Published date: 20 February 2018

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Approach to market date: 14 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • General-practitioner services - 85121100

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£2,335,000 to £110,000,000

Procurement reference

RTL093P

Published date

20 February 2018

Approach to market date

14 March 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

30 September 2024

Procedure type

Other: Open process under the Light Touch Regime (LTR)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NHS England London Region (hereafter referred to as "The Authority") invites interested, suitably qualified and experienced providers of primary medical GP services (the Services) to attend a Market Engagement Event in advance of publication of the Tranche 6 (T6) London APMS Programme.
NHS England will shortly be publishing opportunities relating to the contracts for the provision of primary medical GP services (the Services) to be delivered through an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract. The Commissioners of these services include the following Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) acting under delegated authority from NHS England; NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG, NHS Bexley CCG, NHS Greenwich CCG, NHS Hounslow CCG, NHS Lambeth CCG, NHS Redbridge CCG and NHS Southwark CCG.
Tranche 6 (T6) of the London APMS Programme includes 10 (ten) individual APMS contracts in different parts of London. The practices/lots are:
Lot 1 - Bedfont Practice (TW14), Hounslow
Lot 2 - The Feltham Centre GP Practice (TW13), Hounslow
Lot 3 - Heart of Hounslow GP Practice (TW3), Hounslow
Lot 4 - Aldersbrook Medical Centre (E12), Redbridge
Lot 5 - Porters Avenue Surgery and Child & Family Doctors' Surgery (RM8 and IG11), Barking & Dagenham
Lot 6 - Cairngall Medical Practice (DA17), Bexley
Lot 7 - Clover Health Centre (SE18), Greenwich
Lot 8 - Falmouth Road Surgery (SE1), Southwark
Lot 9 - The Lister GP Practice (formerly Hurley GP Practice Lister and Dr Hossain at Lister) (SE15), Southwark
Lot 10 - Pavillion Medical Centre (SW9), Lambeth
The Market Engagement Event will be held on Friday 9th March 2018 at St Giles Hotel Bedford Ave, Fitzrovia, London WC1B 3GH - 14.00 to 17.00.
Please note that interested parties must register to attend the event by completing the attached Attendee Registration Form and submitting this to the following email address - england.london-procurement@nhs.net . Only attendees who pre-register via the required process will be granted admission on the day of the event. Forms should be submitted before Tuesday 6th March at 17.00.
A maximum of two attendees per organisation is permitted due to space limitations and places will be reserved on a "first come first served" basis.
The subsequent Procurement process will be facilitated entirely online via the stated e-procurement portal ProContract (the Portal). It is expected that the contract notices and procurement documentation will be published in March 2018 and will contain further information on accessing and responding to the tender opportunity.
It is envisaged that contracts will be awarded for an initial period of 5 years, with optional extension for a further 5 years. i.e. Maximum total duration for each contract is 10 years. This is subject to approval by the Contracting Authority and the final details will be made available on publication of the procurement documentation.
Supplementary information (indicative only) for each of the contracts is attached for information.

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This Market Engagement process and the subsequent Tender process are being managed by NHS NEL Commissioning Support Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of The Authority in connection with a future competitive procurement exercise that will be 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 the 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 Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to procurements under the LTR.

About the buyer

Contact name

NHS England London Region Procurement

Address

80 London Road, Skipton House
LONDON
SE1 6LH
England

Email

england.london-procurement@nhs.net