Tender

Primary Care Out of Hours on behalf of Derby & Derbyshire ICB

  • NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

F01: Prior information notice (call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-013121

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03c72b

Published 9 May 2023, 1:49pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board

Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road

Derby

DE1 3QT

Contact

Craig Stephens

Email

craig.stephens@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/

Buyer's address

https://www.joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/derbyshire-integrated-care-board/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to 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://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

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

Primary Care Out of Hours on behalf of Derby & Derbyshire ICB

Reference number

C167953

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

**PIN as a Call for Competition**
NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner(s), NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) wish to commission a Primary Care Out of Hours Service and invite interested providers to submit their expression of interest for this service.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £66,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Main site or place of performance

Derby & Derbyshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

**PIN as a Call for Competition**

NHS Arden & Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of the Commissioner(s), NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) wish to commission a Primary Care Out of Hours Service and invite interested providers to submit their expression of interest for this service.

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB commission the Primary Care GP Out of Hours Service which is due to end on the 31 March 2024. The service is for patients requiring appropriate primary care when their GP Practice is closed. It operates across a wide range of sites throughout the county and city offering face to face assessment and treatment of patients either in a residential setting or at an OOH Primary Care Centre (PCC) and clinician advice to patients over the phone and via Video Consultation.

We are re-commissioning this service to start from 01st April 2024 and are subsequently looking for providers who are interested in delivering this service. Any Primary Care GP OOH provider will be expected to adhere to the national IUC Service Specification in addition to any local requirements detailed within the specification that accompanies this PIN.

The service is a Schedule 3 Service and is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This notice is a Prior Information Notice as a Call for Competition under the permitted procedure for social and other specific services, as provided for in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 - Regulation 48. In accordance with Regulation 32(b)(ii) of the Regulations, interested parties should note that the contract for the services may be awarded without further publication and interested parties should express their interest inwriting by following the instructions below. Only providers who express an interest to this Prior Information Notice will be invited to a secondary ITT phase.

Providers willing to Express an Interest will be required to respond to a series of questions which are scored on a "Pass/Fail" basis. The scoring criteria for each question is stipulated within the question. Only providers who score a "Pass" on all "Pass/Fail" questions will be deemed compliant & capable. Depending on the outcome of the Expressions of Interest, the Commissioner reserves the right to direct award to provider(s) with no further competition.

The activity is 250,000 patients per annum. The annual value of this procurement is estimated to be £6.5 million - £13.2 million per annum (see Document 1 Process Overview for details). This is based on historical activity and is not guaranteed. The Contract will be awarded for 3 years, commencing on the 01st April 2024, with the potential to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the ICB.

The deadline for expressions of interest is 1700hrs on the 13th June 2023. No expressions of interest after this time will be accepted.

Full details of the service can be found in the accompanying documentation within the attachments area of the project on Atamis. To access the documentation please visit Atamis on the link below and access project C167953 – Primary Care Out of Hours Service for Derby and Derbyshire ICB [https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome].

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70%

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30%

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £66,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 April 2024

End date

31 March 2029

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Commissioner.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date

13 June 2023

Local time

5:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Arden and GEM CSU

Francis Crick House

Northampton

NN3 6BJ

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

NHS Arden and GEM CSU

Francis Crick House

Northampton

NN3 6BJ

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

NHS Arden and GEM CSU

Francis Crick House

Northampton

NN3 6BJ

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/