# GP Front Door to ED \(Birmingham Cross City CCG\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS
- Contract winner: South Doc Services
- Award value: £568,697
- Award date: 7 October 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 14 November 2016
- Contract end: 13 August 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 63662d30-191b-4779-9551-cc39ee69eb85-105624
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-05f8d3e4-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Arden & GEM CSU is conducting an open procurement exercise on behalf of Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group \(BC CCG\) “The Commissioners”, to seek suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver a GP Front Door to Emergency Department \(ED\) Service\. Attendance rates in A&E for the acute hospitals across the city \(University Hospital Birmingham \(UHB\) and Good Hope\) are increasingly rising to potentially unsustainable levels\. Statistics estimate that circa 20% of attendances to A&E are avoidable and should be seen and treated within Primary Care\. The CCG aims to situate a GP, ANP and HCA at the front door to A&E on each of the two sites for 12 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year in an attempt to reduce attendance to A&E and instead be seen by a GP through correct streaming\. The procurement will be split into 2 lots – \(1\) University Hospital Birmingham \(2\) Good Hope Hospital – each lot will run for a full 9 month period\. Applicable activity data and information around each lot is provided in the ITT documentation\. Providers can bid for one or both of the lots\. All submissions will be evaluated using the scoring criteria which is contained within the published tender documentation\. All correspondence relating to this procurement throughout all stages of the process must be managed through the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering Procurement Portal Bravo only\. Bids are only accepted via the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering Procurement Portal Bravo\. The deadline for clarification questions to be received on the procurement portal, Bravo, is 26th August 2016\. The deadline for tenders to be received is 17:00 08th September 2016\. Details on how to register for the procurement portal and this opportunity are contained within “Additional Information”\. The contract will be for a period of 9 months with an option to extend for a further 3 months at the discretion of the CCG\. There is a financial threshold applicable to the procurement and this is £600,000 per lot or £1,200,000 total value - any bids over and above this financial threshold value will be disqualified\. Additional information: Register on the portal at https://ardengemcsu\.bravosolution\.co\.uk/web/login\.html \(registration and use of the website is free of charge\)\. ii\)Once registered, express interest by: a\) logging-in to the Arden & GEM CSU eTendering portal, b\)selecting response to advert and ITT \(Project\_441\) c\) select Open Access ITT, d\) search for and access ITT \(Project Name\) \(ITT reference\_446\) and view details, e\) click on Express Interest link\. iii\) Once you have expressed interest, access the My ITTs page where you can download documentation & construct your reply as instructed\. If you require technical support in submitting your expression of interest, please contact the BravoSolution help-desk on 0800 368 4850 or e-mail help@bravosolution\.co\.uk

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/63662d30-191b-4779-9551-cc39ee69eb85-105624)