Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool
Notice Description
NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) seeks expressions of interest from suitably qualified organisations that have the necessary capability and capacity to provide a Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool in Gloucestershire. The 'supporting general practice' letter of 9 November 2020 referenced support for flexible pools to aid the process of recruiting and deploying GPs initially as part of the response to COVID-19 mass vaccinations. To support this aim, funding from NHSE&I was made available to each integrated care system (ICS). The Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool will: Include a Digital platform that assists, encourages and enables professionals to work flexibly, efficiently and collaboratively and can be rolled out immediately, including the ability to extend usage to other AHP's in future. Directly address pertinent workforce challenges e.g. GP retention and attracting out-of-area Locum GPs. Provide support and mentoring through the establishment of a GP Chambers. The GP chambers would provide peer and educational support for locums, as outlined in the guidance attached to the funding. The awarded provider will be expected to provide a service to all of Gloucestershire's 71 practices, across 15 PCN's. Should the number of Gloucestershire practices increase during this period, the awarded provider will be expected to include them in usage of their service at no additional costs. The Primary Care Flexible Staffing Pool solution for Gloucestershire must: Demonstrate tangible benefits to GP Locums*, practices, and patients within Gloucestershire Address existing workforce challenges faced by practices within in the county e.g. GP availability for vacant sessions, GP Locum support, Practice administration and costs; Provide a 'ready-made/to go' digital solution that assists, encourages and enables GP Locums* to work with flexibility, efficiency and ease; Deliver an overarching solution that encourages local GP Locums* to stay in county to work and encourages out of county GP Locums* to work within Gloucestershire; Support practices and Primary Care Networks in optimising vacant GP* session fill for the overall benefit of local patients and their families; Support practices in geographies that find it difficult to recruit GP Locums* to optimise booking into vacant sessions Provide a solution that is flexible to adapt to future requirements and a changing primary care landscape. The total costs of the service must come to no more than PS125,000 excl of VAT over the contract duration. Organisations interested in providing this service should register on the In-Tend e-procurement portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/gloucestershireccg) and express interest no later than 5pm, Friday 21 January 2022. Completed ITT submissions must be returned via the In-Tend portal no later than noon, Friday 28 January 2022.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-38fc413a-71cb-4d7d-942e-d7c4ecd34412
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9cc9c740-1f98-462b-ac13-d9c8f5702fc5
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 May 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 21 Jan 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Mar 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Mr Paul B Wilkinson
- Contact Email
- paul.wilkinson2@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL3 4FE
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Electoral Ward
- Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote
- Westminster Constituency
- North Cotswolds
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9cc9c740-1f98-462b-ac13-d9c8f5702fc5
18th May 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/246a9620-5e5d-4efe-a4ab-1067eb848a70
29th December 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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