Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road
Basildon, Essex
SS14 3HG
Contact
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH3 - Essex
National registration number
99E
Internet address(es)
Main address
www.midandsouthessex.ics.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 Medical Services: Beaulieu Park
Reference number
ACE-0731-2023-MSE
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85120000 - Medical practice and related services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process.
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board ICB (M&SEICB), the contracting authority, has a responsibility to commission primary medical services on behalf of the local population. This duty is overseen by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee. Due to significant housing growth, a new primary medical care health center is due to open at Beaulieu Park, located in Chelmsford Essex in Autumn 2024 to meet the health needs associated with the housing growth.
The ICB intends to operate this new site as an additional site of an existing local primary care provider - local practices (non- special allocation service) whose boundary covers the practices site; and/or local practices (non- special allocation service) with a clinic site within 7km of the Beaulieu Park site of Primary Medical Services under an GMS or APMS contract.
The Beaulieu Park services are to be provided under the providers’ existing contract, with the Beaulieu Park site added as an additional service location. Services for the Beaulieu Park primary care services will be provided by way of a variation to the successful providers’ existing APMS or GMS contract.
Any new patients registered, associated with the Beaulieu Park site, will be funded at GMS rates – if a provider is currently on an APMS contract new patients registered associated with the Beaulieu Park site will be funded at GMS rates. Providers will need to accept a patient list size of zero from day one of the contract with the Beaulieu Park new housing residents becoming registered and through patient choice any patients choosing to register from their current practice to the new Beaulieu Park provider.
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: £624,767
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85120000 - Medical practice and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH3 - Essex
Main site or place of performance
Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process.
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board ICB (M&SEICB), the contracting authority, has a responsibility to commission primary medical services on behalf of the local population. This duty is overseen by the Primary Care Commissioning Committee. Due to significant housing growth, a new primary medical care health center is due to open at Beaulieu Park, located in Chelmsford Essex in Autumn 2024 to meet the health needs associated with the housing growth. The ICB intends to operate this new site as an additional site of an existing local primary care provider - local practices (non- special allocation service) whose boundary covers the practices site; and/or local practices (non- special allocation service) with a clinic site within 7km of the Beaulieu Park site of Primary Medical Services under an GMS or APMS contract.
The Beaulieu Park services are to be provided under the providers’ existing contract, with the Beaulieu Park site added as an additional service location. Services for the Beaulieu Park primary care services will be provided by way of a variation to the successful providers’ existing APMS or GMS contract. Any new patients registered, associated with the Beaulieu Park site, will be funded at GMS rates – if a provider is currently on an APMS contract new patients registered associated with the Beaulieu Park site will be funded at GMS rates.
Providers will need to accept a patient list size of zero from day one of the contract with the Beaulieu Park new housing residents becoming registered and through patient choice any patients choosing to register from their current practice to the new Beaulieu Park provider.
Due to patient choice the ICB is unable to guarantee patient numbers, but population growth estimates are available. The most recent Chelmsford housing trajectory published in March 2023 showed 2,420 dwellings outstanding in the Beaulieu development. The ICB assumes 2.4 people per dwelling giving 5,808 new residents. Therefore, the indicative first year contract value based on the above dwelling assumption would be 5,808 x £107.57 (Global Sum 24/25) = £624,767
Primary care providers must:
• be located within a 7km radius of the Beaulieu Park primary care new build facility.
• operate this site as a “sister” site alongside existing premises. A single equitable access model must be provided across all sites, within a single continuous boundary line. If the practice boundary does not already cover the housing development associated with this new build the provider must extend the practice boundary to incorporate it.
• actively engage with General Practice Improvement Programme.
• expectation is premises will be open during core GMS hours by the end of 2027 (if not sooner)
• hold a compliant lease with the housing developers (which will require signature before service commencement)
• be able to provide services from this site from Autumn 2024
Given the detailed knowledge of the provider landscape, the need for a fair, proportionate process which enables a phased go-live in Autumn 2024 it is recommended that the ICB enter the ‘Most Suitable Provider’ process under the new PSR regulations.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 100
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 0
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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 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) intention to award notice.
The awarding of this contract is subject to 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.
The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-012821
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ACE-0731-2023-MSE
Title
Primary Medical Services: Beaulieu Park
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
2 August 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Elizabeth Courtauld Partnership
North Chelmsford NHS Health Centre, 2 White Hart Lane
Chelmsford
CM2 5EF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £624,767
Total value of the contract/lot: £624,767
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice.
The awarding of this contract is subject to 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.
The day after publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period.
This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
The key criteria were weighted as stated below for this contract:
Criterion 1: Quality and Innovation – 5%
Criterion 2: Value- 5%
Criterion 3: Integration, collaboration and service sustainability – 20%
Criterion 4: Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice – 20%
Criterion 5: Social value - 10%
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of Justice England and Wales
High Court of England and Wales Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Rd,
Basildon, Essex
SS14 3HG
Country
United Kingdom