PIN - Early Engagement Derbyshire Out of Hours Service

The Derbyshire Commissioners, lead by North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group are reviewing the current Out of Hours Service for Derbyshire. The key outcome of the current Out of Hours Service is that patients in Derbyshire will have access to a high quality Primary Care Out of Hours provider which will prevent unnecessary attendances/admissions to acute trusts and provide assessment, care and reassurance to patients with primary care needs.

The 4 Derbyshire Commissioners would like to hear from potential providers interested in supporting the development of this service going forwards. If you would interested in attending an engagement event in the future please express an interest on Bravo to pqq_216 and respond to the questions by 17:00 on 31st May 2016 Additional information: This notice is published on behalf of the 4 Clinical Commissioning Groups in Derbyshire (Hardwick CCG, North Derbyshire CCG, Erewash CCG and Southern Derbyshire CCG).

The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction. The services to which this notice relates fall within the Light Touch Regime of the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2015 ('the Regulations').

Neither the publication of this notice nor the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the contracting authorities intend to hold themselves bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to the procurement of Light touch Regime services. These opportunities may be divided into lots.

Please see published documentation for further detail. Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Early Engagement: 1.

Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://ardengemcsu.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register— Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue' — Enter your correct business and user details —Note the user-name you chose and click ‘Save' when complete — You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the user-name/password — Click the ‘PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link.

(These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest' button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ /ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments' in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details' box 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response' under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to ‘Create Response' or to ‘Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the ‘Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT — There may be a mixture of on-line and off-line actions for you to perform (there is detailed on-line help available) You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response' button at the top of the page.