Provision of Primary Medical Services at Aylesbury Provider Engagement Event

This notice is placed as an Early Engagement Notice and relates only to a pre-procurement provider engagement event. NHS Chiltern and Aylesbury Vale CCGs wish to identify a provider for a GP Surgery in Aylesbury.

The successful provider will need to provide the full range of primary medical services at the practice from 01 April 2018, mobilising from December 2017. The current Practice is situated on the Southcourt Estate in Aylesbury.

The patient list comes mainly from this estate and comprises young families with significant deprivation and ethnic mix. An older patient list from the Elmhurst area of Aylesbury is also included in the list.

The current list size is approx. 15,700 patients as of the 1st of April 2017. Services to be provided • Essential Services • All Additional Services • Core opening hours and service delivery from 8am - 6.30pm Monday to Friday (except statutory bank and public holidays) • Extended hours to 8pm Monday to Friday and weekend hours to be determined in consultation with patients.

The CCGs are looking for a patient-centred approach to care delivery that is user friendly and culturally sensitive and encompasses national and local public health targets. We are also looking for providers who can demonstrate a willingness to deliver a number of key design principles e.g. improving access and promoting prevention and self-care, as part of core service delivery.

The full scope of the service can be found in the draft service specification that will be made available to those providers expressing interest. The contract period will be an initial 5 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years.

In order to establish the market, South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) will be holding a Market Engagement Event taking place on 12th July 2017. The event will encompass a presentation from commissioners and details of the intended procurement route.

There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. In the event you are unable to attend but would like to receive a copy of any presentation materials, please email scwcsu.procurement@nhs.net and copies will be sent to you.

Please note: SCW are working on behalf of NHS Chiltern and Aylesbury Vale CCGs. Additional information: An expression of interest to attend this Market Engagement Event is no indication of a commitment to participate in the future tender process nor does it infer any special status on those providers who do attend.

An expression of interest in this 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.

Providers who do not attend this Market Engagement Event will still be able to apply for the procurement in the future. Please note that this Market Engagement Event does not represent a formal stage in the procurement process and attendance will play no part in any subsequent evaluation process.

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"). Any future tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by Articles 74 to 76 of the Directive, and Regulations 74 to 76 of the Regulations.

The Authority will run any tender process in a transparent manner, treating all bidders equally. 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.

Neither the inclusion of a bidder selection stage, nor the use of any language or terms found in the Directive or Regulations, nor the description of the procedure voluntarily adopted by the Authority ("Open", "Restricted", "Competitive Procedure with Negotiation", "Competitive Dialogue" or any other description), nor any other indication, shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound by the Directive or Regulations, save by the provisions applicable to services coming within the scope of Annex XIV of the Directive / Schedule 3 of the Regulations. The services are healthcare services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations") which are not subject to the full regime of the Regulations, but is instead governed by the "Light Touch Regime" contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Regulations (Regulations 74 to 77).