NHS Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Integrated Care Board (ICB) APMS Specialised Services for Homeless, Asylum Seekers and the Special Allocation Scheme

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This is an Intention to Award notice via a Competitive process, conducted in line with the Provider Selection Regime for Healthcare Services 2023, placed by NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (ML CSU) on behalf of the Commissioner NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB). The ICB was seeking to commission a provider to deliver Specialised Services for Homeless, Asylum Seekers and the Special Allocation Scheme in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Lot 1: NHS Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (ML CSU) are placing this Intention to Award notice on behalf of the Commissioner, NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB). The Commissioner wishes to award a contract to a provider to deliver Specialised Services for Homeless, Asylum Seekers and the Special Allocation Scheme in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The service model is to be commissioned following a Competitive Process conducted in line with the Provider Selection Regime for Healthcare Services 2023 which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract. The service will include specialist primary care services for asylum seekers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Alongside their entitlement to register and a GP without charge, Asylum Seeker patients often require additional specialist knowledge and experience in order for them to be cared for effectively to prevent any unwarranted escalation into acute mental or physical health provision. The service will provide general medical services to the homeless population across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. For this service specification, 'Homeless' can be defined as a person/family who: • have no accommodation available to occupy. • are at risk of violence or domestic abuse. • have accommodation but it is not reasonable for them to continue to occupy it. • have accommodation but cannot secure entry to it. • have no legal right to occupy their accommodation. • live in a mobile home or houseboat but have no place to put it or live in it. The service will provide a Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) scheme whereby the designated GP practice provides primary care services to patients across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who have been removed from routine general practice. These patients have been allocated to the scheme after being immediately removed from their current practice as a result of an incident that was reported to the police The Specialised Services for Homeless, Asylum Seekers and the Special Allocation Scheme are currently in place within LLR, however the service has been remodelled and respecified under this Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime. The recommended provider is an existing provider. The ICB wishes to award one contract for these services. The contract is anticipated to start on the 1st of April 2025 for 10 years with the option to extend for a further 5 years. The annual value of the intended awarded contract is £,1,324,297, and the total awarded contract value is £19,864,455.