Procurement for the provision of APMS Primary Care on behalf of Medway CCG

NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (the Commissioner) is seeking a provider for Primary Medical Services to provide the full range of primary medical services at the below practices from 01 April 2019:

- Balmoral: Gillingham HLC and Twydall, list size: 6775 - Boots Pentagon: Chatham, list size: 8193 - St Marys Island : Chatham, list size: 3606 - Sunlight Centre: Gillingham, list size: 7208

Services are delivered on 5 sites as Balmoral have a branch site in Twydall serving a population of around 1200 included in their list size.

The Commissioner is seeking to contract with a single provider serving approximately 25,000 patients with room to grow their practice list which will enable that practice to be able to commission services at scale. In addition it is proposed that the new provider will have a practice boundary of the whole of Medway, thus affording patients from anywhere in Medway to be able to access excellent quality of service provision reducing health inequalities across Medway.

The Commissioner is looking for a patient-centred approach to care delivery that is user friendly and culturally sensitive and encompasses national and local public health targets. The Commissioner is also looking for providers who can demonstrate a willingness to deliver a number of key design principles e.g. improving access and promoting prevention and self-care, as part of core service delivery and using digital channels to provide health care online consultations.

The full scope of the service can be found in the service specification available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home. The contract period will be an initial 3 years with the option to extend by up to a further 1 year.

Based on current patient list and scope of services the annual contract value is £3,802,000 per annum (including QOF, Premises, Enhanced Services excluding set-up costs). Any future contract value is expected to be in line with any rise or fall in the patient list size, as may be the case. From 2019/20 an inflation uplift will be payable on the Monthly Variable Payment in accordance with the nationally negotiated uplift for APMS contracts. The total value including all options, set-up costs and possible extensions is £15,308,000.00.

The closing date for first stage submissions is the 21st September 2018; full details including criteria for award are made available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.

Additional information: Interested providers will be able to view this notice via the 'current tenders' list on the e-procurement portal (In-tend). https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home

In order to submit a bid, you will need to register on the e-procurement portal and 'express an interest' and then complete all necessary questions as specified within the documents.

On registration, please include at least two contacts to allow for access to the portal in times of absence.

The services are healthcare services falling 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 tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations. The Authority will run a transparent tender process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.

Neither the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations.

The Contracting Authority intends to voluntarily observe the award decision notices provisions and 10 day standstill period described in Regulation 86 of the Regulations. Unsuccessful Bidders will receive scores and reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages of the winning bid and the reasons why the Bidder/application was unsuccessful. Deadline for lodging of appeals should be in accordance with Regulation 87 and Regulation 91 of the Regulations.