PRJ918 - North Central London (NCL) APMS Contracts

NHS North Central London CCG (under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England) is seeking to procure high quality provider/s to deliver GP Primary Medical Services under three 15-year APMS Contracts from 1st April 2021, delivered from the following sites: Lot 1 - Cricklewood Health Centre, Barnet (suitable premises to be proposed by bidders) Lot 2 - Staunton Group Practice, Haringey, N22 Lot 3 - Tottenham Hale Medical Centre, Haringey, N17 The procurement is split into 3 Lots. Following the award procedures, one APMS contract will be awarded for each of the Lots. Bidders are able to submit bids for one or more of the three Lots. The maximum number of contracts to be awarded to one Bidder will be 3. Contract values within this notice are estimated values for the full extended duration of the contract and values may be suubject to change throughout the contract term in line with provisions within the APMS contracts proposed.

The contracts will have an initial term of 5 years (60 months), followed by an optional extension of 5 years (60 months) at the discretion of the commissioner, followed by a further optional extension of up to 5 years (60 months) at the discretion of the commissioner. If all available extension are taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 15 years (180 months).

Interested Bidders must access the ITT documentation via the link provided and submit a ITT response via the online questionnaires on the e-Tendering portal 'ProContract' before the submission deadline stipulated. See the procurement documentation (ITT Document 1 - Guidance Document) for more details.

Portal link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8d7efd71-d001-eb11-8105-005056b64545

All completed bids must be submitted by 12.00 (noon) on 29 October 2020 (any changes to tender submission timelines will be communicated to interested providers via the tender portal). The ITT reference for this tender is PRJ918. The services in the scope of this procurement fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). The Authority will adopt the Open procedure as a template for this procurement. The tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Regulations, save those applicable to services coming within the scope of Regulations 74 to 77.

Additional information: Lot 1 - Cricklewood GP Health Centre is located in the London Borough of Barnet and it is part of NHS North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG). The current contract for the provision of primary medical care services is due to expire on 31st March 2021 and hence the need to commence this Procurement. The registered list size at 1 July 2020 was 5160, this equates to 4224 weighted patients. The estimated contract value for the entire, extended, 15-year contract is £13,906,732.

Lot 2 - Staunton Group Practice is located in the London Borough of Haringey (Morum House Medical Centre, 3-5 Bounds Green Road, London, N22 8HE) and it is part of North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG). The current contract for the provision of primary medical care services is due to expire on 31 March 2021 and hence the need to commence this Procurement. The registered list size at July 2020 was 13,946. This equates to 13,251.37 weighted patients. The estimated contract value for the entire, extended, 15-year contract is £27,366,094

Lot 3 - Tottenham Hale Medical Centre is located in the London Borough of Haringey (10 Lebus St, London N17 9FD) and it is part of NHS North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (NCL CCG). The current contract for the provision of primary medical care services is due to expire on 31 March 2021 and hence the need to commence this Procurement. The registered list size at 1 July 2020 is 3395, this equates to 3118.83 weighted patients. The estimated contract value for the entire, extended, 15-year contract is £10,090,152.

Please see the ITT Document pack avaiable via the tender protal for more information.

Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgment of potential service providers. In such circumstances, and in any event, NHS England, the CCG or its advisors shall not be liable for any costs or loss of expenses whatsoever incurred by the respondent and company, agent, subsidiary or organisation may have contributed to any response submitted to this notice.