NHSE961 Battle Hill Health Centre Alternative Provider Medical Services RFI

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a care system support organisation and is managing this market engagement exercise for the provision of Alternative Provider Medical Services for registered patients of Battle Hill Health Centre for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority).

This Request for Information (RFI) process is being undertaken to engage with the market to inform the further development for future service delivery of Alternative Provider Medical Services for registered patients of Battle Hill Health Centre.

The service must be delivered from Battle Hill Health Centre located at Belmont Close, Wallsend, NE28 9DX.

The premises are currently leased from Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NuTFT) and agreement would need to be sought by potential bidders in leasing the building from NuTFT.

The current practice weighted list size is 0. Patients from the Battle Hill area are currently registered with Hadrian Health Centre.

The Global sum per patient is £97.42 (net of out of hours payments, QoF, enhanced services and any local incentive schemes).

It is important to note that this PIN/RFI is not a call for competition and as such potential providers will need to express an interest in any future tender opportunity once a contract notice is published on Find and Tender Service and on Contracts Finder.

It should be noted that this PIN/RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This PIN/RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering portal (Atamis) to manage this RFI and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to access the RFI documentation, including the draft service specification and submit their completed RFI.

The Atamis e-Tendering portal can be found at:

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

Please follow the registration instructions (if you are not already registered) and look for the project NHSE961 Battle Hill Health Centre Alternative Provider Medical Services - Request for Information (RFI).

Please note that it is free to register on Atamis, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

If you need advice or support in registering, please contact the Atamis helpdesk using the following details:

Phone: 0800 9956035

E-mail: support-health@atamis.co.uk Opening times 8am - 6pm

The RFI documentation will be accessible from 28 June 2023 and completed RFI responses must be submitted by 12.00 noon on 11 July 2023.

Additional information: Potential providers are to note that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply to a future procurement including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.