Notice Information
Notice Title
GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4
Notice Description
Intention to award a Contract under THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES (PROVIDER SELECTION REGIME) REGULATIONS 2023 - Direct Award Process C for the provision of a GP Lead Clinical Assessment Service for Category 3 & 4 - to allow for calls to the Urgent Care phone line to be assessed by GPs over the telephone, reducing the need for dispatching ambulances in cases where the medical need would be better served by a different clinical solution. Achieving an 80% downgrade rate.
Lot Information
Lot 1
As part of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) remit to operate the 999 call service, it was identified that ambulances were being sent to patients that didn't need them, which otherwise could have been downgraded over the phone, reducing the need to dispatch an ambulance unnecessarily, and reducing the pressure and demand on the use of ambulances. A subcontract was set up between SCAS and their subcontractor to provide a GP Clinical Assessment Service to support this. The existing contract is due to expire on 31st March 2025. The contract has shown a huge benefit to SCAS - downgrade rates of 80%. As a result of the success of the contract, an additional one year contract is required from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with an option to extend for a further additional year. to 31st March 2027. If the contract expires with no replacement, SCAS and the public would experience a huge drop in service level, and an unnecessary dispatching of ambulances, putting further pressure on ambulance resources.
Options: One additional optional extension year is allowable as part of this contract placement.
Procurement Information
The contract falls under the THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES (PROVIDER SELECTION REGIME) REGULATIONS 2023.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dcd6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004198-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,733,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Feb 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH CENTRAL AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Julie Robins
- Contact Email
- julie.robins@scas.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 7815476108
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BICESTER
- Postcode
- OX26 6HR
- Post Town
- Oxford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Cherwell
- Electoral Ward
- Bicester South and Ambrosden
- Westminster Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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