Expressions of Interest for the Provision of Alternative Primary Medical Services (APMS) at Broad Oak Medical Practice in Nottingham

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide alternative primary medical services (APMS) at Broad Oak Medical Practice, Nottingham and invite all interested providers to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire.

Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM on 19th July 2023.

Broad Oak Medical Practice is a GP practice situated in Strelley Health Centre, 116 Strelley Road, Nottingham (NG8), and covers the patient population of Strelley, Bilborough, Aspley and north Beechdale.

The practice is part of the BACHS Primary Care Network.

Broad Oak Medical Practice has an actual patient list size of 6,716 (weighted 6,772) as of April 2023 (quarter 1 2023/24). The list size has steadily grown over a period of 18 months. The immediate areas of the practice boundary have high index of multiple deprivation and tend to experience the most health inequalities.

The practice opening hours are 08:00 to 18:30 Monday to Friday.

The estimated contract value is £692,640 per annum. This is based on the current global sum value for 2023/24.

The Care Quality Commission have rated the practice as Good. (December 2021).

The new contract will be expected to commence on 1 January 2025.

This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.

This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.

The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this market engagement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering portal at the following link: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects and register your interest.

You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C164952 - EOI for Broad Oak Medical Practice (APMS) in Nottingham.

The procurement will be advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.

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 Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations.