Health services

Tender description

City & Hackney was one of the London Devolution pilot sites, has established integrated commissioning arrangements where the local healthcare providers, including the City & Hackney GP Confederation (GP Confederation), are part of the governance structure. The Confederation is the body that local GPs have chosen to use to consolidate the local primary care Enhanced Services, reduce variation between practices & every practice is a member of the GP Confederation. For these reasons, the CCG’s current conclusion is that the GP Confederation is the only provider capable of delivering these Enhanced Services & that purchasing these services from the Confederation is the best way to make use of local assets to improve social value & improve the health of the local population. Therefore the CCG intends to negotiate directly with the GP Confederation for the award of a single contract. The CCG welcomes engagement with organizations with an interest in this contract before contract award. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this engagement exercise and a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to participate in any future public procurement process that the CCG may conduct. Interested parties are invited to express their interest in this engagement by sending an email to nelcsu.welcpod-procurement@nhs.net providing an answer to all of the questions in the attached Contract finder advertisement by the 19th January 2018. https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f1dcd74-4f7b-41cf-a6e3-df17272dcfd5