Calderdale CCG: The Provision of a Primary Medical Service (APMS Contract) - Market Test

NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) as the Contracting Authority is seeking to identify a suitable provider to provide primary care medical services for the practice populations currently served by the following practices when the current Alternative Personal Medical Services (APMS) contracts expire at the end on March 2019:

Meadowdale Group Practice:

Currently providing services from Rosemount House in Elland, Nursery Lane in Ovenden and Allen House in Sowerby Bridge with a registered list of approximately 3,600 patients

Park and Calder Practice:

Currently providing services from Horne Street in Halifax (Park) and Todmorden (Calder) with a registered list of approximately 5,200 patients

Under an APMS contract the successful Bidder(s) will be required to provide high quality primary medical services to the practice populations referred to above and ensure continuity of service provision for patients.

The CCG has not yet formed a view whether the provision of services to the above practice populations will replicate the current configuration of provision and is keen to receive and explore options in line with the strategic intent for primary care working at scale and close integration of services within localities. The CCG will review the response to this Prior Information Notice to refine intentions in respect of the scope of service and whether the contract will be offered as one or a number of lots.

The CCG is keen to receive expressions of interest from suitably qualified potential bidders who are either individual organisations or coming together as a group of organisations.

Your response should include:

Additional information: Next Steps:

Please note that an expression of interest in delivering The Provision of a Primary Medical Service is not a tender response. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the tender process nor does it infer any special status on those providers who do submit an interest.

The market response to this notice will be used to inform the commissioner's view as

to any future process to select the most suitable provider to meet its commissioning

intentions. This expression of interest does not commit the CCGs to undertake the

procurement of the Provision of a Primary Medical Service, The CCGs have a right to withdraw this notice.

If you would like to submit a response for this service, please express your interest by registering on NHSSourcing (https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk/web/login.html).

Once registered, potential providers will be able to complete and upload their submission (reference number pqq_29439).

For further information please contact Brenda.powell@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk