Primary Care Medical (plus Walk In) Services for St Neots Health Centre

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England - East and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG (referred to as the Commissioners) under fully delegated commissioning arrangements is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the Service of Primary Care Medical (plus Walk In) Services for St Neots Health Centre. NHS England - East is the lead Commissioner and NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG is the fully delegated Commissioner.

The Commissioners are looking to tender the Service on a 12 month basis while they carry out a service review and patient engagement to determine any changes required to service delivery from the Health Centre.

The total estimated contract value is £861,576 over the lifetime of the procurement (12 months).The service is expected to be full running by 1st December 2018.

St Neots is a town in the southern part of Cambridgeshire, within the county of Huntingdonshire, next to the Bedfordshire county border and has a growing population due to the large amount of housing development within the town boundary. The Health Centre is located within the town centre, close to retail outlets and public car parks and currently has a registered list size of approximately 6320 patients.

The Services delivered from the St Neots Health Centre are General Medical Services including Walk-In Services to non-registered patients from the St Neots and Cambridgeshire area. The Service is open from 8am-8pm Monday - Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

Additional information: Arden & GEM CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). The Services are being procured as "Schedule 3 - Social and Other Specific Services" and AGCSU is bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.

The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. 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 ITT 1063 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 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.