Planning

NWL0096 Provision of Extended Access Hubs in North West London

NORTH WEST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP

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Planning

29 Mar 2022 at 14:16

Summary of the contracting process

The North West London Clinical Commissioning Group is initiating the procurement process titled "NWL0096 Provision of Extended Access Hubs in North West London". This process falls under the health and social work services industry and is currently in the planning stage. A key milestone is the engagement end date, which is set for 29 April 2022. The aim of this tender is to ensure service continuity for extended access to healthcare services until 30 September 2022, as the current contract with general practices will expire on 31 March 2022.

This tender provides an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in healthcare services, particularly those that can offer extended hours of primary care. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations will be well-suited to compete for this contract, as they can contribute innovative solutions to improve patient access and experience. Companies that can deliver medical consultations, manage urgent care needs, and comply with the required service standards will have a strong competitive advantage.

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Notice Title

NWL0096 Provision of Extended Access Hubs in North West London

Notice Description

Extended Access Hubs serve GP registered patients across all boroughs in North West London. The CCG currently has contract arrangements in place with General Practices (GPs) GP Practice Providers and GP Federations until 31st March 2022. The purpose of this PIN is to be transparent about the CCG's intentions to put a new contract in place for a 6 month period until 30th September 2022. The intention is for the service provision to transition to nationally specified Network DES Commissioning (GMS core) beyond September, which will lead to an integrated combined access offer as an integral part of the PCN Network Contract DES delivered to 100% of the population it serves. The extension is required to ensure service continuity. The contract is currently delivered to: -Improve patient access to high quality urgent and routine primary care; -Improve patient experience of primary care; and -Promoting the appropriate use of urgent and routine primary care services through the redirection of patients to the right service for their health need. The aims of service is achieved through the provision of Extended Hours delivery points or 'hubs' by way of providing additional opening hours in Primary Care. Service Provider Responsibilities include: -Provide an extra 1.5 hours of consultations per week day Monday to Friday between 18:30-20:00 excluding bank holidays; -Provide 12 additional hours of clinical consultations each weekend (provided between 08:00-20:00), which must include a minimum 20 minutes rest break for staff when the working day is in excess of six hours; -Provide 12 extended hours during each bank holiday; provided between 08:00-20:00; -Provider will offer a minimum of 5 appointments an hour per GP; -Provider will offer a minimum of 4 appointments an hour per nurse; -The service provider will provide urgent appointments and is responsible for managing capacity to ensure the prioritisation of patients with urgent care needs; -The service provider will accept all patient redirections from the NHS 111 service and local Urgent Care providers where the patient has been triaged and deemed by the referring provider as being clinically appropriate for primary care; -A minimum of one GP appointment slot an hour per hub should be reserved for NHS 111 /UCC patient redirections. During 2022, it is anticipated that NWL CCG will be succeeded by an Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any future contract and/or procurement opportunity may therefore be in the name of the ICB.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-3fddd74e-8fa4-4ba1-a082-dc3273b21db7
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6576a8e5-1951-4df7-96aa-f4e651fb71c8
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

85000000 - Health and social work services

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Mar 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Apr 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTH WEST LONDON CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP
Contact Name
NWL CCG Contracts Team
Contact Email
nhsnwlccg.contracting@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 5JD
Post Town
North West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Marylebone
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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