NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) Market Engagement Opportunity for the future provision of Urgent Access Primary Care Services (Single Point of Access, Out of Hours, and Outbreak Management)

NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Procurement Unit is issuing this Market Engagement Notice on behalf of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) who is seeking initial engagement and feedback from the market to establish potential interest to deliver the future provision of Urgent Access Primary Care Services (Single Point of Access, Out of Hours, and Outbreak Management) for the patient population of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, UK. The proposed service is for the provision of urgent face-to-face and/or virtual primary care assessment and treatment services delivered in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The delivery of the service will form part of integrated urgent care including provision of 24/7 NHS General Practice, covering 'out-of-hours' general practice, provision of 24/7 infectious disease surge and outbreak management response, and daily medical input into the local Single Point of Access. A virtual Market Engagement event is taking place at 12.00pm to 1.30pm on Tuesday 20th May 2025 via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of the meeting will be for the ICB and potential interested providers to discuss the proposed services and the feasibility of the scope and specification. The ICB will then take forward any feedback as appropriate to inform the final service specification that it will be seeking to procure against.
Suitably qualified and experienced providers who are potentially interested in delivering the services are requested to express an interest to attend the Market Engagement Event by 5pm on Monday 12th May 2025. To express interest, and to register your attendance at the virtual Market Engagement Event, please register via the Atamis e-sourcing portal at the following hyperlink: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Please refer to Atamis Project Reference: C329362. The ICB reserves the right to reject expressions of interest that do not come in within this deadline. Please note those organisations that have expressed an interest will still be required to register for any future procurement and should not rely on their response to this Expression of Interest. NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB is not bound to act on any information generated from the questionnaire, and participation does not automatically guarantee any standing with regards to any future Provider Selection Regime (PSR) process adopted by the ICB.