Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
North Central London Integrated Care Board
Laycock PDC, Laycock Street
London
N1 1TH
Contact
Mr Ahsan Haji
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PRJ - 1021 North Central London NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care - (NCL ICB)
Reference number
DN632992
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
NHS North Central London (NCL) Integrated Care Board (ICB), hereafter referred to as the
Authority is seeking to commission NCL 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service and invites
suitably qualified providers to submit their tenders.
NCL ICB is responsible for allocating NHS budget and commissioning services. ICBs are a
key change in the Health and Care Act, and have replaced Clinical Commissioning Groups
‘CCGs’. These changes came into effect on 1 July 2022
More information about NCL ICB can be found using the following link.
https://nclhealthandcare.org.uk/icb/north-central-london-integrated-care-board/
In 2015/16 NCL CCGs collaborated to commission a combined GP out-of-hours (OOH) and
NHS 111 service across NCL. The contract was set against a local specification that patients
helped to develop but, since 2018, the service model has evolved in order to meet demand
and align with national requirements.
The aim of the new NHS 111 IUC model across NCL is to be in line with national guidance and
standards, with residents receiving high-quality complete episodes of care with an outcome
such as, but not limited to:-
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• Consult and complete model with broader use of clinical skill
• Advice and self-care
• A face-to-face or virtual appointment for further assessment in a primary or urgent or
emergency care setting
• Repeat prescriptions
• A multi-provider system working together to ensure patients get the right care, in the right
place, at the right time
• Current key performance indicators improved and maintained
• Affordable and sustainable 111 IUC model.
The following is the maximum price limit for the contract.
Annual contract value = £19,114,968
Contract value over 3 years= £ 57,344,906
Contract value over 5 years= £ 95,574,843
The services in the scope of this procurement fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts
Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") and therefore the procurement is not subject to the
full regime of the Regulations but is instead governed by what is commonly referred to as the
"Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations
74 to 77). The use of any language or terms found in the Regulations, the description of the
procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority, or any other indication, shall not be taken to
mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Regulations, save those
applicable to services coming within the scope of Regulations 74 to 77.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-027314
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Place of text to be modified
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Instead of
Date
8 November 2022
Local time
1:00pm
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Date
13 December 2022
Local time
1:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
For all Lots (1,2 and 3)
Section - II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Instead of
NB: the contract value includes the provision for the category 3 and 4 validation. However,
this element is currently being piloted with LAS and following evaluation, the ICB may
withdraw this element of the service and therefore the financial value will be deducted. This
means the overall NCL NHS 111 IUC financial annual value will be reduced from £19,605k to
£19,045k (excludes any uplifts for inflation, growth, etc.)
Read
NB: the contract value includes the provision for the category 3 and 4 validation. However, this element is currently being piloted with LAS and following evaluation, the ICB may withdraw this element of the service and therefore the financial value will be deducted. This means the overall NCL NHS 111 IUC financial annual value will be reduced from £19,114,968 to £18,554,926 (excludes any uplifts for inflation, growth, etc.)