Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group - GP with Extended Role Dermatology Services

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Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (BSWCCG) is going to award a contract to Banes Enhanced Medical Services + Limited (BEMS+) to deliver GP with Extended Role (GPwER) Dermatology Services to patients within Bath and North East Somerset.The provider has a good track record of providing services within this locality and the continuation of this service will ensure a continuation of a high quality of service delivery, patient experience and referring-GP satisfaction. BEMS+ have provided these services over the past 4 years and the commissioner believes that that this provider is best placed to continue to build upon work already achieved with the locality. The dermatology service offers GPwER sessions, a nurse-led clinical and isotretinoin clinic.The contract has an annualised value of £194,000 and will be award a contract term of 5 years with the possible extension of any period up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Commissioner.The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Commissioner has voluntarily advertised this notice of intention to award this contract to reach as wide an audience as possible and to promote transparency and in line with regulation 32(2)(b)(ii). The Commissioner is firmly of the view that competition is absent for technical reasons, that the organisation listed above are the only provider capable of meeting the CCG's needs within the specific locality for the reasons detailed above.