Primary Care Medical Services for Arlesey Medical Centre

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England (Central Midlands) and Bedfordshire CCG (referred to as the Commissioner(s)) under joint commissioning arrangements is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Service(s). The Commissioners are looking for a provider to deliver high quality, patient centred and value for money (VFM) Primary GP services, delivered in a safe and effective manner.

The contract is to be carried out at Arlesey Medical Centre, High Street, Arlesey, Bedfordshire, SG15 6SN.

As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 3 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to a further 2 years.

The current contract(s) for the Services will end on 31st March 2017 and as a result the successful provider is expected to be fully operational, providing services from 1st April 2017.

Based on the current contract it is anticipated that the service provision resultant of this procurement will have an annual agreement value of £426,846.15 based on the patient weighted list size of 4047 as at 1st July 2016.

Additional income can be earned from the Quality Outcomes Framework payment and Enhanced Services Payments. It is envisaged that TUPE will apply.

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise.

Please note the deadline to express an interest and request documents is 26th October 2016 at 12 noon.

Please note that the deadline for ITT submissions is 12 noon on 28th October 2016.

Additional information: The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services to which this notice relates are covered by the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. 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 authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further detail.

Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box

3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the on-line help, or contact the eTendering helpdesk