Wingate Medical Centre and Hartfields Medical Practice

NHS England; Cumbria and the North East are the accountable authority for the provision of local GP practice services for Cumbria and the North East areas.

Under the co-commissioning arrangements in place from April 2015, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have either delegated or joint responsibility.

LOT 1 NHS England on behalf of NHS Durham, Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) propose to commission an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract (currently delivered as Wingate Medical Centre) and are inviting suitably qualified providers to deliver these services.

The list size of the practice is approximately 2761 patients and the service receives patients from Wingate, Wheatley Hill, Thornley, Shotton Colliery, Haswell, Station Town, Hutton Henry, Trimdon, Peterlee, Castle Eden, Horden, Blackhall and Sheraton.

The aim of the service is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients from a premises located in Wingate Medical Centre, Front Street West, Wingate, County Durham, TS28 5PZ.

NHS England in conjunction with NHS Hartlepool and Stockton on Tees CCG propose to commission GP services, currently delivered as Hartfields Medical Practice, and are inviting suitably qualified providers to deliver these services.

The list size of the practice is approximately 2,345 patients and the service receives patients from within the boundary of Hartlepool.

The aim of the service is to delive...unications with NECS, including your tender submission, will be conducted via the portal https://In-tendhost.co.uk/necs hosted by (In-Tend), the managed service provider for the NECS electronic tendering system.

To express an interest: To express an interest in tendering for this service, and (if you have not already done so) please register on the electronic tendering portal, which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/necs.

Once registered, you will be able to view details of the tender opportunity by selecting the "Tenders" tab, and then selecting "Current", scroll down through the tender lists until you come to "Wingate Medical Centre and Hartfields Medical Practice - NHSE-20".

To view further information on this specific tender opportunity, click the button marked "View Details".

From this area, you will be able to express your interest in this tender opportunity by selecting the button marked "Express Interest".

Please note that it is free to register on the portal, which can be accessed at any time of day as long as you have a working internet connection.

If you require further assistance, a help guide can be found on the portal by clicking on the tab marked "Guidance for Suppliers".

Alternatively, (should potential providers have any queries) a dedicated helpdesk is available and can be contacted on 0844 2728810 Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm or email: support@in-tend.co.uk.

The closing date for submission of tenders is 12 noon on 11 December 2015.