NEL CCG APMS Procurement - Trowbridge Surgery, Rainham Health Centre and Upminster Medical Centre

NHS North East London CCG 'the CCG' (under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England) is seeking to procure GP Primary Medical Services and additional services under APMS Contracts delivered from the following sites: • Lot 1 - Trowbridge Surgery, 18 Merriam Avenue, London E9 5NE. • Lot 2 - Main Site - Rainham Health Centre, Upminster Road South, North Rainham, RM13 9AB and Branch Site - Upminster Medical Centre, 224-226 St.

Mary's Lane, Upminster, RM14 3DH.

The contracts will have an initial term of 5 years (60 months), followed by an optional extension of 5 years (60 months) at the discretion of the commissioner, and followed by a further optional extension of up to 5 years (60 months) at the discretion of the commissioner.

If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 15 years (180 months).

Contract values within this notice are indicative.

This is a Prior Information Notice to notify potential providers of the future procurement and to allow providers with sufficient opportunity to become accredited providers on the NHS England APMS PDPS (see details below) in order to be eligible to participate in the upcoming procurement process.

This accreditation can be gained by applying to join the PDPS - please refer to the instructions at the following link: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6f4aae1b-7289-4b78-88eb-f5d36757f21c For the avoidance of doubt, if the CCG elects to use the PDPS to manage this procurement (as is the current intention) only those organisations accredited on the PDPS under the London Lot (Lot 1.3) will be invited to participate in the procurement.

No Contracts notice will be published for this procurement as this will be a procurement under an existing dynamic purchasing system.

The services in the scope of this procurement fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).