Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice With Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-11
Buyer: NHS England South (South West)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services
Estimated value: 3600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-08-27

Technical requirements: NHS England South (South West) (the Commissioner) seeks to commission Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Primary Care Services in the Isles of Scilly. This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of the Commissioners. The Contract start date is 1.2.2019 until 31.3.2022 (3 years and 2 months) with an optional 1 year extension period. The services include essential and additional primary care medical services, out-of-hours period. The registered population is currently 2 380 patients.
This PIN as a call for competition is initially published as a notice for expressions of interest. The commissioner may then choose to proceed to publish tender documents to parties who have responded to the notice and there shall be no further notice published. Any procurement will be based on an open procedure subject to the qualification in Section V1.3. Interested providers will be able to view the tender opportunity via the ‘current tenders’ list the In-Tend website. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
In order to participate in this procurement providers will need to “express an interest” and register on the system.
The Practice has a main surgery base on St Mary’s and runs branch surgeries on 4 inhabited off islands:
6. provide a medical staffing service, under separate contractual arrangements with Cornwall Partnership foundation NHS Trust to support the Minor Injuries Unit and inpatient care at the Community Hospital.
Duration of the contract is 3 years and 2 months with an additional 1 year optional extension period.
The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU (“the Directive”) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”), which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the “Light Touch Regime”, (Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations).
Interested providers will be able to view this engagement notice via the “current tenders” list on in-tend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home
In order to participate in this procurement, you will need to “express an interest” and register on the system. On registration, please include at least 2 contacts to allow for access to the portal in times of absence.
The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU (“the Directive”) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”). The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.
Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority (“Open”, “Restricted”, “Competitive Procedure with Negotiation”, “Competitive Dialogue” or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the “Light Touch Regime” contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).


Award value: 3600000