North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this process for and on behalf of NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester and NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group.
The basic principles that mirror that of the Open Procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capacity, capability and technical competence of tenderers in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended). Regulation 120 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provides for a temporary exemption and saving for certain NHS procurements. Regulation 120 provides that nothing in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 affects any contract award procedure that relates to the procurement of health care services for the purposes of the NHS within the meaning and scope of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013(b), that is commenced before 18.4.2016 and any subsequent contract awarded as a result of such a procedure. The current Part B regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) and NHS (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013(b) will continue to apply to the commissioning of these services until 18.4.2016.
NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester are accountable for the provision of local General Practitioner (GP) services in the Lancashire and Greater Manchester area. Under the co-commissioning arrangements in place from April 2015, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have delegated responsibility and together with NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester are currently reviewing a number of practices in the Greater Manchester Area.
NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester in conjunction with NHS Oldham CCG are proposing to commission 4 Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) under Lots, which are currently delivered from:
Hill Top Medical Practice, Fitton Hill Neighbourhood Centre, Fircroft Road, Fitton Hill, Oldham, OL8 2QD: List size W 4038 / R 3497;
Hollinwood Medical Practice, 1 Clive Street, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 3TR: list size W 3787 / R 3343;
John Street Practice, 1 John Street, Oldham, OL8 1DF: list size: W 3303 / R 3765;
The Village Medical Practice, Crompton Health Centre, High Street, OL2 8ST: list size W 3015 / R 2952.
Please note the list size provided relates to both the weighted (W) and raw (R) list taken as of 1.1.2016.
It will be a requirement that all services are offered from the existing premises.
The aim of the services are to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients of each practice as well as the local quality scheme known as EQALS Plus.
It is proposed that the terms and conditions of service, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in General Medical Services (GMS) contracts. The Contract term will be for an initial period of 5 years from the commencement date with the option to extend the contract by a further period of 5 years subject to NHS England Efficiency Controls Committee approval and at the discretion of NHS Oldham CCG and subject to satisfactory contractual and financial performance and adherence to any contractual break clauses that may be applicable.
Tenderers can tender for 1 or more or all Lots and the Contracting Authorities in line with market expectations have a preference to award all 4 lots to a single provider, however if it is not possible to award all 4 lots to a single provider under the most economically advantageous tender criteria, the Contacting Authorities will have the option to award whatever combination of lots or individual lots that meet the most economically advantageous tender criteria.
Lot 1: Hill Top Medical Practice;
Lot 2: Hollinwood Medical Practice;
Lot 3: John Street Practice;
Lot 4: The Village Medical Practice;
Lot 5: The combination of all 4 Lots.
To express an interest in this tender opportunity, please follow the instructions in section VI.3) of this notice.
Please be aware that all communications and submissions will be conducted via the NECS In-Tend portal only.
The closing time and date for tender returns is 12:00 on 13.5.2016.