Provision of Virtual Ward General Practitioner Services

Concepts

• general practitioner
• elm grove
• virtual ward general practitioner services
• general practitioners
• general
• virtual
• ward
• practitioners
• practitioner
• acute patients

Location

Surrey, East and West Sussex:

Description

The Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust ("the Authority") sought to procure and collaborate with a provider that can resource General Practitioners across the SCFT footprint to work closely with the Trust’s UCR teams. The expectation is to embed the GPs within each UCR team with support broken down in a hybrid model of ‘On site’ face to face working, ‘Virtual’ support and ‘On Call cover to each UCR team base they are allocated to, each with an expectation to be able to do any urgent patient visits at the patient’s place of residence (within Sussex). This requirement is paramount to the delivery of the pathway to keep acute patients safely out of hospital and at the place they call home.The Authority intends to award a contract, following a Most Suitable Provider Process, in accordance with The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (“PSR 2023”).

Total Quantity or Scope

The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (“PSR 2023”), to Brighton and Hove Federation, based on meeting all key selection criteria and mandatory requirements.The approximate value of the contract is estimated to be £1,800,000 with services to be provided between 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2026.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121100 - General-practitioner services

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 04/12/2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR Most Suitabel Provider process.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 20th December 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.’You should provide an address (which could be an email address) where written representations should be sent.Details of decision makers:Dr Karen Eastman - Chief Medical OfficerHollie Poole - Operational Divisional DirectorKim Fretter - Deputy Nursing Divisional DirectorThe intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process.Please contact Dagmar Hagen-Machell with any representations.Dagmar.hagen@nhs.net