Notice Information
Notice Title
Local Enhanced Services (Services specifically commissioned across Herefordshire & Worcestershire)
Notice Description
This Contract Award Notice is placed by Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board to confirm the direct award of contracts for Local Enhanced Services for 2024/45 pursuant to Regulation 8 (Direct Award Process B) of the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations. Local Enhanced Services are services outside of the national GP contract providing a wider range of primary medical services to meet local population needs and priorities. Local Enhanced Services are included as an appendix to each Practice's General Medical Service's (GMS) Contract. A description of each contract is provided in Section II.2.4 below.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Local Enhanced Services are services outside of the national GP contract providing a wider range of primary medical services to meet local population needs and priorities. Local Enhanced Services are included as an appendix to each Practice's GMS Contract. NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board directly awarded contracts for Local Enhanced Services pursuant to Regulation 8 (Direct Award Process B) under the NHS Provider Selection Regime for the period of 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025 to 78 GP Practices across the Herefordshire and Worcestershire geographical area at a total cost of PS6,957,822. These Local Enhanced Services (LES) are commissioned on a rolling basis and reviewed annually. PSR supplementary guidance for arranging primary care services confirms that "where all GP practices provide a wider range of services or provide their core services at an enhanced level, these services may be carried out under a contract modification." The original contract award for these services was for a 12-month period from 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025. During this period, the ICB commenced a comprehensive Clinical Review in December 2024, with the aim to complete this (and for the ICB to issue new contracts) for 1st April 2025. However, the time period required to undertake the comprehensive Clinical Review has been considerably longer than was originally estimated. Therefore, the contracts were extended (initially until June 2025, and then) for a further period until 31st March 2026 to enable the Clinical Review to take place. During this period, there has not been any material changes to the character of the existing contracts; the contract end date was extended to allow for the comprehensive Clinical Review. The contract extensions were formally approved in accordance with the ICB's formal corporate governance procedures at its Strategic Commissioning Committee (i.e., the extension for 1st April 2025 to 30th June 2025 was formally approved at the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Strategic Commissioning Committee meeting on 15th January 2025; the further extension to 31st March 2026 was approved at the above committee on 4th June 2025). The total cost of the contracts including the extensions to allow for the Clinical Review was PS13,915,644. This modification is put in place to commence from 1st April 2026 at a value of PS1,880,000. The test for considerable change has not been met as the modification does not materially alter the character of the contracts. The comprehensive Clinical Review is continuing for these services for 2026/27. The high priority services have been reviewed and combined into a Universal Enhanced Service (UES) Specification which include the adoption of a full evaluation and costing model for each included service. This will ensure a standardised, equitable and sustainable LES framework ensuring all patients have access to the same level of service regardless of location. The remaining services will be rolled forward into 2026/27 where the Clinical Review will continue to prioritise and evaluate each service. At this meeting, the voting members: * Approved the commissioning of the Universal Enhanced Services Specification. * Approved the roll forward of the remaining Local Enhanced Services * Noted the planned review of the rolled forward Local Enhanced Services in 2026/27
Procurement Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process B. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-045827
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030507-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
85121000 - Medical practice services
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £22,753,466 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Apr 20264 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care Board
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WORCESTER
- Postcode
- WR3 7NS
- Postcode Area
- Worcester
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG12 Worcestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG11 Herefordshire, County of, TLG12 Worcestershire CC
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- Local Authority
- Worcester
- Electoral Ward
- Claines
- Westminster Constituency
- Worcester
Further Information
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