Medical practice and related services

Tender description

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice and is intended to provide notice of North East Essex CCG's intention to award a contract for the provision of Primary Enhanced Services in North East Essex. This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice and is intended to provide notice of North East Essex CCG's intention to award a contract commencing 1.10.2019 to GP Primary Choice Ltd for the provision of Primary Enhanced Services for the GP practice population of North East Essex. GP Primary Choice Ltd (GPPC) is a primary care provider company based in North East Essex owned by 32 GP Practices in the locality. The CCG is of the view that working with the incumbent provider, GP Primary Choice Ltd, who is a member of the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance, will be the best solution to provide an affordable, sustainable and fully integrated primary enhanced service for the population of North East Essex. The North East Essex Alliance Board is also of the view that GP Primary Choice Ltd is the only provider within the alliance that has the requisite expertise and capacity to deliver the totality of services included within the contract. The CCG and GP Primary Choice Ltd will work collaboratively with members of North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance and primary care partners to ensure delivery of the service objectives and the standards and outcomes for the primary enhanced service are achieved. The clinical services to be included within this contract are as follows: 1) Anti-coagulation; 2) Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT); 3) minor injury; 4) wound care; 5) long acting injectables and shared care; 6) drugs monitoring; 7) adults and children’s community phlebotomy; 8) end of life services (my care choices); 9) physical health checks for people with serious mental illness. The CCG reserves the right to include leg ulcer care within this contract at a later stage. The contract duration is 4 years with an option to extend for 3 further years. The 16 232 321 GBP value relates to the entire 7 years.