Swindon CCG - Primary Care Extended Access and Out of Hours GP Services

Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) seeks to commission a Primary Care Extended Access and GP Out of Hours Service to all registered patients with Swindon and Shrivenham practices and those patients who have temporary residence within the geographic boundaries.

The procurement is driven by the need to re-commission both services as they reach the end of their current contracts. The extended access model will be in addition and support to those services currently in place with local GP practices and will be based on the on the national requirements. The inclusion of online and consultation services may be included within the procurement to empower patients and make it easier for clinician to deliver high quality care whilst improving access. The GP Out of Hours service is to provide urgent clinical care outside of normal GP surgery hours.

In 2016 Swindon as part of a Bath and North East Somerset; Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group collaboration took part in the commissioning of Integrated Urgent Care Services. Swindon CCG elected not to re-commission it's Out of Hours requirement as part of that exercise, but instead to undertake a separate process with its additional Extended Access requirement. Bidders should note the requirement to work closely with the provider of the aforementioned Integrated Urgent Care Service across the BSW region in any contract let through this process.

Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group is looking for services to be delivered in an innovative way that meets the needs of the local population now and throughout the contract period. Swindon CCG expects the service provider to engage with the public and professionals on a regular basis and in agreement with commissioners evolve the service over the contract lifetime. The service needs to work in an integrated manner with other service providers to offer a seamless experience across the health care system, particularly from a patient's view point.

Contracts will be for an initial term of 60 months with a possible extension of any period up to a further 60 months, as defined and at the discretion of the Commissioner. Services are planned to commence from 01/04/19. The total indicative budget available is £3.5m to £4m per annum.

This procurement is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioners, through the In-Tend e-procurement system (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) from where full information can be accessed.