Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (GEM CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Leicestershire and Lincolnshire) are seeking suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a Primary Medical Service under an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Contract at:

Burton Road Surgery, 181 Burton Road, Lincoln, LN1 3LT.

This primary medical care service contract has an anticipated start date of 1.7.2015 as the existing contract will cease on 30.6.2015. Our expectations are that these contracts will offer increased patient access and funding will be linked to KPI achievement within the current budgets.

The successful provider(s) will need to demonstrate that they can deliver service(s) of a continuously high-quality and will be responsive to the needs of the diverse local populations. Provider(s) will be assessed on an on-going basis to ensure they deliver the quality required.

There will be a requirement to deliver GP Services from the existing premises.

These service(s) must be provided by GPs and Nurses and provider(s) 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 England;

— Increased access.

The Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation is planned to be available from 17.10.2014 and should be completed by the closing date of 5 pm on 01.12.2014.

All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the ITT — Document 1.

Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process, the deadline for clarification questions is 5 pm on 24.11.14.

All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (GEM CSU) eTendering Procurement Portal bravosolutions only.

Providers wishing to submit an ITT to deliver this service can do so by logging onto GEM CSUs procurement portal (Bravo) by no later than 5 pm on 24.11.14 at: https://gemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

To register on the portal:

— From the portal Home Page, click the ‘Click Here to Register’ link;

— Accept the terms and conditions for using the portal;

— Complete your organisation and 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 Access the portal:

— Login with your unique username and 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 ‘Urgent care (minor injury and illness) Services, ELRCCG’ 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 ITTs Open to All Suppliers area to your ‘My ITTs’ area — this is a reserved area for ITTs that you have either been invited to or expressed interest in.

The services to which this notice relates fall within Part B of Schedule 3, Part 10 of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) (the Regulations). Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Part B services.