Notice Information
Notice Title
Expressions of Interest for Primary Medical Services (APMS Contract) to the Greater Norwich Population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, Co-located Walk-in Centre and Inclusion Health Hub
Notice Description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk-in Centre Services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub.<br/><br/>The service commencement date is 1 July 2024.<br/><br/>All interested providers are invited to participate in an early market assessment questionnaire. Please note the deadline for expressions of interest is 12:00PM on 8th September 2023.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Commissioner is looking for one provider to deliver the following 3 main components under a single APMS Contract.
1. Primary Medical Service in Norwich: List Size as of 1st July 2023 Actual: 10, 882 and Weighted 9, 529.82
2. The Walk-in Centre (WiC) in Norwich: around 80k WIC contacts per year, however that is subject to further work and the final figure for the tender may be different.
3. The Vulnerable Adults Service - Inclusion Health Hub
The purpose of this contract is to provide resilience into the Norfolk and Waveney health system and the successful bidder will have to prove how they will reduce health inequalities and increase integration amongst the various other healthcare providers in Norwich.
The Commissioner is currently proposing the contract length will be a minimum of 5 years with the option to extend and as part of the market engagement exercise are asking for feedback from potential bidders on the contract term. Please note that whilst there may be an opportunity to comment on the contract length the Commissioners are not obligated to incorporate or change these.
The contract will start on the 1st July 2024 and the estimated annual value of the contract is PS3,582,325 and will be subject to an annual uplift which is to be determined. The primary medical services will be open in line with the national core hours from 08:00-18:30 Monday to Friday with 2 evenings later opening until 19:00 and a minimum of a 3-hour session on a Saturday, Walk in Centre will be open 7 days a week 07:00-21:00 and the Vulnerable Adults Services - Inclusion Health Hub 9.00-17:00 Monday to Friday. Additional information: This is purely an early engagement exercise; any subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when published.
This is a market testing exercise and does not commit the Commissioners to carry out a procurement process. Current services will remain in place during this period in line with existing contracts and service level agreements.
The procurement will be advertised in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) (the "Regulations") to the extent that the Regulations relate to services within the scope of Schedule 3 thereto (Social and Other Specific Services). The Commissioner and AGCSU are, therefore, bound only by those parts of the Regulations applying to Schedule 3 services.
The Contracting Authority will be using an eTendering system for this market engagement exercise. To express an interest and access the questionnaire go to the 'Live Opportunities' list on the e-tendering portal at the following link: https://health-family-contract-search.secure.force.com/?searchtype=Projects and register your interest.
You can search for the opportunity by entering the following contract reference: C190920 Expressions of Interest: Primary Medical Services for Greater Norwich Population.
Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03efde
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023856-2023
- 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
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Aug 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 17 Nov 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Claire Pickard
- Contact Email
- claire.pickard@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR7 0WG
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Broadland
- Electoral Ward
- Brundall
- Westminster Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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