Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-08
Buyer: Arden and GEM CSU
Country: UK
Region: Essex
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85120000: Medical practice services
Submission deadline: 2016-03-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) at Sutherland Lodge Surgery, Chelmsford Essex.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (NHS Arden and GEMCSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (East) (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Alternative Primary Medical Services (APMS) contract for Sutherland Lodge Surgery located at 115 Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7PY.
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (NHS Arden and GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England Midlands and East (East) (referred to as the Commissioner) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid via an open tender process the provision for Primary Medical GP Services for Sutherland Lodge Surgery located at 115 Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7PY. The new contract is scheduled to commence from the 1.7.2016 for a contract period of 10 years with the option to extend for up to a further 5 years.
The key objective of this procurement is to commission an able provider through the most current NHS England Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract. These services must be provided by GPs and nurses and the Provider/s will be expected to:
— design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and a greater say in their treatment,
— provide the full range of Enhanced Services, remunerated in line with the relevant Directions and specified by the commissioner on an annual basis.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise. Please see the information as below on how to register. Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once) — e-Sourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click “Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ”ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant ITT (itt_412) to access the content. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the e-Tendering help-desk.
Parent company or other guarantees, bonds, deposits, insurance or other forms of security may be required in certain circumstances.
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 or several liability.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) ('the Regulations'). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services. These opportunities may be divided into lots. Please see published documentation for further detail. Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once) — e-Sourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant ITT (itt_412) to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the ITT into your ‘My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the e-Tendering help-desk.