Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of continued General Medical Services (GMS) for Tollgate Practice patients
Notice Description
Pursuant to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14, Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) will be awarding an Urgent Caretaker arrangement for the delivery of continued General Medical Services (GMS) for Tollgate Practice patients.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Tollgate Practice is a general medical practice in Colchester. The partners withdrew from the GMS contract. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has delegated responsibility to ensure continuity of primary medical services for Tollgate Practice's registered patient list. There is a significant risk that there will be no provision of primary medical services, jeopardising the health and well-being of patients (to a potentially fatal degree). Therefore this contract needs to be placed urgently. The Authority therefore has an urgent need for the provision of continued general medical services forming part of this contract and cannot be left without a provider. The contract duration will be for an initial 1 year, starting on 12.3.2025, with the option to extend by a further year. The maximum contract duration will be 2 years. The value of the contract being offered for the scope of services for the 1-year contract period is PS928,032.00. The aggregate value of the contract (including extension provision of 1 year) is PS1,856,064.00. Given the nature of business modelling involved and the associated resource implications for the potential provider it is necessary for the contingency contract to be for a maximum 24 months, in order for this to be a viable proposition. The costs of a shorter term contract would be prohibitive and would potentially negatively impact on health care.
Options: The contract duration will be for an initial 1 year, starting on 12.3.2025, with the option to extend by a further year. The maximum contract duration will be 2 years.
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. Tollgate Practice is a general medical practice in Colchester. The partners withdrew from the GMS contract. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has delegated responsibility to ensure continuity of primary medical services for Tollgate Practice's registered patient list. There is a significant risk that there will be no provision of primary medical services, jeopardising the health and well-being of patients (to a potentially fatal degree). Therefore this contract needs to be placed urgently. The Authority therefore has an urgent need for the provision of continued general medical services forming part of this contract and cannot be left without a provider. Given the nature of business modelling involved and the associated resource implications for the potential provider it is necessary for the contingency contract to be for a maximum 24 months, in order for this to be a viable proposition. The costs of a shorter term contract would be prohibitive and would potentially negatively impact on health care. A closed expressions of interest process with providers in the locality was completed in order to select the caretaker practice to support the continued delivery of the Tollgate Practice. Each expression of interest was reviewed as outlined within documentation released to interested parties. Decision makers - Primary Care Commissioning Group 25/02/2025 - prior to report to NEE Alliance Committee. No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055355
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035044-2025
- 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
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,856,064 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Feb 202512 months 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 SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@snee.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- IPSWICH
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Post Town
- Ipswich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH6 Suffolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH62 Ipswich
- Delivery Location
- TLH34 Essex Haven Gateway
-
- Local Authority
- Ipswich
- Electoral Ward
- Gipping
- Westminster Constituency
- Ipswich
Further Information
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