General-practitioner services

Tender description

The Contracting Authority is planning to undertake an open procurement process, as a joint procurement on behalf of NHS England and NHS Hull CCG, to award an 8 year contract, with the option to extend up to 5 years (8+5). The Estimated total value (14 300 000 GBP) of the opportunity included in this notice is based on the total potential contract term of 13 years (8+5) based on the aggregate spend for 17-18 of 1 100 000 GBP. The actual contractual payments are variable, with the main driver being practice list size. Potential providers must be registered to provide General practitioner services and in a position to successfully mobilise the Contract by 1.4.2019. On behalf of NHS England and NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Hull CCG would like to inform Providers of the potential procurement for an Alternative provider of medical services (APMS) contract to be delivered from the Calvert and Newington Health Centres in the city of Hull. The actual patient list size was 10 820 (31.3.2018). The services must be GP Led and provided by GPs, nurses and other clinical professionals, the successful provider will be expected to: — Provide primary care medical services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive. — Effectively mobilise services to become operational in the prescribed timeframe. — Deliver all services throughout the hours that will be outlined in the specification. — Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and a greater say in their treatment. — Have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient satisfaction. — Have processes in place to engage effectively with the local communities. — Participate in National 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 on an annual basis. — Promotion of healthy living with the aim of tackling the underlying causes of ill health. — Collaborate with the extended access service being commissioned by the CCG which will be operational from October 2018. — Work within one of the 5 general practice groupings that exist within Hull, each comprising a minimum of 30,000 patients. — Participate in the Local quality premium scheme that the CCG commissions from each of the 5 general practice groupings. — Use online consultation (econsult). — Allow direct booking by 111 for routine appointments. — Work with social prescribing service including hosting appointments for Well being Co-ordinators and/or Welfare Advisors. It is anticipated that the potential opportunity will be published late May or early June 2018 through the NHS Sourcing e-Procurement portal. NHS Hull CCG is only seeking expressions of interest from Providers who are genuinely capable and attracted to this potential opportunity. Please only express an interest if you have the relevant authority to do so on behalf of your Provider.