Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
4th Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place
Manchester
M1 3BN
Contact
Simon Robison
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD3 - Greater Manchester
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://gmintegratedcare.org.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17396899
Additional information can be obtained from 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
Market Engagement for Provision of an Integrated Urgent Care Model on behalf of NHS Greater Manchester ICB
Reference number
SAP Ariba Doc1615621417
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (GM ICB) is currently developing their Service Specification, contracting process and commercial model for The Provision of an Integrated Urgent Care Model in Salford.
The model should align urgent and unscheduled care services enabling a flexible approach to meet demand.
The services should include:
• a Local Clinical Assessment Service (LCAS) which operates 24/7 managing NHS 111 calls as part of urgent care by appointment including all primary care dispositions requiring response within 1 hour.
• Primary Care Streaming at the front door of the Emergency Department in Salford, originally operational 8am-8pm but extended to 8am-midnight at times of system pressure as a winter resilience scheme
• GP Out of Hours (GPOOH) providing cover 6.30pm to 8am
This Market Engagement seeks the views and opinions of those organisations that may be interested in delivering all of the Services outlined in the Draft Specification document.
This exercise and any subsequent responses are in no way legally binding on any party.
Participation in the engagement exercise is not a mandatory requirement for participating in any potential future procurement; however, responses received will assist to inform the Contracting Authority as to the level of interest from the market and will be used to evidence a decision as to whether or not to undertake a competitive procurement.
The Market Engagement Questionnaire and current Service Specification can be downloaded from SAP Ariba Portal at the below link:
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17396899
Please return your completed MEQ through the Portal.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £21,250,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please review the draft Service Specification available within the SAP Ariba e-tendering system (link provided below) for overview of scope of services.
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/17396899
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
5 December 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes