Health and social work services

Tender description

North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG intend to direct award to 4 existing integrated primary care providers operating within the geography of the Clinical Commissioning Group for Improved Access To Primary Care: — Farnham Integrated Care Services Limited (referred to as FICS within this document), — Oakley Health Group (referred to as Oakley Health within this document), — North Hampshire Urgent Care (referred to as NHUC within this document), — Salus Medical Services Limited (referred to as Salus within this document). The reasons for the proposal of this direct award are: — to provide consistency in delivery of a number of key locality based enhanced primary care services — recognising the positive impacts on patient outcomes and primary care provision that have been realised to date, — to recognise the contribution made by primary care super practices and federations in relation to the development of locality-based integrated care models throughout and now beyond the period of the “Happy, Healthy at Home” Vanguard Programme, — to recognise the vital importance of local clinical leadership in the development, mobilisation and success of enhanced primary care services, — and to support the continued essential role of enhanced primary care services within the out-of-hospital environment. The initial contract term will be 3 years with a possibility of a 2-year extension comprising of 1 year and 1 year. The period of time covered by this direct award is from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022 (to 2024 with the 2 extensions of 1 year each). For further information regarding this direct award and to access the reasons the CCG are proposing a direct award to the named providers. Please register on the In-tend portal project ref: F12290 and access the full PIN description for the service. If any potential bidder has concerns or not content with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the Intend eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice. The closing date of this PIN is midnight on the 18.2.2019. North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG intend to direct award to 4 existing integrated primary care providers operating within the geography of the Clinical Commissioning Group for Improved Access To Primary Care: — Farnham Integrated Care Services Limited (referred to as FICS within this document), — Oakley Health Group (referred to as Oakley Health within this document), — North Hampshire Urgent Care (referred to as NHUC within this document), — Salus Medical Services Limited (referred to as Salus within this document). The reasons for the proposal of this direct award are: — to provide consistency in delivery of a number of key locality based enhanced primary care services — recognising the positive impacts on patient outcomes and primary care provision that have been realised to date, — to recognise the contribution made by primary care super practices and federations in relation to the development of locality-based integrated care models throughout and now beyond the period of the “Happy, Healthy at Home” Vanguard Programme, — to recognise the vital importance of local clinical leadership in the development, mobilisation and success of enhanced primary care services, — and to support the continued essential role of enhanced primary care services within the out-of-hospital environment. The initial contract term will be 3 years with a possibility of a 2-year extension comprising of 1 year and 1 year. The period of time covered by this direct award is from 1.4.2019 to 31.3.2022 (to 2024 with the 2 extensions of 1 year each). For further information regarding this direct award and to access the reasons the CCG are proposing a direct award to the named providers. Please register on the In-tend portal project ref: F12290 and access the full PIN description for the service. If any potential bidder has concerns or not content with the commissioning intentions outlined within the published documentation, please raise this via the Intend eTendering Portal in the first instance within 30 days of the date of this Prior Information Notice. The closing date of this PIN is midnight on the 18.2.2019.