Prior Information Notice - Branch Site

Prior Information Notice – Branch Site Glenridding Health Centre NHS England proposes to commission a branch site that will be varied to an existing contract.

Therefore this offer will be limited to existing providers who hold a GMS or PMS contract in the Eden locality of Cumbria by invitation only.

The rationale for this decision reflects the commitment to secure continued provision delivered from Glenridding Health Centre whilst recognising a small patient list size may not be viable in its own right.

The restriction to deliver as a branch site reflects the difficulties of managing a second site and therefore the benefit of having the main site within the same geographical locality.

This service is currently delivered as Glenridding Health Centre within the Eden locality of Cumbria.

The list size of the practice is 737 patients and the service receives patients from Glenridding and the surrounding villages, which includes parts of Penrith.

The aim of the service is to deliver essential, additional and enhanced services to registered patients from a premises located in Glenridding Health Centre.

It is envisaged that the tender documentation for this service will be available to those providers who meet criteria with a service commencement date of 07 October 2015.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authorities will consider: • How what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area. (Area is the geographic area for which the procurement is taking place) • How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing the improvement.

To register your interest in providing the service or if you have any queries, please email kelly.wilson@nhs.net Please note that this facility allows the provider to express an interest only in delivering this service.