Cheshire East and Vale Royal GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit is acting as an agent on behalf of NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, who is looking to procure a GP Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) Service in Cheshire East Place and the Vale Royal area of Cheshire West Place. For information about the geographic areas this service will cover, please visit the ICB's website: www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk The GP Special Allocation Scheme is for patients who have been referred by their existing GP.

There are currently 27 patients that are being treated in the Scheme. Full details of the service are set out in the Service Specification - please see information later in this section regarding how to access this documentation.

The service provider would be expected to have sufficient staff with competencies and skills to treat the patients within the Scheme. The proposed contract value is based on the following offered costs: £2,000 retainer per annum Cost per consultation - £88.79 Cost per in hours Consultation - £111.19 Telephone Consultation - £50.54 The above rates will equate to approximately £16,000 per annum for the entire patient cohort.

The total contract value for the 4-year 3-month contract period plus the optional 4-year extension period is expected to be £136,000. This contract value is subject to final confirmation by the ICB.

This procurement is being carried out in line with the requirements which fall under Regulation 11 for the award of a contract with a competition, and Schedule 1 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. As such, the competitive tendering of these Services is being run as a bespoke, single-stage tender process as described in the documentation available via https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome, and in this Find a Tender contract notice advertisement. Additional information: A preliminary engagement notice was published with following details: F01: Prior information notice (prior information only) Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-040985 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04c99d Published 19 December 2024, 2:06pm Also: F14: Notice for changes or additional information Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-001367 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04c99d Published 15 January 2025, 1:53pm