Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of General Medical Services (GMS) at Kirkley Mill Surgery at Kirkley Mill Health Centre, Lowestoft (Lot 1) and Nelson Medical Centre, Great Yarmouth (Lot 2)
Notice Description
NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit (AGCSU) on behalf of Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) (The Commissioner) would like to notify the market of an opportunity to provide General Medical Services (GMS) for the following Lots;<br/><br/>Lot 1 - Kirkley Mill Surgery at Kirkley Mill Health Centre, Lowestoft<br/><br/>Lot 2 - Nelson Medical Centre, Great Yarmouth<br/><br/>The service commencement date for both Lots is 1st October 2026 and will be GMS contracts in perpetuity.<br/><br/>Please note the deadline for responses to the Competitive Process is 12:00PM (Mid-day) on Thursday 5th March 2026.<br/><br/>Note - the Estimated Total Value in section II.1.5 Estimated total value is based on the annual contract value of the 2 lots as they are in perpetuity contracts.
Lot Information
Lot 1: Kirkley Mill Surgery at Kirkley Mill Health Centre
Norfolk and Waveney ICB is seeking to award a General Medical Services contract for the provision of primary medical services and other services at Kirkley Mill Surgery at Kirkley Mill Health Centre from 1st October 2026.
Kirkley Mill Health Centre is located within Lowestoft and the practice is non-dispensing and is within the East Norfolk locality.
Please note in terms of contract length, this will be a GMS contract in perpetuity.
The estimated annual baseline contract value is PS900,456 based on (i) a weighted list size of 7,664.68 as of 1st October 2025 and (ii) Global Sum per weighted patient for 25/26 of PS44,905 less Out of Hours (OOH) deduction of 4.75% (as IC24 deliver the OOH service across Norfolk & Waveney).
Norfolk and Waveney ICB is seeking to award a General Medical Services contract for the provision of primary medical services and other services at Nelson Medical Centre from 1st October 2026.
The practice is non-dispensing and is within the East Norfolk locality.
Please note in terms of contract length, this will be a GMS contract in perpetuity.
The estimated annual baseline contract value is PS715,976 based on (i) a weighted list size of 6,094.38 as of 1st October 2025 and (ii) Global Sum per weighted patient for 25/26 of PS35,705 less Out of Hours (OOH) deduction of 4.75% (as IC24 deliver the OOH service across Norfolk & Waveney).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05845b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010198-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,616,432 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,616,432 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Mar 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2040 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS NORFOLK & WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Claire Pickard
- Contact Email
- claire.pickard@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORWICH
- Postcode
- NR1 2DH
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH14 Suffolk CC, TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Norwich
- Electoral Ward
- Lakenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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