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
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