Primary Care Medical Services for Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB)

This purpose of this notice is to invite suitably qualified providers to submit offers to deliver Primary Care Medical Services (APMS) from Springs House Medical Centre within the town of Welwyn Garden City.

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) was established on 1st July 2022 and serves a population of approximately 1.6m. The Authority works closely with its system partners to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. Services can be commissioned at 'place' level or across the wider ICB. The service will be commissioned across South and West Hertfordshire place (previously the area covered by Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group).

The contract approach is Standard Alternative Provider Medial Services (APMS) with the aim to continue provision of medical services from the current premises

This purpose of this notice is to invite suitably qualified providers to submit offers to deliver Primary Care Medical Services (APMS) from Springs House Medical Centre within the town of Welwyn Garden City.

The Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) was established on 1st July 2022 and serves a population of approximately 1.6m. The Authority works closely with its system partners to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. Services can be commissioned at 'place' level or across the wider ICB. The service will be commissioned across South and West Hertfordshire place (previously the area covered by Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group).

The contract approach is Standard Alternative Provider Medial Services (APMS) with the aim to continue provision of medical services from the current premises.

The current APMS Contract to provide the services to patients at Spring House Medical Centre will expire on 30th September 2023. The intended outcome of this project is to ensure that there is continued provision Primary Medical Services to the registered population of Spring House Medical Centre, in East and North Hertfordshire geographical footprint.

HWE ICB is seeking bids from existing providers of Primary Care Services to take on the services at Spring House Medical Centre under an APMS contract with the current patient list from 1st October 2023.

The key objectives of the service are:

• A GP-led service that is safe, clinically effective and provides positive patient experience
• A service that drives quality through strong clinical leadership and innovation
• A culture of shared values and commitment to respond to the challenges facing general practice
• A service that focusses on better clinical outcomes and increasing patient confidence
• A service that provides clear and seamless navigation to other members of a multi-disciplinary team
• A service that is joined up and delivers the right care, at the right time, in the right place
• An environment where the practice plays a stronger and more integrated role

The full scope of services can be found within the APMS specification contained within the Invitation to Tender pack within the named eTendering Portal at

https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk

The value contained within this Notice is the aggregate value which is inclusive of all potential options and extensions.

The value of the contract being offered for the scope of services identified within the initial tender for the 5.5-year contract period is £5,022,105. This is the value by which the price evaluation will be undertaken. (The aggregate value of the contract (including extension provision of 4 years) is £8,674,545

Submission deadline is 12 Noon 9th June 2023 Additional information: The scope of the services fall within Section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 etc.). Neither the inclusion of the Bidder selection stage nor the use of the terms Invitation to Tender shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to Schedule 3 of the Regulations.