per patient is 89,62 GBP. Based on the current weighted patient list size circa 11 000, the estimated maximum contract value for the service will be 1 008 329 GBP per annum.
Both practices are housed in a purpose built modular building. The long term strategy is for 1 building central to both areas to be developed.
Bilston Urban Village currently opens 5 days per week, 8:30 am — 6:30 pm. It is located on Bankfield Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton and is based in an area currently undergoing redevelopment with more than 450 new houses planned locally to the practice. It was originally part of the national Equitable Access to Primary Care (EAPC) initiative to increase access to GP services. An extensive evaluation exercise was completed to identify the appropriate location for the practice. The latest CQC inspection was carried out on 31.5.2017 and was rated as Good. The practice is aligned to a local model of care.
Ettingshall Medical Centre opens 5 days per week, 8:30 am — 6:30 pm. It is located on Herbert Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton and is based in an area of high deprivation and was originally part of the national EAPC initiative to develop additional GP services in 2009. An extensive evaluation exercise was completed to identify the appropriate location for the practice. A CQC inspection has not been completed under the current providers. The practice is aligned to a local model of care.
If your organisation is interested in providing these services as set out above please complete the market assessment questionnaire. The Commissioner would appreciate your feedback on the services being tendered. Providers can access the questionnaire by:
a) logging into the Arden and GEM CSU e-Tendering portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge);
This is purely a market engagement exercise, any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.
The responses received during the market analysis exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process. Please note that this is not a PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal.