Published date: 23 January 2020

Last edited date: 28 July 2021

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 20 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Medical practice services - 85121000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands

Value of contract

£0 to £1

Procurement reference

20200123083154-68205

Published date

23 January 2020

Closing date

20 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 January 2024

Contract end date

22 January 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) is seeking to launch a new online purchasing system (technically known as a 'Pseudo' Dynamic Purchasing System or PDPS) where pre-approved GP providers can apply to join a list of pre-approved providers.
Those providers approved to join the system can then be invited by local commissioners to bid to provide APMS services when local needs arise.

The PDPS is a 4-year procurement exercise managed through a new e-procurement platform and will see:

GP providers appointed to an electronically managed list of approved providers



GP providers can apply and be added to this list at any time during the 4-year period, unlike a traditional procurement framework,



once approved onto the PDPS, GP providers can be invited via the e-platform to respond to requests for APMS services from local commissioners. These local 'call-offs' will be matched to the bespoke needs of local commissioners.


To ensure the PDPS can be managed efficiently while also being sensitive to local commissioner (and provider) needs it will be broken down in to Lots

Lot 1 - Substantive APMS Contracts

Lot 2 - GP Caretaker Contracts

The PDPS will be further broken down into geographical sub-Lots (7 sub-Lots in line with the 7 NHSEI regional areas). GP Providers can apply to be an approved APMS and/or caretaker provider in one or more of the stated Lots and Sub-Lots.

Application on to the approved provider list does not commit providers to providing APMS services, nor does it guarantee a provider will be awarded a contract through the PDPS, but it does mean providers will be able to bid when local needs arise. Applications to join the PDPS will be managed in consecutive "Rounds". These Rounds have specific start and end dates by which applications must be submitted. If a provider misses the deadline to submit an application for a particular Round, they can submit their application for evaluation as part of the next Round.

Please refer to the online document set available at the EU Supply e-tendering portal (link above) for further details.
The Services in the scope of this procurement fall 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" (LTR) contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). Neither the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that The Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Regulation 74.

More information

Links

Additional text

The values of the individual contracts and individual contract durations will be confirmed at the call off stages. The dates/values mentioned in the contract information section of this notice do not reflect the actual contract dates/values.
Do you need technical support?
email: uksupport@eu-supply.com
phone: 0800-840-2050





Time table for the DPS Rounds:

Round

Application period

Round 19

07.06.2021-

02.07.2021

Round 20

05.07.2021-

30.07.2021

Round 21

02.08.2021-

27.08.2021

Round 22

30.08.2021-

24.09.2021

Round 23

27.09.2021-

22.10.2021

Round 24

25.10.2021-

19.11.2021

Round 25

22.11.2021-

17.12.2021

Round 26

20.12.2021-

14.01.2022

Round 27

17.01.2022-

11.02.2022

Round 28

14.02.2022-

11.03.2022

Round 29

14.03.2022-

01.04.2022

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ahsan Haji

Address

Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
England

Email

nelcsu.apms.pdps@nhs.net