NHSE536 - RFI - Alternative Provider Medical Service - IntraHealth Wingate Medical Centre

NHS County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) (the Commissioner) and NHS England and NHS Improvement - North East and Yorkshire is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) as a Request for Information (RFI) to gather market intelligence, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed Alternative Provider Medical Service - IntraHealth Wingate Medical Centre, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity.

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Find a Tender Service and on Contracts Finder.

It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process.

An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return completed RFI documentation.

Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed at any time of day if you have a working internet connection.

The In-Tend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project NHSE536 Request for Information - Alternative Provider Medical Service - IntraHealth Wingate Medical Centre.

Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

Potential providers should also note that the Commissioner will be applying the new Social Value Model for any future procurement and that current proposed legislation may mean that the current responsibilities of CCGs will transfer into Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).

ICSs are now expected to become statutory bodies by April 2022, and therefore the ultimate Commissioner for this contract may change.

The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12:00 noon on 18 June 2021 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 08 July 2021.