Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care Board
Cardinal Square, 10 Nottingham Road
Derby
DE1 3QT
Contact
Jessica Smitherman
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 Medical Services for St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby City
Reference number
AG23015
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 Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (referred to as the Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to deliver primary medical services at St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby, as a branch surgery.
The surgery has a raw patient list size of 4,781 (weighted 4,085.37) as of 1st July 2023 (by allocation while noting patient registration choice) from 1st April 2024.
Please note the deadline for ITT submissions is 12:00PM on Wednesday 11th October 2023.
This procurement has been advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF13 - South and West Derbyshire
Main site or place of performance
Lister House Building, 207 St Thomas Road, Derby, DE23 8RJ
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
St Thomas Road Surgery primary care services is currently being delivered via a caretaker contract which will cease on 31st March 2024. The Commissioner is exploring an alternative contracting model to ensure that patients have good access to primary care services and for interested providers to demonstrate their commitment to quality and safe patient care and are operationally resilient to overcome the current challenges faced in general practice. The ICB has therefore decided the most appropriate way to achieve this aim is to offer this practice as a branch surgery with patient list to GMS/PMS providers, thus retaining the current premises with the patent list transferring to the successful bidder. Please note practices outside the Derbyshire area will need to ensure they have their home ICB’s support for this opportunity. As a branch of the successful bidder’s existing GMS/PMS contract, the annual contract value represented by the branch surgery will be circa £417,852 per annum (excluding VAT) this is based on global sum of £102.28 x 4,085.37 weighted list as of 1 July 2023. Please note this figure is excluding Out of Hours (OOH) deduction at 4.75% and payments for Enhanced Services, PCN Engagement and QOF.
St Thomas Road Surgery provides services to a diverse population in a deprived area of Derby. The surgery has a raw patient list size of 4,781 (weighted 4,085.37) as of 1 July 2023. The ICB requires the services to be delivered from the current surgery premises located at Lister House Building, 207 St Thomas Road, Derby, DE23 8RJ. The premises lease is due to end on 24 March 2029, the new provider will be expected to enter into a new lease agreement with the landlord.
The caretaker provider has employed new staff directly under their existing GMS contract to support services at St Thomas Road Surgery due to the difficulty in employing staff on a short-term fixed contract. The incumbent provider has confirmed that TUPE will not apply and therefore no TUPE information has been provided for the existing service. Please note that the Bidder takes full responsibility to satisfy themselves as to whether TUPE will apply to the Contract.
St Thomas Road Surgery currently hold the contract for the Asylum Contingency Hotel which is due to expire on 31 March 2024, and it is anticipated this will continue beyond 1st April 2024. The practice provides medical care services to circa 250 service users in 3 Derby City Hotels (Midland Hotel Station Road, Midland Hotel London Road, and Mercure Hotel Newton Solney). The residents are registered with St Thomas Road Surgery and included within the patient list size. The ICB are looking for providers who can mobilise within 2 months of contract award (scheduled for 24th January 2024 to commence contract 1st April 2024).
The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this procurement exercise. Further information and the ITT documentation can be found via the ‘Live Opportunities’ list on the e-tendering system at the following link:
https://health-familycontractsearch.secure.force.com/? searchtype=Projects
You can also register your interest via this page.
You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C123499: Primary Care Medical Services for St Thomas Road Surgery, Derby City.
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 procurement documentation for further details.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 90
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 0
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 April 2024
End date
31 March 2070
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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
Open 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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-017482
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
11 October 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
11 October 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
Please note in terms of the advertised contract length, this is a GMS contract, meaning it will be held in perpetuity despite what the contract end date may say in the notice due to system limitations.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/
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