Corby Urgent Care Centre

Tender description

NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (the "Authority") is seeking to procure a provider for the Corby Urgent Care Centre service. This is an advert to notify potential providers of the upcoming procurement and to invite interested providers to participate in pre-procurement market engagement by responding to a market engagement questionnaire - the results of which may be used by the Authority to inform the final design of the procurement and the associated services. It is expected that the contract will be for a proposed period of 5 years at the discretion of the Authority. The estimated total contract value is approximately £8,000,000 per annum. It is currently envisaged that the procurement will be advertised in June 2023, however this is an indicative timeline and may be subject to change. Contract Award is anticipated to be in early January 2024 with the contract commencing from 1st April 2024. Providers are encouraged to respond to the market engagement questionnaire to provide feedback on the options available. The Authority is inviting interested providers to register their interest in the future contract opportunity by expressing their interest in the project on the Atamis e-tendering portal via the link provided (https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome). Once registered, providers will be able to access the project messaging area where they can find a suite of Market Engagement materials, including a Market Engagement Questionnaire (MEQ). Interested providers are also invited to use the portal messaging facility to ask clarification questions as required for the Authority's consideration during this pre-procurement market engagement phase. The Authority requests interested providers to consider the MEQ and to provide a completed MEQ response no later than 12 noon on 3rd May 2023. The Authority may use the information provided by interested providers in the design of the procurement process and structure and in the finalisation of the service specification and associated documents ahead of the tender stage.