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title: "Specialist Homeless Practice (inc Special Allocation Scheme)"
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# Specialist Homeless Practice (inc Special Allocation Scheme)

Buyer: N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4424b095-ca20-40ae-8ca1-65c3f7e7b293

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## Summary

The Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), represented by the North East London Commissioning Support Unit, is conducting a procurement process for the "Specialist Homeless Practice (including Special Allocation Scheme)" tender. This procurement, classified under health services, is focused on delivering primary care GP services aimed at the homeless population in the London Borough of Westminster. The contract period is set to begin on 1st April 2018 and will last for five years, concluding on 31st March 2023. The tender period ended on 24th November 2017, with an invitation to submit proposals for a service that integrates with broader health services to enhance care for homeless individuals. 

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in healthcare services and community health initiatives, as the focus is on creating integrated, outcomes-based approaches. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) will be well-suited to compete, as they may offer innovative and community-oriented solutions for addressing the health needs of homeless persons. The project's ambitious objectives provide a platform for service providers to demonstrate their effectiveness in reducing A&E attendances and improving health outcomes, thereby potentially driving growth and establishing partnerships within the healthcare sector in London.

## Notice

The current APMS specialist homeless contract expires in March 2018. The service is being re-procured to facilitate transition to a new service model, effective from April 2018. Additionally, the Special Allocation Service (SAS) will be procured concurrently as part of this contract opportunity (albeit, with a later start date for the SAS contract of 3rd July 2018). The new service will deliver to the homeless population segment, also working with other practices in order to best support patients. For example, the practice will work with 'mainstream' practices to develop additional capabilities across primary care in supporting homeless patients' health and care needs. The practice will operate as a specialist primary care provider, expected to work at scale alongside other general practices as part of a Primary Care Home model- as set out in Central London CCG's Primary Care Strategy. In order to support this, the specification for the service has been redesigned to include responsibility to collaborate and to promote better integration of services, particularly other homeless health services. The specialist service is now being re-commissioned in an outcomes-based way with a focus on: * Preventing avoidable A&E attendances and secondary care admissions * Integration with 'mainstream' practices as part of developing primary care at scale * Integration with the specialist community nursing service (through co-location, staff secondment and joint CLCH/ practice management) * Safe and person-centred transitions of patients to mainstream practices in a care planned and managed way * Ambition to integrate the practice into wider homeless day services through co-location at a central London day centre and service provider for homeless people - thereby significantly enhancing access and the wider offer Central London CCG (the Authority) is therefore seeking to identify a suitable provider of Primary Care GP Services to undertake this contract in London for Great Chapel Street Practice based in the London Borough of Westminster. This Tender process is being managed by North East London Commissioning Support Unit (NEL CSU) on behalf of NHS England (the "Contracting Authority") in connection with a competitive procurement exercise that is being conducted in accordance with a process based on the Open Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations" (as amended)). The services to which this Procurement relates fall within the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR) governing procurement of Health, Social, Education and Other service contracts. Neither the reference to "Open Procedure", "ITT", "PQQ / SQ", the use of the term "Tender process" nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions. The APMS Contract will be for a period of 5 years - the initial contract period will be from 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2023. The Additional information: Bidders should respond to this ITT opportunity by completing the online questionnaire published on the Authority's e-procurement portal (the "Portal") - ProContract (hosted by Proactis). All clarification requests and correspondence pertaining to this ITT opportunity must be directed through the Portal. Bidders are required to register on the Portal prior to accessing the ITT documentation. Guidance on the registration process is available via the link provided in the links section below. The deadline for tenders to be received is 24th November 2017 at 10:00 am. A timetable for the procurement, and supplementary information relating to the opportunity is also available on the Portal. Bidders are also to note that information relating to this procurement is provided in good faith, and may be subject to amendment by the Authority.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d2ff4aff-a0ec-43ef-9c04-cfab5403c44b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Jan 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Nov 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Jan 2018 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2018 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,999,997 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 6LH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | St George's |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HOMELESS HEALTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 29 Jan 2018 at 10:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d2ff4aff-a0ec-43ef-9c04-cfab5403c44b
- 20 Oct 2017 at 09:23 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6fb249e-f7f5-40bb-82c9-3acc05a5ea1c
- 9 Oct 2017 at 16:47 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6fb249e-f7f5-40bb-82c9-3acc05a5ea1c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d2ff4aff-a0ec-43ef-9c04-cfab5403c44b
  29th January 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d6fb249e-f7f5-40bb-82c9-3acc05a5ea1c
  20th October 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/024064bb-22bd-4af4-ae16-b3a86686539d
  ProContract Help Page
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=1cb0c6ee-a3aa-e711-80e6-005056b64545
  Procontract Advert

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