Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent GP Out of Hours Service

Published date: 10 August 2021

Last edited date: 10 August 2021

This notice was replaced on 5 April 2022

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Awarded contract (published 5 April 2022, last edited 5 April 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

Health services - 85100000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£31,995,565 to £65,175,621

Procurement reference

tender_282643/987027

Published date

10 August 2021

Closing date

17 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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?

Description

NHS Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), North Staffordshire CCG, South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula CCG, Stoke on Trent CCG, East Staffordshire CCG and Stafford & Surrounds CCG wish to tender and enter a formal procurement for GP Out of Hours (GP OOH) services across the aforementioned CCG catchment areas. Services will commence from the 1st April 2022 for a period of five (5) years with the option to extend up to two (2) years and will be split into two LOTS:
LOT 1 - NHS North Staffordshire CCG and Stoke on Trent CCG
LOT 2 - NHS Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula CCG, East Staffordshire CCG and Stafford & Surrounds CCG.
In addition to the core GP OOH service requirements LOT 2, covering the South CCG regions will also incorporate an out of hours' provision for the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent prisons.
Services should align with the national requirements for integrated urgent care and deliver the following core components of the service:
- Receive calls and referrals from NHS 111
- Receive calls and referrals from Health Care Professionals (HCPs) seeking additional clinical telephone advice for patients being attended in their place of residence or public place
- Ability to consult patients by a variety of means including remotely, face to face either at specified hubs or in their own homes.
- Provide clinical support to the Clinical Assessment Service that sits under NHS111
Across Staffordshire we will be consulting on the future Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) configurations, Providers should be mindful that Commissioners have an aspiration to align GP OOH services to this offer in the future.
TUPE is expected to apply and further indicative details of this are included within the ITT documents.
The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent GP Out of Hours Services contracts will be part of the wider integrated urgent care offering across Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent and collaboration between partners will be fundamental as the Urgent and Emergency Care services transform.
The Commissioners have set indicative financial envelopes for each lot and details can be found within the ITT documents.
The CCG has set an affordability threshold for each of the lots within the Procurement. The
CCG reserves the right to request clarification and not to consider Bids that are above the affordability envelope and reserve the right to seek clarification on bids that are unusually low with regards to the affordability threshold
The Affordability thresholds are;
Lot 1 North £4,740,008 per annum
Lot 2 South £4,570,795 per annum
This is an indicative threshold and bidders are encouraged to avoid exceeding the threshold.

More information

Additional text: Light Touch Regime' services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations('Regulations'). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the ITT documents. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement

Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process.This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal athttps://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk(i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister;(ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. Bidders should search for ITT 837, 839 & 841. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo SolutionHelpdesk on +448003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk.This tender will be conducted in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

About the buyer

Address

Heron House, 120 Grove Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 4LX
England

Email

elizabeth.johnson1@nhs.net