Cheshire East and Vale Royal GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service

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NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB is conducting an initial engagement exercise to establish potential interest to deliver a GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service in Cheshire East Place and the Vale Royal area of Cheshire West Place. Lot 1: NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB is conducting an initial engagement exercise to establish potential interest to deliver a GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service in Cheshire East Place and the Vale Royal area of Cheshire West Place. For information about the geographic areas this service will cover, please visit the ICB's website www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk The GP Special Allocation Scheme is for patients who have been referred by their existing GP. There are currently 27 patients that are being treated in the Scheme. The service is currently delivered by two different providers, and these contacts are due to expire on 31st March 2025. The ICB is currently considering whether to offer this opportunity as one contact in its entirety. The ICB is also considering extending existing arrangements whilst it explores the outcome of this call for expressions of interest and Provider Selection Regime procurement options for longer term commissioning of this service. Full details of the service are set out in the draft Service Specification within Annex 1 - please see information later in this section regarding how to access this documentation. The service provider would be expected to have sufficient staff with competencies and skills to treat the patients within the Scheme. The proposed contact duration is 4 years and 6 months to end 30th September 2029 with the option to extend for a further 4-year period with mutual consent. The proposed contract value is based on the following offered costs: £2,000 retainer per annum £88.00 In-hours consultation per patient £110.20 Out of hours consultation per patient £50 Telephone consultation per patient The above rates will equate to approximately £16,000 per annum for the entire patient cohort. The total contract value for the 4-year 6-month contract period plus the optional 4-year extension period is expected to be £136,000. This contract value is subject to final confirmation by the ICB. It is possible that TUPE may apply to the award of any new contract for the above service. Potentially interested parties are invited to feedback their comments with regard to their interest, capacity, capability and readiness in delivering these services in Cheshire; and to attend a provider engagement presentation at 1pm on Tuesday 14th January 2025 via MS Teams. If providers wish to attend the session, further details will be supplied to any organisation who answers "yes" to question 4 (please see below). Commissioners wish to understand: 1. Organisation name 2. Organisation contact details - Contact name - Phone number - Email address - Postal Address 3. Are you currently providing a Special Allocation Scheme for patients within Cheshire & Merseyside, or elsewhere? Are you providing any other services under an APMS Contract? If so, please state which Commissioner your contract is with and provide contract start and end dates? 4. Would your organisation like to register for a bidder engagement presentation to be held at 1pm on Tuesday 14th January 2025 via MS Teams? 5. If your organisation bid for the contract, would it bid for East Cheshire, Vale Royal, or both areas? For information about the geographic areas this service will cover, please visit the ICB's website www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk 6. Does you organisation have the capability, capacity and readiness to provide the service as per the draft service specification across Cheshire East and the area of Vale Royal? If so, please provide further details. (The Service Specification will be accessible in the 'Documents' section within the Atamis project C326284.) Please provide a short overview of your area of expertise and previous experience of delivering Special Allocation Scheme Services. 7. Please share any comments or feedback that you may have on the draft service specification based on your experience. 8. Taking into account the potential number of patients that are referred to the Special Allocation Scheme and the quality of service provision required as per the draft specification, do you consider your organisation able to provide this service within the stated financial envelope over the full contract term? Providers are requested to answer these questions within the Atamis requirements section when registering interest (via https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ref C326284) by 12:00 hours on Wednesday 8th January 2025. NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB is not bound to follow any particular procurement process at this stage. Responding to this EOI will not guarantee providers further involvement in any future process the ICB decides to follow. Should this Early Engagement lead to a Procurement process, providers will be required to register interest for this separately and should not rely on their response to this PIN notice. The ICB has not determined which Procurement process to follow at this stage of Early Engagement. Details will be made available via documentation and information released on the Atamis portal. To express interest, please register via Atamis e-sourcing portal https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Atamis Project Reference: C326284 Should providers have any queries, or having problems using the portal, they should contact the Helpdesk at: Phone: 0800 9956035 E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk The following details can be found within the Atamis project C326284; • Requirements - Questions • Annex 1 - Draft Service Specification