Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-04-17
Buyer: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121000: Medical services | 85121100: General practitioner services

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England (East of England) would like to inform potential providers of a procurement that will take place late June 2019 for St Neots Health Centre, 24 Moore’s Walk, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AG and Maple Surgery, Hanover Close, Bar Hill, Cambridge CB23 8EH. The services delivered from St Neots Health Centre and Maple Surgery are general medical services to registered patients from the St Neots and Cambridgeshire area.
Prior Information Notice for Provision of APMS Services for St Neots Health Centre (plus Walk In) On behalf of NHS England – (East of England)
The key objectives of the Procurement are to commission a service that serves the patients within the St Neots and Cambridge area and ensures a continuity of service provision during a period of service review and strategic intent to implement the GP Forward View Scope of services.
St Neots is a town in the southern part of Cambridgeshire, within the county of Huntingdonshire, next to the Bedfordshire county border and has a growing population due to the large amount of housing development within the town boundary. The Health Centre is located within the town centre, close to retail outlets and public car parks and currently has a weighted list size of 4990.36 and 6438 actual list size as of January 2019. St Neots Health Centre is encompassed with a Walk-in element, which is funded over and above the contract value price for the health centre, this is capped at 33 appointments per day at a rate of £16.50 per patient.
Maple Surgery incorporates the villages of Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, Longstanton, Boxworth, Swavsey, Girton, Willingham Oakington and Over. Maple Surgery has a weighted list size of 3303.96 patients and 3618 actual list size as of January 2019.
The contracts for both services are due to commence on 1.12.2019. The contract period will be confirmed following feedback from Providers and approval from NHS England. TUPE will be applicable to the contracts.
NHS England West Midlands is seeking to engage with the market to find out the views of potential providers on various aspects of how the service should best be configured and organised. Potential providers are invited to provide their views and comments on the following aspects relating to primary medical service provision:
If your organisation is interested in providing APMS services for St Neots Medical Centre and Maple Surgery, then please respond to the market engagement questionnaire, follow the link to the e-tendering procurement portal below:
It is anticipated that the tender opportunity will be published around late June 2019 and will be accessible via the e-tendering procurement portal below;
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.