Planning

Lewisham Care Homes - APMS

NHS ENGLAND

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Planning

10 Mar 2023 at 12:06

Summary of the contracting process

The Lewisham Care Homes - APMS procurement process is currently in the planning stage. The buying organisation, NHS England, is preparing to select a service provider to deliver GP Primary Medical Services and additional services in Lewisham Borough. The process involves market engagement and feedback collection to inform the upcoming procurement. Interested providers have until Monday 03 April 2023, 12:00 Noon, to complete the Market Engagement questionnaire.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health services industry to compete for a contract worth approximately £500k per annum. Businesses specialising in primary care services for older adult residents in care homes and extra care housing are well-suited for this opportunity. The contract has an initial term of 5 years, with a possible extension of up to 15 years, providing stability and growth potential for the selected service provider.

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Notice Title

Lewisham Care Homes - APMS

Notice Description

This is a prior information notice of an upcoming procurement process for GP Primary Medical Services and additional services under APMS Contracts delivered directly to nursing home residents, residential care home residents and extra care housing tenants across the Lewisham Borough. South East London Integrated Care Board (NHS South East London) under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England will soon be undertaking a procurement process to select a service provider to deliver GP Primary Medical Services and additional services under APMS Contracts delivered directly to nursing home residents, residential care home residents and extra care housing tenants across the Lewisham Borough. The SEL ICB is currently developing the draft service requirements which is being informed by service user and stakeholder feedback. SEL ICB wish to request market feedback from potentially interested providers to inform the upcoming procurement process. In order to assist the Commissioners with testing its assumptions and proposed service requirements, a market engagement questionnaire (MEQ) has been published to explore the market's feedback on the following areas: * Outline of service requirements and KPI's * timescales for procurement and mobilisation of the new contract * proposed contract duration and financial model. Although, this pre-market engagement does not form any part of the formal procurement process, it will inform how the new service is commissioned. Information gained from this exercise will be used to inform the final service specification and expected outcomes from the procurement process. Interested organisations are asked to submit responses to the Market Engagement questionnaire using the Microsoft Forms link - https://forms.office.com/e/B4xgJGLp0e Deadline for completion - Please complete this MEQ by no later than Monday 03 April 2023, 12:00 Noon.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a prior information notice of an upcoming procurement process for GP Primary Medical Services and additional services under APMS Contracts delivered directly to nursing home residents, residential care home residents and extra care housing tenants across the Lewisham Borough. South East London Integrated Care Board (NHS South East London) under delegated commissioning on behalf of NHS England will soon be undertaking a procurement process to select a service provider to deliver GP Primary Medical Services and additional services under APMS Contracts delivered directly to nursing home residents, residential care home residents and extra care housing tenants across the Lewisham Borough. The SEL ICB is currently developing the draft service requirements which is being informed by service user and stakeholder feedback. SEL ICB wish to request market feedback from potentially interested providers to inform the upcoming procurement process. In order to assist the Commissioners with testing its assumptions and proposed service requirements, a market engagement questionnaire (MEQ) has been published to explore the market's feedback on the following areas: * Outline of service requirements and KPI's * timescales for procurement and mobilisation of the new contract * proposed contract duration and financial model. Although, this pre-market engagement does not form any part of the formal procurement process, it will inform how the new service is commissioned. Information gained from this exercise will be used to inform the final service specification and expected outcomes from the procurement process. Background This service covers the London Borough of Lewisham and is a dedicated primary care service for older adult residents living in residential and nursing care homes, and extra care housing. Residential and nursing care home residents are amongst the most frail and vulnerable, with significant clinical complexity. Residents are three times more likely to fall in a care home than in their own home. Falls prevention is a core part of the early training for care homes and an essential component of mitigating against avoidable hospital admissions. Outline The service will operate under an APMS primary care contract and provide core General Medical Services together with an enhanced service specification for medical support for nursing home residents, residential care home residents and extra care housing tenants. The enhanced service is designed to take a multi-disciplinary approach to proactive case management, support prescribing priorities and deliver both routine and urgent care 'in-hours'. It is envisaged that the service will in addition, pilot the delivery of a remote advice and support service to residents and staff of mental health and learning disability residential homes within the borough, The pilot will be scoped and co-developed by the provider working in collaboration with key stake holders and service users. Patient Cohort The service will provide GP services to a cohort of 637 Older People residing in Nursing and Care Homes and 180 Residents of Extra Support Housing with the addition of 310 from mental health and Learning disability care homes for the advice and support pilot service. Aims and objectives The aims of the service are to: * deliver a proactive patient centred model of integrated case management adopting a multidisciplinary approach to case management. * provide a responsive service which adapts over time to patient feedback and to changes in evidence concerning medical care for the Nursing Home resident; * provide clinical leadership to improve the overall quality of care for patients in Nursing Homes; * develop effective working relationships with Nursing Homes, acute hospitals and other stakeholders which will allow the provider to effectively deliver against the objective of this service; * Improve consistency and remove variation across the borough in quality of care. * improve the quality of medical support to the patient; * improve patient satisfaction and outcomes; * improve end of life care and deliver Gold Standard Framework for Nursing Homes (GSFCH) * improve management of long-term conditions, frailty and dementia; * improve the wider wellbeing of all residents; * support delivery of the Enhanced Health in Care Homes PCN DES service requirements Contract value The indicative contract value is approximately PS500k per annum. This figure is based on the current number of care home beds which will be broken down by bed occupancy in the ITT stage of procurement Contract Duration The contract will have an initial term of 5 years (60 months), followed by an optional extension of 5 years (60 months) plus 5 years (60 months) at the discretion of the commissioner. If all available extension is taken up in full the contract will have a maximum duration of 15 years (180 months). The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market of a possible procurement. In issuing this PIN and engaging with the market, the Authority is not committing to carrying out any procurement. The services in the scope of this procurement fall within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77). Interested organisations are asked to submit responses to the Market Engagement questionnaire using the Microsoft Forms link - https://forms.office.com/e/B4xgJGLp0e Deadline for completion - Please complete this MEQ by no later than Monday 03 April 2023, 12:00 Noon.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b1c5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007040-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Mar 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
18 Jun 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS ENGLAND
Contact Name
Khadijah Yasmin
Contact Email
khadijah.yasmin@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS2 7UE
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

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