Official UK procurement notice
Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme
Authority: NHS STAFFORDSHIRE AND STOKE-ON-TRENT INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board currently commission the Special Allocations Scheme Service (SAS) across the ICB area. The SAS has been in place since 2004 having previously been known as the violent patient's scheme. Patients currently registered with the SAS scheme have either acted in an abusive, threatening or violent way towards GP practice staff (or their patients). The patients are only removed from general practice and onto the SAS scheme if NHSE patient removal guidance has been followed. A practice can request a patients immediate removal from the practice list by completing a standard template and submitting to Primary Care Support England (PCSE). PCSE will then arrange the removal of the patient and allocate to the SAS practice provider within the ICB footprint. The ICB Primary Care team are also informed by PCSE of the removal and allocation to a SAS provider.
The ICB wishes to tender the service with the contracts commencing on 1st April 2023. This is a locality-based services and we are looking for providers across the following 4 areas:
- Northern Staffordshire
- South East Staffordshire
- South West Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
Bidders may apply for one or more of the lot areas.
The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will
be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate
that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement
of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option
to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the registration of Special
Allocation Scheme Patients to enable the provision of wider core GMS services and
prescribing needs.
The contract period will be for three years with an optional extension period of up to two years.
Indicative Financial envelopes based on Patient numbers as at 31st July 2022 for the contract period to include the up to two year extension period are as follows;
Lot 1 - North Staffordshire £117,500.00
Lot 2 - South East Staffordshire £97,500.00
Lot 3 South West Staffordshire £113,500.00
Lot 4 Stoke on Trent £425,000.00
Indicative Total for all lots £754,000.00
The ICB has set a fixed price for the Special Allocation Scheme Services as detailed in Annex 4 Financial Template Handbook and reserves the right not to consider Bids that are not compliant with the fixed price affordability envelope of the project or in absence of an affordability envelope, the Find a Tender Service (FTS) notice value.
A Bidder Event is planned for Wednesday 14th September 12:30pm - 2:00pm. This event will take place virtually vis MS Teams and will allow Commissioners to present requirements of the future service and the procurement process. In order to register for the event please visit mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ↗, access the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Service ITT 960 and register name, job title, email address and telephone number for each attendee using the messaging portal.
CPV: Medical practice services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£753,500 together) · win at most 4 of themLot #1Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme - Lot 1Published value£117,500
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board currently commission the Special Allocations Service (SAS) across the ICB area. The SAS has been in place since 2004 having previously been known as the violent patient’s scheme. Patients currently registered with the SAS scheme have either acted in an abusive, threatening or violent way towards GP practice staff (or their patients). The patients are only removed from general practice and onto the SAS scheme if NHSE patient removal guidance has been followed. A practice can request a patients immediate removal from the practice list by completing a standard template and submitting to Primary Care Support England (PCSE). PCSE will then arrange the removal of the patient and allocate to the SAS practice provider within the ICB footprint. The ICB Primary Care team are also informed by PCSE of the removal and allocation to a SAS provider.
The ICB wishes to tender the service with the contracts commencing on 1st April 2023. This is a locality-based services and we are looking for providers across the following 4 areas:
- Lot 1 Northern Staffordshire including but not limited to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands
- Lot 2 South East Staffordshire including but not limited to East Staffordshire, Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
- Lot 3 South West Staffordshire including but not limited to Cannock Chase, Stafford & Surrounds, Seisdon Peninsula
- Lot 4 Stoke-on-Trent
Bidders may apply for one or more of the lot areas. Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract.
Bidders Should register on mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and search for ITT 960, 964,966,967 & 968 to view generic questions and details for each of the 4 lots. Additional information: The Estimated Value for Lot 1 of £117,500.00 is estimated based on the number of patients registered to the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme as at 31st July 2022 and at the fixed prices set by the Commissioner.
These do not include any additional core GMS payments which may be able to be claimed by the provider.
Lot #2Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme - Lot 2Published value£97,500
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board currently commission the Special Allocations Service (SAS) across the ICB area. The SAS has been in place since 2004 having previously been known as the violent patient’s scheme. Patients currently registered with the SAS scheme have either acted in an abusive, threatening or violent way towards GP practice staff (or their patients). The patients are only removed from general practice and onto the SAS scheme if NHSE patient removal guidance has been followed. A practice can request a patients immediate removal from the practice list by completing a standard template and submitting to Primary Care Support England (PCSE). PCSE will then arrange the removal of the patient and allocate to the SAS practice provider within the ICB footprint. The ICB Primary Care team are also informed by PCSE of the removal and allocation to a SAS provider.
The ICB wishes to tender the service with the contracts commencing on 1st April 2023. This is a locality-based services and we are looking for providers across the following 4 areas:
- Lot 1 Northern Staffordshire including but not limited to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands
- Lot 2 South East Staffordshire including but not limited to East Staffordshire, Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
- Lot 3 South West Staffordshire including but not limited to Cannock Chase, Stafford & Surrounds, Seisdon Peninsula
- Lot 4 Stoke-on-Trent
Bidders may apply for one or more of the lot areas. Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract.
Bidders Should register on mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and search for ITT 960, 964,966,967 & 968 to view generic questions and details for each of the 4 lots. Additional information: The Estimated Value for Lot 2 of £97500.00 is estimated based on the number of patients registered to the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme as at 31st July 2022 and at the fixed prices set by the Commissioner.
These do not include any additional core GMS payments which may be able to be claimed by the provider
Lot #3Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme - Lot 3Published value£113,500
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board currently commission the Special Allocations Service (SAS) across the ICB area. The SAS has been in place since 2004 having previously been known as the violent patient’s scheme. Patients currently registered with the SAS scheme have either acted in an abusive, threatening or violent way towards GP practice staff (or their patients). The patients are only removed from general practice and onto the SAS scheme if NHSE patient removal guidance has been followed. A practice can request a patients immediate removal from the practice list by completing a standard template and submitting to Primary Care Support England (PCSE). PCSE will then arrange the removal of the patient and allocate to the SAS practice provider within the ICB footprint. The ICB Primary Care team are also informed by PCSE of the removal and allocation to a SAS provider.
The ICB wishes to tender the service with the contracts commencing on 1st April 2023. This is a locality-based services and we are looking for providers across the following 4 areas:
- Lot 1 Northern Staffordshire including but not limited to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands
- Lot 2 South East Staffordshire including but not limited to East Staffordshire, Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
- Lot 3 South West Staffordshire including but not limited to Cannock Chase, Stafford & Surrounds, Seisdon Peninsula
- Lot 4 Stoke-on-Trent
Bidders may apply for one or more of the lot areas. Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract.
Bidders Should register on mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and search for ITT 960, 964,966,967 & 968 to view generic questions and details for each of the 4 lots. Additional information: The Estimated Value for Lot 3 of £113500.00 is estimated based on the number of patients registered to the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme as at 31st July 2022 and at the fixed prices set by the Commissioner.
These do not include any additional core GMS payments which may be able to be claimed by the provider.
Lot #4Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme - Lot 4Published value£425,000
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board currently commission the Special Allocations Service (SAS) across the ICB area. The SAS has been in place since 2004 having previously been known as the violent patient’s scheme. Patients currently registered with the SAS scheme have either acted in an abusive, threatening or violent way towards GP practice staff (or their patients). The patients are only removed from general practice and onto the SAS scheme if NHSE patient removal guidance has been followed. A practice can request a patients immediate removal from the practice list by completing a standard template and submitting to Primary Care Support England (PCSE). PCSE will then arrange the removal of the patient and allocate to the SAS practice provider within the ICB footprint. The ICB Primary Care team are also informed by PCSE of the removal and allocation to a SAS provider.
The ICB wishes to tender the service with the contracts commencing on 1st April 2023. This is a locality-based services and we are looking for providers across the following 4 areas:
- Lot 1 Northern Staffordshire including but not limited to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands
- Lot 2 South East Staffordshire including but not limited to East Staffordshire, Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth
- Lot 3 South West Staffordshire including but not limited to Cannock Chase, Stafford & Surrounds, Seisdon Peninsula
- Lot 4 Stoke-on-Trent
Bidders may apply for one or more of the lot areas. Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract.
Bidders Should register on mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ and search for ITT 960, 964,966,967 & 968 to view generic questions and details for each of the 4 lots. Additional information: The Estimated Value for Lot 4 of £425,000.00 is estimated based on the number of patients registered to the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocations Scheme as at 31st July 2022 and at the fixed prices set by the Commissioner.
These do not include any additional core GMS payments which may be able to be claimed by the provider.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Sept 2022, 16:49 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Sept 2022, 10:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Oct 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-025039- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036592Find a Tender
Publisher note: Midlands and Lancashire CSU are conducting this procurement exercise as an agent for another NHS body with whom the successful bidder(s) will enter into contracts for the supply of the services. The contract conditions will be set out in the Invitation to Tender. Further details will be made available via documentation and information released during the course of the tender process. This exercise will be conducted on the Midlands and Lancashire CSU portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (i) Candidates should register on the portal at https://mlcsu.bravosolution.co.uk (registration and use of the website is free of charge). If your organisation has registered previously, you do not need to reregister; (ii) Once registered, candidates must submit your reply on the website and by email by the deadline stated. For technical support in submitting your expression of interest contact the Bravo Solution Helpdesk on +448003684850 or E-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk. The service will be separated into four lots as detailed in Annex 1. Bidders will need to respond both to the Generic ITT and whichever Lot(s) they are looking to bid for. Bidders will need to respond to the Generic sections within ITT 960 once only however. The results from these generic sections will be used for the corresponding sections for each lot applied for. ITT964, ITT666, ITT967 & ITT968 are Lot specific and questions within these ITTs need to be completed for each lot applied for Light Touch Regime’ services: This procurement is for clinical services which are Light Touch Regime services for the purpose of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations(‘Regulations’). Accordingly, the contracting authorities are only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7. The contracting authorities are not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the contracting authorities are following is set out in the ITT. As the ICB is a relevant body for the purpose of the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No 2) Regulations 2013 these Regulations also apply to this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
7 Sept 2022 → 1 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published7 Sept 2022, 10:01 BST
- Submission deadline12 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | Text11.1.4 Short Description · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.2.4 Description of Procurement · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.1.4 Short Description · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.2.4 Description of Procurement · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.1.4 Short Description · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.2.4 Description of Procurement · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.1.4 Short Description · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… | |
| — | Text11.2.4 Description of Procurement · II. Object | Bidders are required to hold an APMS or GMS contract for the entire period of the contract. | The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Special Allocation Scheme service (SAS) will be delivered under an APMS contract. Providers will need to be able to demonstrate that they will be able to provide core primary care services prior to commencement of the contract and for the entire duration of the SAS contract including the option to extend for up to a further two (2) years. This includes the regi… |
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care BoardMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
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