Market Engagement Event for the Provision of Primary Medical GP Services x 3 LOTS in Essex for NHS England (Midlands & East)

These services must be provided by GPs and nurses and the successful Provider will be expected to: • Provide primary care services which will be accessible, convenient and responsive • Design services around the needs of patients and carers, ensuring they are offered more choice and a greater say in their treatment • Have processes in place to evaluate and continually improve on patient satisfaction • Have processes in place to engage effectively with the local communities • Participate in Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) • Be eligible for and expected to provide all Enhanced Services, remunerated in line with the relevant Directions as specified by the commissioner on an annual basis. • Promotion of healthy living with the aim of tackling the underlying causes of ill health. This opportunity will be open to the entire market, including the current providers.

It is intended that the tender will be published around March 2017. As this tender is for existing services, the services must be fully operational by the service commencement date in order to ensure continuity of care for patients.

The Market Engagement Event will be held on Wednesday 1st March 2017, 5:30pm at NHS England, Swift House, Hedgerows Business Park, Colchester Road, Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 5PF. The event will cover the following: - • An overview of the services to be provided. • Details of the contract type, length and particular conditions. • An outline of the procurement process and the anticipated timeline.

Places are limited therefore reservations are restricted to no more than 2 persons per organisation. Further information will be circulated to delegates once the registration process closes on the 12.00 noon on 28th February 2017.

An expression of interest in this market event will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. Any procurement conducted as a result of this event will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement as and when it is published.

Additional information: An expression of interest in this market event will not automatically entitle involvement in any future procurement exercise. The subsequent procurement will be advertised separately and all organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the procurement advertisement when published.

To express an interest please: i) Register on the portal https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk. ii) Express interest by a) logging-in to the Arden&GEMCSU e-Tendering portal b) selecting response to advert and PQQ (ref: pqq_350), c) select Open Access PQQ, d) search for and access listing related to this contract and view details e) click on Express Interest link. iii) Once you have expressed interest, access the My PQQs page where you can complete the questionnaire. You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page.