Prior Information Notice for North and Central Manchester Alternative Provider Medical Services

NHS England, Lancashire & Greater Manchester are the accountable authority for the provision of local GP practice services in the Lancashire & Greater Manchester area and are in the process of reviewing our current Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contracts. The three CCGs have agreed to take a citywide approach and a decision has been made to re-procure the following existing contracts, with an expectation that they will be delivered from their current premises.

Two NHS Central Manchester CCG contracts, which are delivered from:

Hawthorn Medical Centre, Levenshulme, Manchester, M14 6FS (weighted list size = 4711).

New Bank Medical Practice, Longsight, Manchester, M12 4EY. (weighted list size = 5443).

Four NHS North Manchester CCG contracts, which are delivered from:

City Health Centre, Manchester, M1 1PL (weighted list size = 8707).

Simpson Medical Practice, Moston, Manchester, M40 9NB (weighted list size = 6326).

Charlestown Medical Practice, Blackley, Manchester, M9 7ED (weighted list size = 3896).

Victoria Mill Medical Practice, Platting, Manchester, M40 7LH (weighted list size = 2993).

Weighted list sizes correct at 1.1.16.

The aim of the services is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients of each practice.

It is proposed that the terms and conditions of service, including tariff arrangements, will reflect those contained in General Medical Services (GMS) contracts. The service specifications will be aligned to the strategic direction for Primary Care in Manchester. It is essential that any potential provider can deliver all elements of our Primary Care Transformation agenda, which includes the One Team approach to integrated care through place based commissioning - https://www.centralmanchesterccg.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n2061.pdf&ver=2565.

North of England Commissioning Support is managing this process for and on behalf of NHS England Lancashire and Greater Manchester (the contracting authority).

To express an interest, register free on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs. Once registered, you can view details of the opportunity by selecting the “Tenders” tab, select “Forthcoming Tenders”, then “View Details”. From this area, you will be able to express your interest by selecting the button marked “Express Interest”.

A help guide can be found on the portal by clicking the tab marked “Guidance for Suppliers” or contact the dedicated helpdesk on 0844 2728810 (Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm) / support@in-tend.co.uk.

All communications and submissions will be conducted via the NECS In-Tend portal.

This facility allows you to express an interest and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. It is an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise. To help shape the commissioning decisions, the commissioners may also carry out further market engagement in the form of a Request for Information (RFI).