Health services

Tender description

North and East London Commissioning Support Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of NHS England (Midlands & East (East) are inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to bid for the provision of caretaking primary medical services at Dickens Place Surgery, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4UU. The contract term is for 12 months from 1.9.2017 under an APMS Contract with a possible 12 month extension. The short term nature of the contract is to enable NHS England (Midlands and East (East) to confirm the longer term provision for patients of this service. In order to ensure continuity of services for patients this tender is for existing services, the services must be fully operational by the service commencement date of 1.9.2017. The current patient list size for these services is 5 879 as at 1.4.2017. These services must be provided by GPs, nurses and other suitably qualified clinicians. These services must be provided by GPs, nurses and other suitably qualified clinicians, the successful Provider will be expected to: — Provide primary medical services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive; — Ensure a GP is available throughout core hours to provide all contracted services from the specified practice premises. It is recognised that a GP may leave the practice premise to undertake a home visit however they should be readily available at all times to return to the practice throughout the core hours period. — Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered choice and a say in their treatment; — Have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient care and satisfaction; — Have processes in place to engage effectively with the local communities; — Participate in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF); — Be eligible for and expected to provide all Enhanced Services, remunerated in line with the relevant Directions as specified by the commissioner; — Promotion of healthy living with the aim of tackling the underlying causes of ill health; — Become an active member of Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and proactively work within their agreed care pathways and referral process. Please note the timelines published may be subject to change, of which you will be informed via Bravo (please see web link below). https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ITT must be submitted via the tendering portal by no later than 26.6.2017 by 12:00 noon. Further information on the proposed structure of the contract is provided in the documentation made available online to interested parties on the e-tendering portal. The documentation is available online on the Bravo website at the link provided. If you are not already registered on the portal you will need to register using the ‘Register’ link on the web page provided. https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html The Services to which this opportunity relates fall within the Light Touch regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the Regulations). Neither the publication of the this advertisement, the inclusion of a Bidder selection stage, an ITT nor the use of the term ‘Open Procedure’ nor any other indication (including any statement in this ITT) shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, save those applicable to services under the Light Touch regime. Queries on the contract or the process must be sent via the portal messaging facility.