Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS South Sefton CCG
Magdalen House, 30 Trinity Road
Bootle
L20 3NJ
Contact
MLCSU Procurement Team
Telephone
+44 1513178456
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD73 - Sefton
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
NHS South Sefton CCG - APMS Contracts
Reference number
CM-22-02
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS South Sefton CCG – APMS Contracts
NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) is working on behalf NHS South Sefton CCG who wishes to procure 9 GP surgery contracts.
These 9 GP surgeries will be split into 5 LOTs as follows:
LOT 1: Hightown
LOT 2: North Park
LOT 3: Great Crosby and Thornton (covering the 3 GP practices of Crosby Village, Crossways and Thornton)
LOT 4: Seaforth, Litherland & Netherton
LOT 5: Maghull
Bidders are welcome to consider applying for one LOT, multiple LOTs or all LOTs.
A provider engagement event is to be held on Wednesday 4th May at 9.30am via MS Teams to discuss the requirements of the contracts.
If you wish to participate in the engagement meeting, please e-mail mlcsu.tendersnorth@nhs.net to arrange attendance. There will be a general presentation first followed by individual meetings for any provider who requires one. The deadline for requesting attendance and an individual meeting is 12pm on Tuesday 3rd May 2022.
The potential contract will be valued at approximately £2,969,269.98 per year across all 5 LOTs; and the contract duration will be for 5 years with the potential to extend for a further 2-year period.
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022. The contract value excludes any contract enhancements that may be available to the successful Bidder such as Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF), Local Quality Contract (LQC) and Directed Enhanced Services (DES).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £20,784,889
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: 5
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
LOT 1: Hightown
LOT 2: North Park
LOT 3: Great Crosby and Thornton (covering the 3 GP practices of Crosby Village, Crossways and Thornton)
LOT 4: Seaforth, Litherland & Netherton
LOT 5: Maghull
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Hightown Practice
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Hightown Practice
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022.
Value of this LOT over 7 year total: £1,549,310.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
North Park Practice
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
North Park Practice
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022.
Value of this LOT over 7 year total: £5,203,313.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Great Crosby and Thornton
Lot No
3
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Great Crosby and Thornton - covering the 3 practices of Crosby Village, Crossways and Thornton.
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022.
Value of this LOT over 7 year total: £5,800,531.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Seaforth, Litherland & Netherton
Lot No
4
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
3 practices of Seaforth, Litherland and Netherton
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022.
Value of this LOT over 7 year total: £6,000,649.
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Maghull
Lot No
5
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD73 - Sefton
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Maghull Practice
two.2.14) Additional information
The contract value is based on the basic GMS rate for 2022-23 which is £99.70 per patient and each LOT has been valued on the patient list size as at January 2022.
Value of this LOT over 7 year total: £2,231, 085.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 June 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This procurement is for Social and other specific services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations (‘Regulations’) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/schedule/3/made
Accordingly, the Contracting Authority is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regime Section 7 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/2/chapter/3/made
The Contracting Authority is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations.
As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
Right to Cancel: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award a contract or contracts and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award a contract in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.
The Contracting Authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidate or tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this Contract Notice, or in the completion or submission of any tender, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.
All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change these.
Transparency: The Contracting Authority is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and may be required to disclose information received in the course of this procurement under FOIA or the EIR.
In addition, and in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the contracting authority intends to publish procurement documentation and the text of any resulting contractual arrangements, subject to possible redactions at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
Any redactions, whether in relation to information requests under FOIA, the EIR or policies on transparency will be in accordance with those grounds prescribed under the Freedom of Information Act. If and when this requirement is offered to tender, this will be done via electronic means using the internet. Midlands and Lancashire CSU is conducting this procurement exercise as a central purchasing body for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services.
Any other public-sector body detailed within this notice, wishing to access the contract may do so only with permission from the contracting NHS body.
Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the tender process.