Tender

18-month caretaker contract to provide Primary Care Medical Services for St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby

  • NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-023610

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036276

Published 24 August 2022, 1:12pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)

First Floor, Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road

Derby

DE1 3QT

Contact

Bilal Arif

Email

bilal.arif@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF11 - Derby

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://joinedupcarederbyshire.co.uk/

Buyer's address

https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu

one.3) Communication

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

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=51236&B=AGCSU

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=51236&B=AGCSU

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

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

18-month caretaker contract to provide Primary Care Medical Services for St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby

Reference number

AG22001

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85121100 - General-practitioner services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of NHS England– Midlands and NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB (referred to as the Commissioners) wish to invite suitably experienced and qualified providers to undertake an 18-month caretaker contract to provide Primary Care Medical Services for St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby.

During the caretaking arrangement, it is envisaged that a re-procurement will be undertaken for a longer-term contract. The Commissioner is seeking a short-term contract due to commissioners not being able to conclude the recent procurement due to exceptional circumstances.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £633,942.45

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85121100 - General-practitioner services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF11 - Derby

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

St Thomas Road Surgery is located at the Lister House Building 207 St. Thomas Road, Derby. St Thomas Road Surgery shares the building with another local GP Practice.

Please refer to the link below for the practice health profile.

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/general-practice/data#page/12/ati/7/are/Y02442

The key objective of this procurement is to commission safe, high quality and value for money Primary Medical Care Services for the local population who will be served by the GP practice in Derby City. Improving patient outcomes, the ability to effectively manage potential patient care backlogs, patient safety and experience is of high importance.

The Commissioners will be looking for bids that will increase and improve access to services. The services will need to demonstrate how improvements to health care outcomes are made and reductions to health inequalities for patients living in the locality.

Key points for consideration for interested providers are:-

-Must be able to demonstrate an ability to mobilise service provision within a 2-week timeframe to ensure a service commencement date from 1 October 2022.

- Must have an awareness of the local population, key priority areas, neighbourhood and working collaboratively with local providers to deliver services.

- Requires recruitment to fill appropriate staffing positions.

- The current practice provides Primary Medical Services, including Health Needs Assessment for residents staying at the contingency hotel in Derby City. This patient cohort will continue to be registered at St Thomas Road Surgery.

The new contract is required to start on 1 October 2022. The current weighted patient list size is 4,239 with a raw list size of 4,832 as of July 2022. The estimated contract value for the service provision resultant of this procurement will be £633,942.45 based on GMS Global Sum over the lifetime of the contract (18 months). The Commissioner can make available some additional funding to support the preferred bidder if this is required. This funding is capped at £400,000.

The contract to be entered into will be in accordance with the NHS Standard Alternative Provider Medical Services Contract.

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

18

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

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

two.2.14) Additional information

NHS England – Midlands has delegated their commissioning authority to NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) and as a result, under delegated functions NHS Derby and Derbyshire CCG will act on behalf of NHS England – Midlands.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

Due to short timescales for service commencement of 1st October 2022 bidders are required to have satisfactory current registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and a minimum of an overall 'Good' CQC rating.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

7 September 2022

Local time

10:00am

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

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. The services described within this notice relate to the Light Touch Regime in the Public Procurement Regulations 2015. 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 Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations. Please see published documentation for further details.

If you wish to express an interest and view ITT documents please register on the EU Supply website https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=UK. The project reference is Quote/tender 57405 - AG22001 - 18-month Caretaking Arrangement to provide Primary Care Medical Services at St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby City.

Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is 10:00am on Wednesday 7th September 2022.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit

Derby

Country

United Kingdom