Published date: 9 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 13 February 2019

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Awarded contract (published 13 February 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical practice and related services - 85120000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£6,296,765 to £12,593,530

Procurement reference

RTL-100P

Published date

9 October 2018

Closing date

9 November 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group is seeking to identify a suitable provider of Primary Care GP Services to undertake a GP contract in London for Melbourne Grove Medical Practice, Melbourne Grove, London SE22 8QN and Hambleden Clinic, Blanchedowne, London SE5 8HL based in London Borough of Southwark as a merged registered list. The registered list will relocate to the new Dulwich Health Centre, East Dulwich Grove, London SE22 8PT when completed. The Commissioner Southwark CCG is acting under delegated authority from NHS England.
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful Bidder to be central to the development and delivery of services in the new Dulwich Health Centre when it opens in spring 2020. Dulwich Health Centre will be a health and wellbeing care network hub for people living in South Southwark where this APMS contract will be provided from this time. Services will run, in the first year from existing sites at Melbourne Grove Medical Practice and Hambleden Clinic as a merged registered list and thereafter services will operate from the Dulwich Health Centre.
The successful Bidder will be required to provide general medical services at the addresses of the Practices referred to above, using the current clinical staff and non-clinical staff, where employed, to ensure continuity of service provision for patients. The successful Bidder will also be required to ensure that the Practice is managed and provides high quality general medical services in a consistent and accessible way, to meet the needs of the registered patients. This will include providing clinical leadership to the practice team at the Practice and establishing robust governance processes.
The Procurement process will be facilitated entirely online via The Authority's e-procurement portal (ProContract). Interested Applicants wishing to participate in the procurement must register, express an interest, and complete the online questionnaires hosted on the portal prior to the deadline for submission (12th November 2018 10am). All clarification requests and correspondence pertaining to this ITT opportunity must be directed through the portal. A timetable for the procurement, guidance re: process, and supplementary information relating to each contract opportunity is also available from the portal.
The Agreement will be for an initial term of 5 years followed by an optional extension of 5 years. Therefore the contract will have a maximum (extended) term of 10 years (120 months). The expected contract start date is 1 April 2019. The indicative annual contract value, based on a weighted patient list of 11,393 is £1,259,353 (Ex VAT, per annum).

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This Tender process is being managed by NHS NEL CSU on behalf of The Authority in connection with a competitive procurement exercise that is being conducted in accordance with a process based on the Open Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The services to which this Procurement relates fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. Neither the reference to "Open Procedure", "ITT", "PQQ / SQ", the use of the term "Tender process" nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that The Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.

Bidders are also to note that information relating to this procurement is provided in good faith, and may be subject to amendment by The Authority.

The Authority reserves the right not to award the contract.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nirula Sethi

Address

NHS NEL CSU, 1 Lower Marsh
LONDON
SE1 7NT
England

Telephone

07976322671

Email

Nirula.sethi@nhs.net