APMS Services for Summerfield Group Practice (Market Engagement)

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU on behalf of NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide alternative primary medical services (APMS) at Summerfield Group Practice, Birmingham and invite all interested providers to participate in an early market engagement event and market assessment questionnaire. The service commencement date is 1st April 2024. Summerfield Group Practice is located in Birmingham and serves patients across the Soho and Jewellery Quarter ward of Birmingham. The practice is part of the I3 Ladywood Primary Care Network. The practice has weighted list size of 8,213 patients (April2023). Based on the above and a raw list size of 8694 the value of the contract will be approximately £840,000 pa The Care Quality Commission have rated the practices as Good (December 2013). It is expected the practice will provide the following as part of the contract: • Essential Services • All Additional Services • All Enhanced Services commissioned by NHS England and Local Improvement Schemes commissioned by the ICB • Opening hours and service delivery from 8.00am -6.30pm Monday to Friday (except statutory bank and public holidays) • Participation in the Primary Care Network Enhanced Service • Extended opening hours in line with requirements of the Primary Care Network The Commissioners wish to invite suitably qualified and experienced providers to help gain market views on the viability of procuring the delivery of these requirements at the Summerfield Group Practice. Commissioners are considering the length of future contracts as part of this exercise and are considering a term of 9 or 7+2 years. Commissioners are considering the funding of future contracts with equity to national GMS contracts central to considerations. For 2023/2024 the GMS price is £102.29 per weighted patient. The Commissioner is holding a Market Place Event at14:00hr on the 25th July 2023 via MS Teams to inform potential bidders of the requirements of the Service. If you are interested in attending please contact [email protected] by 09:00hrs on Monday 25th July 2023. The Commissioner is also seeking the views of potential bidders on the approach to market and wishes to gain feedback via an on-line questionnaire. If you would like to contribute this is available please register and complete the questionnaire at https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome and Quote/tender C187702 - ref APMS Services for Summerfield Group Practice (Market Engagement) by Friday 21st July 2023. This is purely a market 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. The responses received during the market assessment exercise will not be taken into account in any future evaluation process as part of the formal procurement process.