Prior Information Notice (PIN) and Market Engagement Event for Extended Access to Primary Care - NHS High Weald Lewes Havens Clinical Commissioning Group - SoEPS/17/344

HWLH CCG wishes to procure this service for 50% (84,500 patients) of the GP registered population during 2018/19, increasing to 100% of the population by April 2019. The provider may choose to cover this 50% by working from two of the four locality "hubs", or across all four locality "hubs". The maximum value of the contract for 2018/19 is £510,267 which equates to £6.00 per head of registered population for 50% of our population. The overall deliverables are: • Extended access to primary care to be provided in "hubs" located in the four sub-localities of The Havens, Lewes, Uckfield and Healthfield, and Crowborough. • Appointment booking will be via the patients GP practice • The provider must have access to the patient's full medical records

Additional hours to be provided: a) Weekday provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments to general practice services in evenings (after 6.30pm) to provide an additional 1.5 hours a day b) Weekend provision of access to pre-bookable and same day appointments on both Saturdays and Sundays to meet local population needs c) Provide an additional 30 minutes consultation capacity per 1000 population (equating to 42 hours per week)

The provider will also be expected to: • Advertise the service to patients, including on practice websites • Ensure ease of access for patients including all practice receptionists within the hub to be able to direct patients to the service and offer appointments to extended hours service on the same basis as appointments to non-extended hours services • Patients should be offered a choice of evening or weekend appointments on an equal footing to core hours appointments This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to advise prospective providers of the Commissioners intention.

A market engagement event will be held on 15 September 2017 from 09:00 to 11:00 at the CCG offices, Friar's Walk, Lewes BN7 2PB. This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the tender and contracts, the process involved as well as network with others. NHS HWLH CCG will use the opportunity to gather intelligence from providers which may influence the final tender.

Please RSVP by 17:00 11th September 2017 with the name, title, email addresses and telephone number for attendees (a maximum of two attendees per organisation) to:

An electronic process is being used for this market engagement. Interested parties wishing to participate must register their details on the IN-tend eSourcing portal: (https://intendhost.co.uk/soepscommissioning/aspx/Tenders/Current) All correspondence will be dealt through this website. Instructions to access the portal are attached.

Additional information: The commissioner reserves the right not to proceed with the Procurement, or any part thereof, or change the requirements as necessary at any time.

It is the intention of the commissioner that the procurement will be conducted as on OJEU Service Contract using an Open Procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The ITT is expected to be published mid October 2017 and module delivery to commence from April 2018. A separate advert will be released advising when the procurement is live for submissions.