Provision of APMS contract at Cossington Park Surgery Medical Practice for NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board

Descriptions

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (NHS LLR ICB) is seeking to commission a provider to deliver primary medical services at Cossington Park Surgery (Belgrave Health Centre, 52 Brandon Street Leicester LE4 6AW). The Contract will be an Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract commencing 1st July 2023 for a population of 8110 patients. The weighted patient list size is 7741. The current contract is due to expire on the 30th of June 2023. TUPE does not apply as the incumbent provider have advised they will be retaining all members of staff. It is expected the recommended provider to fully recruit as required by their proposed staffing model during the short mobilisation period of approximately 10 weeks. The ICB wish to receive responses to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) from suitably qualified and experienced Providers with the necessary skill and experience (or a demonstrable ability to provide the skill and experience) to provide the range of services required. The aim of the service is to deliver all essential, additional and enhanced primary care services to all registered patients at the practice.The contract shall be for a term of ten (10) years from the Service start date with the option to extend the term by up to another five (5) years beyond the initial 10-year contracted term at the Commissioner’s discretion. The contract start date is 1st of July 2023. The contract value for this service is estimated to be £992,466 per annum at 2022/23 prices (excluding pass-through costs, as defined in 4.5 Annex 04 (FMT Handbook) and general assumptions tab under premises costs of the tender documentation), and up to a total £14.9m million over the potential 15 years term of the contract (including extensions). These contract values are subject to change as the practice population changes and in line with other variable payments. Please note that the ICB will reject bids that do not meet the sustainability test (as defined in the ITT documents which are downloadable via the Bravo e-procurement portal. Details of how to register to access this information is contained below.The ICB do not want any subcontracting arrangements. No subcontracting arrangements are permissible in the delivery of this contract. Please refer to the Annex 2 - service specification for more details.The service will be commissioned via an open type procurement process according to the Light Touch Regime of the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015 for healthcare services advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract.The invitation to tender (ITT) will be available from 8th February 2023 on the ML CSU Bravo portal (see below) and it will have a deadline for submissions of 13:00 hours on 8th March 2023.Bidder clarifications may be submitted to the Commissioner (via the ML CSU Bravo portal only) during the procurement process up to 13:00 hours on 27th February 2023.We recommend current providers of similar services, providers who may be interested in providing this service, or other stakeholders who may have an interest in providing this to register on the MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo (Jaggaer) to register their interest and get access to the ITT and all the documentation.