Primary Care Out of Hours on behalf of Derby & Derbyshire ICB

**PIN as a Call for Competition**

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner(s), NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) wish to commission a Primary Care Out of Hours Service and invite interested providers to submit their expression of interest for this service.

NHS Derby & Derbyshire ICB are re-commissioning this service to start from 01st April 2024 and are subsequently looking for providers who are interested in delivering this service. Any Primary Care GP OOH provider will be expected to adhere to the national IUC Service Specification in addition to any local requirements detailed within the specification that accompanies this PIN.

The service is a Schedule 3 Service and is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This notice is a Prior Information Notice as a Call for Competition under the permitted procedure for social and other specific services, as provided for in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - Regulation 48. In accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) of the Regulations, interested parties should note that the contract for the services may be awarded without further publication and interested parties should express their interest inwriting by following the instructions below. Only providers who express an interest to this Prior Information Notice will be invited to a secondary ITT phase.

Providers willing to Express an Interest will be required to respond to a series of questions which are scored on a "Pass/Fail" basis. The scoring criteria for each question is stipulated within the question. Only providers who score a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions will be deemed compliant & capable. Depending on the outcome of the Expressions of Interest, the Commissioner reserves the right to direct award to provider(s) with no further competition.

The activity is 250,000 patients per annum. The annual value of this procurement is estimated to be £6.5 million - £13.2 million per annum (see Document 1 Process Overview for details). This is based on historical activity and is not guaranteed. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years, commencing on the 01st April 2024, with the potential to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the ICB.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 1700hrs on the 13th June 2023. No expressions of interest after this time will be accepted.

Full details of the service can be found in the accompanying documentation within the attachments area of the project on Atamis. To access the documentation please visit Atamis on the link below and access project C167953 - Primary Care Out of Hours Service for Derby and Derbyshire ICB [https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome].