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Luton Town Centre Surgery APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

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14 Aug 2026 at 08:11

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18 Aug 2025 at 16:58

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board commissioned primary medical services at Luton Town Centre Surgery in Luton. The requirement is an Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) contract for the local practice population, covering the ongoing delivery of general-practitioner and wider primary care services. The selected provider is HUC, an established primary care organisation with an existing local workforce and relationships with organisations in the locality and the Integrated Care Board. The service involves working with local partners, supporting patients and staff, responding to change and maintaining access to primary care. The work is delivered at Luton Town Centre Surgery in Luton and is part of NHS healthcare commissioning.

The procurement has reached contract award: HUC was selected under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 using Direct Award Process C, without a prior call for competition. The contract was awarded on 1 April 2026, signed on 20 July 2026 and runs from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2028, a period of two years and six months. Its approximate lifetime value is £2,959,192.53, with an annual value of £1,183,677.01, subject to national negotiations for primary care medical services. The award was assessed against five equally weighted criteria: quality and innovation; value; integration, collaboration and service sustainability; improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice; and social value. The assessment concluded that HUC met the requirements.

This award indicates continuing demand from this NHS commissioner for a stable, locally embedded primary care provider able to deliver APMS services for a defined practice population. A credible future competitor would need an established clinical and operational workforce, experience delivering general-practitioner and primary medical services, and the capacity to maintain reliable service delivery. Evidence of constructive relationships with local health and community partners would be important, alongside the ability to support patients and staff and respond to service changes. Providers should also be able to demonstrate quality and innovation, value, integration and sustainability, improved access, reduced health inequalities, patient choice and social value. Performance evidence from an existing service model would be particularly relevant to this buyer’s assessment approach.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Luton Town Centre Surgery APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]

Notice Description

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB) have awarded an APMS contract for the Provision of Primary Medical Services at Luton Town Centre Surgery in Luton.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The contract is to deliver Primary Care Medical Services at Luton Town Centre Surgery in Luton.

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB intends to award a contract to the existing provider, HUC via Direct Award Process C as described in Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

As the provider of APMS services at Town Centre, HUC has established relationships in the locality, and within the ICB. HUC continues to provide improved services and has an established local workforce. All parties acknowledged that the current provider works well with partners, supports patients and staff well and is responsive to necessary change. Due to the limited previous interest shown in providing APMS services to the practice population, there have historically been difficulties with securing primary medical services in this area, and the provider has worked well to provide the services required. In light of the above, the preferred option is to continue to commission services from HUC under a Direct Award Process C (DAP C), i.e.

- the provider is currently delivering the contract requirements.
- there is no change proposed to the current contract funding mechanism services provided, or contract type.

The contract start date is 1st April 2026 for a period of 2 Years 6 Months until 30th September 2028.

The approximate total lifetime value of the contract is estimated to be PS2,959,192.53 (Annual value of PS1,183, 677.01) and is subject to national negotiations of primary care medical services.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2400hrs (Midnight) 1st September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058a18
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077454-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender 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

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
£2,959,192 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 May 20251 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 Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BEDFORDSHIRE
Postcode
SG17 5TQ
Postcode Area
Stevenage
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH25 Central Bedfordshire
Delivery Location
TLH21 Luton
Local Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Electoral Ward
Shefford
Westminster Constituency
Hitchin

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HUC

Further Information

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