Urgent Care Centre in North Oxfordshire for NHS Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West

The following is a PIN only and is not a formal call for competition. This PIN is being placed as NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB ICB) is considering going out to formal procurement for the delivery of an Urgent Care Centre (UCC) treating minor illness (not injury) that is easily accessible from the Horton General Hospital's (HGH) Emergency Department. The annual contract value of the Service is £1.2m. BOB ICS wishes to understand the level of interest in this service from the wider market.

A wider description of this service has been attached to this advert.

The successful provider will demonstrate the ability to work closely and collaboratively with Oxfordshire's primary care, acute, community, 111 and out of hours providers as well as Oxfordshire County Council to support long term sustainable same day urgent care development across Oxfordshire.

BOB ICB has a current contract in place that is due to expire 31st March 2023. As part of its overall strategic approach to formally competitively re-commission this service, BOB ICB intends to extend the current provision with Principal Medical Ltd for a period of 12 months to allow sufficient time to run a full and thorough procurement process and mobilisation if that is required. The earliest any procured service will be in place is therefore 1st April 2024. This is considered the minimum sufficient timeframe for any new solution to be specified, procured and fully implemented in line with NHS England and local requirements.

Any values and timescales stated within this PIN notice are for guideline purposes only and should not be taken as a guarantee. This process is being managed by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner(s).

Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis, and once registered will be able to view the full scope of the service in a draft service specification. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Additional information: This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.

Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.

Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page.

If you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest / market engagement questionnaire.

The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but are instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).

Any future tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations.