Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Kirkham House, John Comyn Drive, Perdiswell
Worcester
WR3 7NS
Contact
Lyle Lloyd, MCIPS, Senior Procurement Officer
Telephone
+44 1432260670
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG - West Midlands (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://herefordshireandworcestershire.icb.nhs.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
Primary Care Local Improvement Scheme for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85121000 - Medical practice services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Local Improvement Scheme constitutes a supplementary agreement to the GMS contracts held by GP practices within NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board. This means that only a provider currently offering essential primary medical services to a list of patients under a GMS/PMS/APMS contract will be eligible to provide any of the services outlined under the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Improvement Scheme Service Offer.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £9,300,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG11 - Herefordshire, County of
- UKG12 - Worcestershire
Main site or place of performance
The counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This Local Improvement Scheme contract has been awarded in accordance with Regulation 8 of the Provider Selection Regime Regulations Direct Award Process B (Provider Selection Regime) for the period 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025.
This contract was initially agreed in 2022/2023 with ringfenced funding agreed until 30th June 2027. The parties agreed that the requirements under this agreement are intended to be reviewed and amended each contract year and will not automatically be renewed unless notified; for example, as a result of changes to priorities, or if a particular area of improvement is considered to have been achieved to the extent required by NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board.
The total contract value is based on £11.00 per weighted patient based on the GP Practice List sizes as of 1st April 2024. The total financial envelope for 2024/2025 is £9.3m.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: PSR Process B / Weighting: 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Contract award approval was agreed at NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board's Strategic Commissioning Committee on the 12th June 2024, and contract offer letters were issued to the 78 existing GP Practice providers in Herefordshire and Worcestershire on 21st June 2024.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice, pursuant to Direct Award Process B (Regulation 8).
This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 June 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Herefordshire and Worcestershire GP Practices
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £9,300,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The contract award for the Clinical Excellence and Improvement Framework (CEIF) covers the following services:
End of Life (EOL)
•Advanced Care Planning to be offered for new palliative care register patients
•Patients with severe frailty should be placed on palliative care register to facilitate proactive care and an advanced care plan
Proactive Care: Frailty
•Development of Frailty register
•Risk stratification (Moderate Frailty)
•MDT meeting with partners and interventions
•Development of comprehensive geriatric assessments
•Focus on areas of high deprivation
Long Term Conditions - Cardiovascular Disease
•Primary prevention - Screening/Searches & holistic health review (focus on areas of high deprivation)
•Secondary prevention - Audit and action plan for CHOL001 exclusion/PCA cohorts
Tackling Health Inequalities
•Agree with District Collaboratives/CAN one project to work on together to reduce health inequality in the community
Medicine
•Engagement
• to include Analyse Rx as business as usual
•Repeat prescribing
•new national repeat prescribing audit completion
•removal of the practice medicines co-ordinator requirement
•Antimicrobial stewardship - target for total items/Specific Therapeutic group Age-sex Related Prescribing Unit (STAR PU)
•Audits
•sodium valproate in women under 55
•oral nutritional supplement prescribing
•Cost effective and quality prescribing (including sustainability)
•cost saving and sustainability activity
•quality and Structured Medicine Reviews (SMR).
This Local Improvement Scheme contract was approved at NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board's Strategic Commissioning Committee on 12th June 2024.
A declaration of interest register was circulated to all Strategic Commissioning Committee members, with no further declarations or conflicts raised during the meeting. The meeting was confirmed as quorate.
The names of the contractors (i.e., the 78 existing GP Practices in Herefordshire and Worcestershire) are as follows:
Abbey Medical Practice
Abbottswood Medical Centre
Albany House Surgery
Alton Street Surgery
Aylmer Lodge Cookley Partnership
Barbourne Health Centre
Barnt Green Surgery
Belmont Medical Centre
Bewdley Medical Centre
Bredon Hill Surgery
Cantilupe Surgery
Catshill Surgery
Chaddesley Corbett Surgery
Church Street Surgery
Churchfields Surgery
Colwall Surgery
Corbett Medical Practice
Cornhill Surgery
Crabbs Cross Medical Centre
Crabbs Cross Surgery
Cradley Surgery
Davenal House Surgery Partnership
DeMontfort Medical Centre
Elbury Moor Medical Centre
Elgar House Surgery
Fownhope Medical Centre
Glebelands Surgery
Golden Valley Practice
Great Witley Surgery
Grey Gable Surgery
Hagley Surgery
Haresfield Surgery
Hereford Medical Group
Hillview Medical Centre
Hollyoaks Medical Centre
Hollywood Medical Practice
Kidderminster Medical Centre
Kington Medical Practice
Knightwick Surgery
Ledbury Health Partnership
Malvern Health Centre
Merstow Green Medical Practice
Mortimer Medical Practice
Much Birch Surgery
New Barn Close Surgery
New Court Surgery
New Road Surgery, Bromsgrove
New Road Surgery, Rubery
Northumberland House Surgery
Nunwell Surgery
Ombersley Medical Centre
Pendeen Surgery
Pershore Medical Practice
Riverside Surgery
Ryeland Surgery
Salters Medical Practice
Severn Valley Medical Practice
Spa Medical Practice
Spring Gardens Medical Practice
St Johns House Medical Centre
St John's Surgery
St Martins Gate Surgery
St Saviours Surgery
St Stephen's Medical Partnership
Stanmore House Surgery
Stourport Medical Centre
Tenbury Surgery
The Bridge Surgery
The Dow Surgery
The Ridgeway Surgery
The Surgery Kingstone
Thorneloe Lodge Surgery
Upton Surgery
Wargrave House
Weobley & Staunton on Wye Surgeries
Whiteacres Medical Centre
Winyates Surgery
Wolverley Surgery
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
Kirkham House, John Comyn Drive, Perdiswell
Worcester
WR3 7NS
Country
United Kingdom