Health services

Tender description

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service hosted by NHS England and is managing this request for information (RFI) and a future procurement process for the provision of an Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) for NHS England and NHS Improvement North West (Greater Manchester) (the Contracting Authority) and NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group (the Commissioner) who has full delegated authority to commission primary medical services for the people of Oldham. The Commissioner is issuing this prior information notice (PIN) as a request for information (RFI) to gather market intelligence/information, to gain a better understanding of the capacity and appetite of the market in delivering the proposed APMS for the people of Oldham, and to alert the market to a possible future tender opportunity. It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published in Official Journal European Union (OJEU) and on contracts finder. It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is not a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise. NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (InTend) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation and return completed RFI documentation. Please note that it is free to register on InTend, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet Connection. The InTend portal can be found at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nhsnecsu (Please follow the registration instructions if you are not already registered) and look for the project NHSE648 Request for Information — APMS Glodwick Medical Centre Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services. The RFI documentation will be accessible from 12.00 noon on 16 December 2020 and completed RFI responses must be returned by 12.00 noon on 4 January 2020.