Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-02-14
Buyer: NHS England North (Lancashire and South Cumbria)
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
Estimated value: 12035413 GBP

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS England and has managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England (North) Lancashire & South Cumbria. Under co-commissioning arrangements and Level 3 delegated arrangements for commissioning primary care services Blackburn and Darwen CCG and NHSE are commissioning an APMS service. The services are currently delivered from Bentham Road Health Centre, BB2 4QD and Waterside Surgery Health and Wellbeing Centre, Blackburn, BB2 3SF this procurement allowed bidders the choice between delivering the service from the 2 current sites or only from Bentham Road Health Centre. The contract will for an initial period of 10 years with the option to extend by a further 5 years.
NHSE has a set price of 85,35 GBP for the Capitation Payments per patient this will be reduced by 4,92 % for Out of Hours opt out giving a net price per weighted patient of 81,15 GBP payment is designed to cover the Essential & Additional services element.
In addition the practice will be eligible for DES & QOF payments in line with GMS contractors and for reimbursement of Rent & Rates on current premises.
There is potential non-recurrent capped budget of 146 000 GBP to support exceptional restructuring costs which may result from the implementation of the new service model This is available only for the first 12 weeks following the contract start date.
This APMS is delivered from Bentham Road Health Centre BB2 4QD & Waterside Surgery Health and Wellbeing Centre BB2 3SF.
Bidders were able to choose between delivering the service from the two sites or from Bentham Road Health Centre only.
All financial values provided are in real terms no inflation is included 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.
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).
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.


Winner: Cornerstone Healthcare CIC
Award value: 12035413
Number of bids: 3