GP Provider Services - West Essex place

The purpose of this notice is to invite suitably qualified providers to submit offers to deliver GP Provider Services within West Essex.

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 West Essex place (previously the area covered by West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group).

The Authority is seeking a single contract to deliver the following services:

Community Dermatology (adult & paed) including triage – to be provided across West Essex

Community Cardiology & diagnostics (adult) including triage – to be provided within the Uttlesford locality

Community Ear Microsuction (adult) – to be provided across West Essex

Community Gynaecology adult (including triage) – to be provided within the Uttlesford locality

Interpractice Minor Surgery & vasectomy triage – to be provided across West Essex

The purpose of this notice is to invite suitably qualified providers to submit offers to deliver GP Provider Services within West Essex.

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 West Essex place (previously the area covered by West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group).

The Authority is seeking a single contract to deliver the following services:

Community Dermatology (adult & paed) including triage – to be provided across West Essex

Community Cardiology & diagnostics (adult) including triage – to be provided within the Uttlesford locality

Community Ear Microsuction (adult) – to be provided across West Essex

Community Gynaecology adult (including triage) – to be provided within the Uttlesford locality

Interpractice Minor Surgery & vasectomy triage – to be provided across West Essex

The full scope of the services can be found within the Invitation to Tender pack, at https://attain.bravosolution.co.uk/

The Authority may wish to introduce additional and/or expand services during the lifetime of the contract (“Contract modification(s)”). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority and / or other Contracting Authorities, as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, the Bidder should be aware that after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the successful Bidder may be offered a variation to the contract to extend some / or all of the service lines across the other ‘places’ within the boundary of The Authority, specifically East & North Herts place and/or South and West Herts place services in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).

The value identified in this notice is the potential maximum aggregate value which includes the additional / expansion of services described above.

The aggregate value of the initial contract (including extensions) is £4,406,098. The aggregate value of the contract (excluding extensions) is £2,644,098. The maximum financial ceiling for the purposes of the procurement is £2,644,098. 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.