Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-09-06
Buyer: NHS England Midlands & East (West Midlands)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services

Technical requirements: NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England West Midlands and NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG, would like to invite potential Providers to attend a Market Engagement Event which will inform the market of the intention to procure APMS Services for Specialist GP Services for Homeless and Vulnerably Housed and Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Coventry. There is also potential for this service to be expanded to include a provision within Rugby during the life of the contract.
The contract arising from this procurement will be between the successful Provider and NHS England (National Health Service Commissioning Board) and NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG as delegated commissioners on behalf of NHS England.
AGCSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”).
As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder for a period of 4 years and 11 months, with a service commencement date of 1.4.2019. TUPE will be applicable to this contract.
The contract value over the contract period will be confirmed at the Market Engagement Event. The ITT documentation will be available through the Arden and GEM CSU procurement portal
http://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk from 17.9.2018 for all completed ITT bids to be submitted by 10:00 am on 22.10.2018.
This procurement will follow an open process consisting of an ITT stage. Notice of the market engagement event and the opportunity notices for the tender will be located on the following websites:
The Market Engagement Event will take place at 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm on Wednesday 12.9.2018 at Warwick Road United Reformed Church, 10 Warwick Row, Coventry, CV1 1EX. http://warwickroadurc.org.uk/
If you would like to attend the market engagement event then please complete the expression of interest on the Arden and GEM CSU procurement Portal - pqq_497
Bidders are also asked to complete a market engagement questionnaire that is being run through the Arden and GEM CSU Bravo e-tendering portal, to log in and complete the questionnaire, please register on the portal at https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Places are strictly limited therefore reservations are restricted to no more than 2 persons per organisation.
Please note that an expression of interest in this market event will not automatically entitle Providers involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it may be published.
f) once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can complete the questionnaire.
Please note that this is not a PQQ, we are using this functionality within the Bravo portal to communicate with interested parties.
The deadline for expressing an interest in attending the event and completing the market engagement questions is 2:00 pm on 11.9.2018.