Health and social work services

Tender description

The contracts for the provision of the GP Out of Hours (OOH) service and the Minor Injury and Illness Unit (MIIU) service at Wycombe General Hospital will come to an end in March 2018, meaning there is a need to redevelop services for a further term. NHS England has also made a commitment to improve access to general practice so that 100 % of the population has access to bookable appointments between 8:00 and 20:00 weekdays and during the weekend, where this meets local population needs. This provides NHS Aylesbury Vale and NHS Chiltern CCGs (the CCGs) with an opportunity to align service delivery across the whole 24/7 period so that care becomes seamless and patients find it easier to access the care they need at the right time and in the right place. Following extensive design and consultation work, NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG and NHS Chiltern CCG (the Commissioners) are now launching a formal process in order to source a strategic partner, under a likely Provider Collaborative, for the delivery of these critical 24/7 Primary Care services. The scope and value of the contract(s) will be partially determined through the procedure being undertaken. As a minimum, the Provider(s) will be commissioned to be responsible for the delivery of the following: — 24/7 Minor Injury service at Wycombe Urgent Treatment Centre — In hours enhanced GP access — Out of hours telephone consultations — Out of hours face to face clinical appointments — Out of hours integrated visiting service. Please refer to the Commissioning Model for 24/7 Primary Care Access for further details, this is available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home. Due to the complex nature of the re-commissioning, the Commissioners will be using a phased approach in order to secure the transformational change required in Buckinghamshire. The approach will be in line with the Commissioners' Commissioning Assurance Framework. Once appointed, the Commissioners will work with the Provider(s) as key members of the developing Accountable Care System to collaboratively develop the model of care, the specific scope of which will be determined through discussion. The process will be conducted through the Commissioners' In-Tend e-procurement system. More information on next steps and the process in general will be provided within a Memorandum of Information and Capability Assessment (stage 1) documentation that will be available during week commencing 24.7.2017. The maximum annual value is expected to be in the region of 5 600 000 GBP per annum, although this is subject to change as outlined. Any contract let as a result of this Notice is expected to be for an initial period of 5 years, with options to extend the initial period by any period or periods up to a maximum of a further 5 years. The closing date for registering an expression of interest is 12 Noon on the 25.8.2017. This process is being carried out by NHS South, Central & West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners.