GP Caretaking for Dogsthorpe Medical Centre and Burghley Road (branch site) in Peterborough

Tender description

NHS England Midlands and East (East) is inviting expressions of interest, via a PIN as a Call for Competition, from all suitably qualified and experienced healthcare providers able to deliver Caretaking Primary Medical Services under an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract to caretake the Dogsthorpe Medical Centre and Burghley Road (branch site) sites from 16th March 2017 (ref RTE005P). Further details can be found in the documentation uploaded to the portal. The Contract will be for an initial period of 7 months (from 16th March 2017 to 30th October 2017). The initial period is followed by an optional extension period of up to 6 further months to 31st March 2018. The estimated contract value for the initial 7 month contract period is £ 414,559. The full, extended, 13 month contract is valued at approximately £ 769,894. Please see documentation available online for further details. All contract value figures quoted are indicative and ex VAT. The required start date for the new services is 16th March 2017. This date may be subject to change at any time and such changes will be notified via the Bravo e-tendering portal. Expressions of interest must be submitted via email tendering portal by no later than 15th February 2017 at 12:00 (noon). This advertisement is a Prior Information notice (PIN) as a Call for Competition. This means that no further contract notice will be published for this contract. Providers interested in providing these services and who wish to be involved in any subsequent tender process related to this contract must respond to this advertisement by formally expressing an interest in this opportunity via the process described herein. The Authority will, if one or more expressions of interest are received in response to this PIN, adopt a single stage procurement process under the Light Touch Regime. Should only one expression of interest be received, the Authority reserves the right to vary the procurement procedure and proceed via a negotiated procedure where it is confirmed that the provider in question meets minimum selection criteria. Following the expression of interest stage and the subsequent ITT stage, the Contracting Authority intends to award one contract for the services in question. 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 below. 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 NEL CSU is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(the "Regulations"). The Service is being procured under "Schedule 3 - Social and Other Specific Services".