Market Engagement Event for the Procurement of APMS Services for St Neots Health Centre; Willow Tree Surgery, Peterborough; and Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Peterborough

Tender description

The key objectives of the Procurement are to commission services that serves the patients within St Neots and the surrounding area of Cambridgeshire, and the Woodston and Orton areas of Peterborough and ensures a continuity of service provision, for the following sites: St Neots Health Centre, 24 Moore's Walk, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1AG Botolph Bridge CHC, Sugar Way, Peterborough PE2 9QB The Willow Tree Surgery, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5RQ The contracts for these services are due to commence on 1 April 2021. TUPE may be applicable to the contracts. The commissioner are exploring the option to combine the two sites in Peterborough as they are geographically close to one another, this decision will be made before the publication of the tender and will, in part be informed by the feedback of the early market engagement. While this market engagement event will inform the commissioning of the services outlined above, the Commissioners would also like to use this opportunity to gather the views of providers who may be interested in other future opportunities. The Commissioners are seeking to engage with the market to gather the views of potential providers on various aspects of how the services should best be configured and organised. Potential providers are invited to provide their views and comments on the aspects of the service as outlined in the questionnaire. If your organisation is interested in providing APMS services in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough attending this event and responding to the market engagement questionnaire will enable you to inform the commissioning of these services and future opportunities. Please follow the link to the e-tendering procurement portal below; you will need to create an account if you are not already registered on the portal. It is anticipated that the tender opportunity will be published late September 2020 and will be accessible via this e-tendering procurement portal. https://uk.eusupply.com/login.asp?B=AGCSU&target=&timeout= Please note the deadline for the market engagement responses is by 5.00pm on Tuesday 4th August 2020. A draft procurement timetable is shown below to identify the key milestones of the subsequent procurement; please note, this is a draft, indicative timetable that is subject to change: Advertisement: Mid - Late September 2020 Opportunity Closes: Mid - Late October 2020 Contract Award: Late December 2020 - Early January 2021 Mobilisation: January - March 2021 Contract start date: 1st April 2021 NHS England has delegated its commissioning authority to NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG, and as a result under delegated functions NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG will act on behalf of NHS England & NHS Improvement - East of England.