--- title: "Expressions of interest for Leicester City Primary Care Hubs" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2017-12-19" --- # Expressions of interest for Leicester City Primary Care Hubs Buyer: NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-64485d6f-ff26-4729-8201-f426f6110559.json) ## Summary The NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit is initiating a procurement process titled "Expressions of interest for Leicester City Primary Care Hubs," focusing on health and social work services. This contract, estimated at approximately £2 million per annum, aims to provide primary care appointments both during and outside standard hours for the Leicester City area. The procurement is currently at the planning stage, with a key milestone of engagement set to close on 23rd February 2018. Interested suppliers are encouraged to register their interest through the MLCSU eProcurement portal to stay informed about the upcoming tender opportunities. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, especially for organisations specialising in healthcare services that meet the Light Touch Regime criteria. Companies that can provide flexible and responsive primary care solutions, akin to the expanding needs of Leicester's healthcare system, would be particularly well-suited to compete for this contract. The anticipated initial contract length is three years, with the potential for a two-year extension, offering sustained engagement for successful bidders. ## Notice PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE NHS Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group (LC CCG) is considering the re-procurement of the three Leicester City Primary Care Hubs contract to provide primary care appointments in hours and out of hours. LC CCG's Primary Care team wishes to continue and develop the current service. This is a prior information notice with future call for competition and its purpose is to make the market aware of the CCGs' commissioning intentions and give providers an opportunity to register their interest. Since October 2015 the hubs have provided over 1500 additional GP and nurse appointments each week during the working week, evenings, weekends and bank holidays to patients that are registered with a Leicester City practice via the GP Access Fund framework (previously Prime Minister's challenge fund). The contract length is likely to be 3 years with the option to potentially extend for up to 2 years subject to satisfactory review. Estimated value for this service is circa PS2m per annum. The service will be commissioned via an open procurement process advertised to all providers which is proportionate to the value and complexity of the service and contract. Interested providers are guided to MLCSU eProcurement portal Bravo to register their interest, to do that, candidates need to register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to re-register. Once registered, candidates must express interest by: a) logging-in to the Portal, and b) selecting response to advert and PQQ (search for reference number pqq_444) and submit by the date specified on the portal. NOTES "Light Touch Regime" services This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the MOI and ITT. As the CCG is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement. Please see further information in the full advert attached. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddede47c-6909-4f55-8ba6-96842fcd1b4b | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Cancelled | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE1 6NB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 19 Dec 2017 at 09:40 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddede47c-6909-4f55-8ba6-96842fcd1b4b - 5 Sep 2017 at 16:17 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73252221-5aa2-4e57-ade8-ca22e63e4bd6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ddede47c-6909-4f55-8ba6-96842fcd1b4b 19th December 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/73252221-5aa2-4e57-ade8-ca22e63e4bd6 5th September 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f0674626-fb54-4414-812d-3382dfa63c9e Full advert - http://MLCSUBravoPortal https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ## Notice URLs - http://ML - https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk - https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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