PRJ889 — Tower Hamlets APMS — Barkantine Practice and St Andrews and St Paul's Way APMS Procurement

Descriptions

NHS Tower Hamlets CCG (under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England) is seeking to procure one or more high-quality provider(s) to deliver GP Primary Medical Services and additional services as specified below, under two 5 + 5 + 5 (15 max total) years APMS Contracts from 1 October 2021, delivered from the sites as defined below for the two contracts.This is a Prior Information Notice to notify potential providers of the future procurement and to allow providers with sufficient opportunity to become accredited providers on the NHS England APMS PDPS (see details below) in order to participate in the upcoming procurement process.Contract value figures are based on the current list size and local network improved servicesTower Hamlets CCG intends to procure this contract via the NHS England National APMS Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS).In order for providers to bid for this contract, they must be an accredited provider on the PDPS. This accreditation can be gained by applying to join the PDPS – please refer to the instructions at the following link.https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6f4aae1b-7289-4b78-88eb-f5d36757f21cIt is currently envisaged that the procurement will be published via a further competition on the national PDPS in early February 2021. In order to ensure that applicants have their application submissions to join the PDPS evaluated in time for inclusion in the further competition, they should submit their PDPS applications as soon as possible and, in any event, before 18 December 2020. Applications received after this date may not be evaluated prior to the further competition publication in February 2021.For the avoidance of doubt, if the CCG elects to use the PDPS to manage this procurement (as is the current intention) only those organisations accredited on the PDPS will be invited to participate in the procurement.When the ITT is published, a bidder may submit tenders for one or both lots. A bidder will not be awarded more than one lot.The cap is being proposed to:• ensure there is plurality of provision in the borough to enable a comparison of service outcomes;• promote service resilience and preserve competition in the borough.Please direct any questions to the following email address: nelcsu.apms.pdps@nhs.net