Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Commissioning Support Service (LLR CSS) on behalf of NHS Leicester City and NHS Leicestershire, County and Rutland PCT Cluster is seeking tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of Primary Medical Care Services from the Belgrave Health Centre of Leicester City.
The current contractual arrangements will cease on 31.12.2012. The registered list size as of April 2012 is 4660. The premises are in a purpose built PCT owned building which houses two GP practices as well as a pharmacy.
Continuation of provision of Services from the existing premises is a requirement.
The provider will be expected to deliver:
— high quality Primary Medical Services responsive to the needs of the local populations,
— promotion of healthy living with the aim of tackling the underlying causes of:
— ill health,
— essential services,
— all additional services,
— all Enhanced Services commissioned by NHS LC and LCR,
— opening hours and service delivery as a minimum from 8:00 am to 6:30 pm Monday to Friday (except Statutory Bank and Public Holidays,
— extended hours opening – i.e. early mornings, late nights, and weekends (to be agreed to meet the needs of patients).
The successful provider will need to demonstrate that the service provided is of high-quality and will be assessed on an on-going basis to ensure they deliver the quality required.
Providers wishing to express an interest for delivering these services can do so by logging onto the East Midlands Procurement eTendering portal, link: https://emprocurenhs.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml and registering by no later than 17:00 hours on Friday 10.8.2012.
Please note that the route to procure the service will be an ‘Open’ Part B procurement and therefore it is envisaged that all ITT documentation will be available from Thursday 12.7.2012.
A Bidder event will be held on the morning of 16.7.2012. Providers who wish to attend this event should use the messaging facility on the East Midlands Procurement eTendering portal to reserve places, which are limited to two per organisation.
To register an interest, Providers must follow the instructions below:
To register on the portal:
— from the portal Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link,
— accept the terms & conditions for using the portal,
— complete your organisation & personal details,
— choose a memorable username and submit,
— you will shortly be sent an email with your unique password, please treat this securely (if you lose it there is a ‘Forgot my Password’ link on the portal homepage).
To Express Interest in the Tender:
— login with your unique username & password,
— from the suppliers reserved area click ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ –this is a repository of all ITT’s open to any registered supplier,
— browse the ITTs (there may be more than one page) and select “Brandon Street General Practice ” by clicking on it,
— note the Details buttons on the left for Navigation and the Actions below,
— click the ‘Express Interest’ action – this will move the ITT from the ITT’s Open to All Suppliers area to your ‘My ITT’s’ area –this is a reserved area for ITT’s that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.
Closing date for the submission of completed ITT’s is envisaged at 17:00 hours on Monday 27.8.2012.
All correspondence will only be dealt with through the eTendering portal.