NHSE804 - Ravenscar Surgery APMS - Expression of Interest

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement North East (the Contracting Authority) and NHS Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (the Commissioner), who wish to alert the market to a potential future tender opportunity to deliver Alternative Provider Medical Services to patients registered at Ravenscar Surgery, located within Redcar Primary Care Hospital.

Patient list size, as at 01 April 2021 was 3880 Raw / 4317.179 weighted.

The anticipated tender live date for this procurement opportunity is Monday 26 July 2021. It is anticipated that there will be approximately 5 weeks to mobilise the service.

Please note, this requirement is an emergency contract as a result of a contract hand back and the CCG are offering an interim contract to allow for further consideration of the future commissioning of services in line with patient need and relevant legislation.

The contract term is for 12 months with effect from 01 October 2021 with an estimated contract value of £494,454, in addition to pass-through costs of £178,356 (including rent and rates costs).

Additional monies up to the value of £187,000 will also be made available to the successful provider to support mobilisation of the service as well as furniture and equipment costs.

It is anticipated that TUPE may apply to this contract, however, potential providers are to note that any redundancy costs that may be incurred at the end of the 12-month contract period will not be the responsibility of the provider.

Premises will be mandated for the delivery of services and providers are to note that there will be no liability for lease costs at the end of the 12 month contract term.

This tender opportunity is strictly limited to providers within the Tees Valley CCG locality, in line Procurement Policy Note 11/20 - Reserving Below Threshold Procurements; Reserving procurement by supplier location.

It should be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this process and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to submit their expression of interest.

The In-Tend e-Tendering portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu/aspx/Home

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

Expressions of Interest must be submitted by 5pm on Thursday 22 July 2021.