Provision of APMS Contract at Slaidburn Country Practice (Caretaking contract)

This is a call for competition.

NHS East Lancashire CCG (EL CCG) is re-commissioning their APMS contract for Slaidburn Country Practice, this is a time limited opportunity under Urgent Caretaking Arrangements.

The Commissioner wishes to receive responses to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary capacity and capability (or a demonstrable ability to provide the necessary capacity and capability) to provide the range of services required and that are able to mobilise very quickly due to the urgency and tight timescales.

The Provider must ensure services are appropriate to local needs, access and convenience are important aspects of a patient-centred service, but it is also vital that the services are appropriate and responsive to the needs of the local population.

The Provider will need to deliver a patient-centred service and engage patients in the design and development of the services.

Please see service specification for further detail - note that the specification is for practices with Atypical populations, this practice has a list size of circa 1,100 patients.

The aim of the service is to deliver all essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients at the practice.

It is proposed that the terms and conditions of all the services, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in APMS contracts.

The main benefits and expected outcomes are:  Equity of access and quality of the service across EL CCG  Ensuring value for money and the most efficient use of available resources across the health and social care economy  Promoting and ensuring a positive patient experience  Aligning services to the General Practice Forward View (GPFV).

The Contract shall be for a term of two (2) years from the Service start date with no extension clause.

The contract value is £601,090.

Service commencement date is scheduled to be the 1st October 2019 (any alterations will be communicated to bidders).

The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract.

The ITT will be live on the 9th August 2019 on M&L CSU Bravo portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 13:00 on the 23rd August 2019.

Clarifications may be asked during the procurement process up to a week before the ITT deadline, i.e. the deadline for submitting clarification questions on the tender is 17:00 21st August 2019.

Interested providers are guided to the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk to register their interest and gain access to this procurement's documents and more specific information.

Please see next page for instructions on how to register on the ML CSU Bravo portal.