Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-03-22
Buyer: NHS England - North (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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: 5900660 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-04-24

Technical requirements: North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this procurement process for and on behalf of NHS England North (Yorkshire and the Humber) (the Contracting Authority) and NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group Partnership (LSE CCG) who are operating as a fully-delegated CCG for co-commissioning on behalf of NHS Leeds West CCG, NHS Leeds North CCG, and NHS Leeds South and East CCG.
This tender opportunity is for the provision of Alternative Provider Medical Services for New Cross Surgery (List size 5,988), and Middleton Park Surgery (List size 4,703). The contract term will be for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend the contract by a further 2 years at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance.
New Cross Surgery, Rothwell Health Centre, Stone Brig Lane, Rothwell, LS26 0UE Middleton Park Surgery, and Middleton Community Health Centre, Middleton Park Avenue, Middleton, Leeds, LS10 4HT.
It is anticipated that the NHS Commissioning Board, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 14I of the National Health Service Act 2006 will approve the dissolution of NHS Leeds North CCG, NHS Leeds South and East CCG and NHS Leeds West CCG to create a new clinical commissioning group NHS Leeds CCG on 01 April 2018 with ODS code 15F whose registered office will be at Suites B5-B9 WIRA Business Park, West Park Ring Road, Leeds, LS16 6EB.
Any claims, demands, liabilities, rights, and obligations arising out of or in connection with the above CCGs prior to the Transfer Date will transfer to the NHS Leeds CCG as from the Transfer Date.
This procurement is for Alternative Provider Medical Services for New Cross Surgery (List size 5,988), and Middleton Park Surgery (List size 4,703). The financial information for this procurement is based upon a total List Size as of October 2017 of 10,691 at 85,15 GBP per patient for Core Service.
The price per patient assumes a national uplift of 5 % or 4 GBP per patient estimated on uplifts over the last 2 years. The price per patient shown is after Out of Hours deductions. The final contract value will be based on the national uplift regardless of whether it is more or less than the assumed value.
QOF aspirational payments will be made in conjunction with achievement in 2018/19, reconciliation of total QOF 2019/20 will be made in line with national QOF arrangements.
Note these costs will be worked through to assess what value is required with no further transitional funding in years 3, 4, and 5 of the contract. Funding for transitional costs will be released following receipt of supporting evidence from the successful bidder for costs incurred and will not exceed the stated funding cap.
Tender documentation will be available as from 12:00 noon on 23.3.2018 and the closing date for tender returns is 12:00 noon on 24.4.2018.
The TUPE Regulations 2006 as amended may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
The basic principles of the Open Procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Light-Touch Rules Regime, Regulations 74 to 77 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 nº 102) (for Health, Social, Education, and certain other Service Contracts).
(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 contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to “economic, social, and environmental well-being”.


Award value: 5900660