Pipeline Framework: NHS England South (South West) The Locality Health Centre, Weston-Super-Mare

A pipeline has been launched for NHS England South (South West) The Locality Health Centre, Weston-Super-Mare.The contract start Date is 01 November 2018. Approach to market date is 20 May 2018.The NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England South (South West)) is seeking Expressions of Interest from providers who have the capability and capacity to deliver Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) for the population currently provided by Locality Health Centre in Weston-Super-Mare. This procurement is being carried out by NHS SCW Commissioning Support on behalf of the Commissioners.As of 1st January 2018 the weighted list size is 5,581.89. The provider will receive the GMS price £85.35 per weighted patient in line with other GP contracts locally.The procurement is expected to commence with an Invitation to Tender (ITT) in May 2018, for contract commencement on 1st November 2018. It is anticipated that the contract will be let for five years.To express an interest in this procurement, please register on the In-Tend portal and submit a completed Provider Sounding Questionnaire by 12pm on 20th April 2018. Full details of how to submit the questionnaire can be found at the end of this notice.This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or respondents to a future procurement, nor provides any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. NHS England will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.Interested providers will be able to view the opportunity via the ‘current tenders’ list on In-Tend: In order to return the questionnaire, you will need to ‘express an interest’ and register on the system and then upload the completed questionnaire to the placeholder provided.The Services are healthcare services within the meaning and scope of Annex XIV of Directive 2014/24/EU (“the Directive”) and Schedule 3 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”), which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the “Light Touch Regime”, (Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations). For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: NHS South, Central, and West Commissioning Support Unit, SOUTH PLAZA, BRISTOL, BS13NX, England. Telephone: 07827896041. Email: lisachivers@nhs.net. (Lisa Chivers)