Contract Notice for Willow Bank GP Surgery Procurement

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU (AGCSU), on behalf of Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group (referred to as the Commissioners from this point onwards), is inviting suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the primary medical services (referred to as the Service(s) from here onwards) at the Willow Bank GP Surgery in Stoke-on-Trent and its branch surgery located in Longton, under the APMS contract.

Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group is acting under the delegated commissioning arrangements from NHS England & NHS Improvement (Midlands) for this procurement.

The Contracting Authority for the contract resultant from this procurement will be in accordance with that highlighted within the 'Document 4 - Form of Contract' which has been provided together with this tender.

Practice Related Information

Willow Bank and its branch GP Surgery ('the practice') operates under one APMS contract and are part of the 41 GP practices providing primary medical services within Stoke-on-Trent CCG area.

Address for both surgeries as follow:

Willow Bank Surgery - Meir Primary Care Centre, 2nd Floor, Weston Road, Meir, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 6AB

Branch Surgery at Longton - Longton Cottage Hospital, Upper Belgrave Rd, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4QX

The Practice covers the following areas:

Adderley Green, Weston Coyney, Sandford Hill, Meir Hay, Meir, Meir Heath, Lightwood, Longton, Florence, Dresden, Normacot and Cocknage.

The practice is a member of the Meir PCN (Primary Care Network) and the Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group.

Estimated Contract Value

It is anticipated that the service provision resultant from this procurement will have an annual agreement value of circa £ 953,663.70 per annum (at the rate of £89.88 per weighted patient based on July 2019 list size of 10,610.41) excluding V.A.T. This figure excludes Enhanced Services and QOF payments. Circa £ 907,697.06 will be paid as the net core services capitation payment, after deducting money for the "Out Of Hours (OOH)" services at the rate of 4.28%.

Contract Duration and Service Commencement

As a result of this procurement exercise an agreement will be established with the successful Bidder(s) for a period of 10 years with the Commissioner having the option to extend the Contract for up to further 5 years subject to satisfactory review. In essence, 15 years will be the maximum contract term available under the agreement resultant from this procurement.

The current contract(s) for the Services will end on 31 March 2020 and as a result the successful provider is expected to be fully operational, providing services from 01 April 2020.

Additional information: Interested parties are advised to visit NHS Arden & GEM CSU's e-procurement portal ( https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=agcsu) to obtain further information about this procurement and to submit their bid for the tender associated with this procurement.