Published date: 16 June 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical practice services - 85121000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£798,178

Procurement reference

ACE-0538-2022-BLMK

Published date

16 June 2022

Closing date

18 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2022

Contract end date

1 November 2039

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Authority (NHS BLMK CCG) invites responses from suitably qualified and experienced General Medical Services (GMS) contract holding providers to deliver Primary Medical Services as a 'branch with patient list' from two practices;

Arlesey Medical Centre (Lot 1)
Shortstown Surgery (Lot 2)

from 1st November 2022

The Contract for both Lots that make up this procurement (Arlesey Medical Centre and Shortstown Surgery) is the NHS General Medical Service (GMS); a contract which will be held in perpetuity by a practice (as a branch surgery with patient list for a General Medical Services contractor).

The Authority has taken a strategic decision not to re-procure GP contracts of around 10,000 weighted list size or below as stand-alone APMS contracts, to ensure robust and sustainable long-term delivery of services.

The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has a strong desire that the current premises are maintained within primary care ensuring adequate access, capacity, and resilience for general practice services.

The CCG has decided that the most appropriate way to achieve this aim is to advertise these practices as branches with patient lists, thus retaining the current premises with managed list dispersal to the successful bidder/s.

The annual value pertaining to each separate Lot based on 21/22 figures is the following:

• Arlesey (Lot 1) - £436,200
• Shortstown (Lot 2) - £361,976

these figures represent the Global Sum that is calculated based on weighted list size using the Carr Hill Formula.

To access the procurement documentation, please go to the Attain eProcurement Portal (Bravo powered by Jaggaer) at: https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk

Click on 'Register here' and follow the on-screen instructions. You can access the ITT: 'itt_273 - 'Primary Care Medical Services at Arlesey Medical Centre and Shortstown Surgery' by clicking on the link called 'View current opportunities' on the Home Page. Please note that the tender will not be accepted by any means other than through the Attain e-Procurement Portal.

The Services within this procurement fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations"). Neither the inclusion of the Bidder at Qualification Stage nor the use of the terms Process Overview, Selection Questionnaire, or Invitation to Tender nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Public Contracts for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (the "Light Touch" Regime).


About the buyer

Contact name

Rod Skinner

Address

Capability House
Silsoe
MK45 4HR
England

Email

Rod.skinner@attain.co.uk