South West Essex Primary Care Multiple Use Community Services

CPV: Health services · Medical practice and related services · Medical practice services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

18 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT

Last source update

19 May 2022, 16:55 BST

Authority reference

ACE-0576-2022-MSE

FTS notice number

2022/S 000-013518

Classification (CPV)

Health servicesMedical practice and related servicesMedical practice services

Delivery area

East of England (UKH3)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

The Service falls within Schedule 3 (‘social and other specific services’, also known as the “Light Touch” Regime) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (‘PPAR 2020’).

These contracts were previously let under an AQP model in 2018, to 33 various General Medical Practice providers between 30th October 2018 to 2nd April 2020 (with option to extend for a further 12 months until 2nd April 2021). This was on a zero value basis, with no guarantee of any volume. 'Call off' for a Provider's Services is initiated by the patient's choice of that Provider from a list (managed by the Commissioner) of all Providers holding an AQP Contract.

The AQP was rolled over for a further year post the expiry date of the extension period, as an emergency due to the unforeseeable nature of events during the Covid pandemic, that were outside of the Authorities influence. The Authority is currently in a transitional period with the expectation to be superseded as a statutory body, by an Integrated Care Board in late 2022. The organisation shall have a key function as part of the overall Integrated Care System. At the current time, longer-term strategies across all sectors are under discussion and longer term commissioning decisions and or procurements cannot take place until these legal arrangements are confirmed.

The Authority has therefore taken a decision to award a contract to each of the incumbent providers of MUCS under the AQP as they are considered to be the most technically capable providers in the current environment and within the geography of Basildon and Brentwood, whilst transitioning to the ICB, to ensure quality, safety and consistency in provision of care that meet the needs of the population during this transition period.

Publisher note: The Contracting Authorities participating in the publication of this VEAT and the award of the contract communicated herein are: NHS Basildon & Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon , SS14 3HG https://basildonandbrentwoodccg.nhs.uk/ The Providers on the AQP are: Aegis Medical Centre Beechwood Surgery Billericay Medical Practice Clayhill Medical Practice Dipple Medical Centre Deal Tree Health Centre Rockleigh Court Surgery Kingswood Medical Centre Felmores Medical Centre The Murree Medical Centre South Green Surgery Fryerns Medical Centre Chapel Street Surgery Langdon Hills Medical Centre West Wing, Dipple Medical Centre Mount Avenue Surgery Rosevilla Surgery Ballards Walk Surgery (main) and Basildon & The Gore Surgery, Basildon - branch - provided by BB Healthcare Solutions Ltd Aryan Medical Centre (main) and Felmores Surgery (GP, Basildon, Hoover Surgery (branch) - Laindon) Laindon Medical Group Knights Surgery Matching Green Surgery Noakbridge Medical Centre Queens Park Surgery The Western Road Surgery Robert Frew Medical Centre Swanwood Partnership The Highwood Surgery The Knares Medical Practice The New Folly Surgery The New Surgery (Billericay) The New Surgery (Brentwood) The Tile House Partnership

• Aegis Medical CentreAwarded supplier Basildon, East of England
• Aryan Medical CentreAwarded supplier Basildon, East of England
• Ballards Walk SurgeryAwarded supplier Basildon, East of England
• Beechwood SurgeryAwarded supplier Brentwood, East of England
• Billericay Medical PracticeAwarded supplier Billericay, East of England
• Chapel Street SurgeryAwarded supplier Billericay, East of England
• Clayhill Medical PracticeAwarded supplier Basildon, East of England
• Deal Tree Health CentreAwarded supplier Doddinghurst, East of England
• Dipple Medical CentreAwarded supplier Basildon, East of England
• Dipple Medical CentreAwarded supplier Pitsea, East of England

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