Published date: 3 May 2018

This notice was replaced on 21 August 2018

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Opportunity (published 21 August 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • General-practitioner services - 85121100

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£8,800,000 to £14,300,000

Procurement reference

tender_170235/668157

Published date

3 May 2018

Approach to market date

1 June 2018

Contract start date

1 April 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2032

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

On behalf of NHS England and NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Hull CCG would like to inform Providers of the potential procurement for an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract to be delivered from the Calvert and Newington Health Centres in the city of Hull. The actual patient list size was 10,820 (31st March 2018).

The Services must be GP Led and provided by GPs, nurses and other clinical professionals, the successful Provider will be expected to:

- Provide primary care medical services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive
- Effectively mobilise services to become operational in the prescribed timeframe
- Deliver all services throughout the hours that will be outlined in the specification
- Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and a greater say in their treatment
- Have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient satisfaction
- Have processes in place to engage effectively with the local communities
- Participate in National Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
- Be eligible for and expected to provide all Enhanced Services, remunerated in line with the relevant Directions as specified by the commissioner on an annual basis.
- Promotion of healthy living with the aim of tackling the underlying causes of ill health.
- Collaborate with the extended access service being commissioned by the CCG which will be operational from October 2018
- Work within one of the 5 general practice groupings that exist within Hull, each comprising a minimum of 30,000 patients
- Participate in the Local Quality Premium Scheme that the CCG commissions from each of the 5 general practice groupings
- Use online consultation (econsult)
- Allow direct booking by 111 for routine appointments
- Work with social prescribing service including hosting appointments for Wellbeing Coordinators and/or Welfare Advisors.

The Contracting Authority is planning to undertake an open procurement process, as a joint procurement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Hull CCG, to award an eight year contract, to award an eight year contract, with the option to extend up to five years (8+5). The Estimated total value (£14.3m) of the opportunity included in this notice is based on the total potential contract term of 13 years (8+5) based on the aggregate spend for 17-18 of £1.1m. The actual contractual payments are variable, with the main driver being practice list size.

The sites for performance will be as follows:
The Calvert Centre, 110A Calvert Ln, Hull HU4 6BH
Newington Health Care Centre, Anlaby Rd, Hull HU3 6BX

The Contracting Authority is seeking an organisation who can provide the APMS services described within the standard NHS England APMS Contract.

Potential Providers must be registered to provide General Practitioner Services and in a position to successfully mobilise the contract by 1 April 2019.

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The Authority would like to gain an understanding of the provider market for this service. If you are interested in this potential opportunity please confirm your interest by responding to this notice on www.nhssourcing.co.uk by accessing pqq_29429 and registering an interest by 13.00 hours on the 16 May 2018.

It is anticipated that the potential opportunity will be published late May or early June 2018 through the NHS Sourcing e-Procurement portal.

NHS Hull CCG is only seeking expressions of interest from Providers who are genuinely capable and attracted to this potential opportunity.

Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your Provider.

About the buyer

Contact name

Kelly Wilson

Address

Wilberforce House, Alfred Gelder St
Hull
HU1 1UY
England

Email

kelly.wilson2@nhs.net