Greater Manchester Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) and Walk in Centres (WICS)

Greater Manchester Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) and Walk in Centres (WICS)

Short description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (GM ICB) (the Contracting Authority), who are undertaking a procurement to commission Greater Manchester Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS), to be delivered for patients of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR), Bolton, New Bank Practice, Victoria Mill Practice, Charlestown Medical Practice, Droylsden Road Family Practice, Simpson Medical Practice, City Health Centre and Hawthorn Medical Practice. There is also a need to secure provision of Walk In Centre services for City Health Centre and Hawthorn Medical Practice locations.

Description of the procurement

The basic principles that mirror those of the open procedure will be followed for this procurement to test the capability, capacity, and technical competence of providers in accordance with the Light Touch Regime within The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), ensuring a fair, open and transparent process in accordance with NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013.

The contract term for APMS only services is 10 years, with effect from 01 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 5 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

The contract term for WIC Services is for 3 years, with effect from 01 April 2025, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance and at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.

Please note that caveat responses will be considered as non-acceptance of this requirement.

Tender documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 22 March 2024. The closing date for submission of tenders is by NOON on 14 May 2024.

Additional information: The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014 (TUPE) may apply to this contract as this is an existing service provision. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including bid submissions, will be conducted via Atamis: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

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Legal, economic, financial, and technical information Conditions for participation

Objective rules and criteria for participation

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Contracting Authorities must consider: (a) How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where they exercise their functions; and (b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, they might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to "economic, social, and environmental well-being".

Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being.