Notice Information
Notice Title
Nairn Out of Hours Service
Notice Description
NHS Highland requires a GP Medical Cover within Out of Hours service (and Minor Injuries Unit - MIU) within Nairn & Ardersier. Full service specification indicates needs for one Duty Doctor between the following hours - Monday to Saturday - 18.00 - 08.00 = 5 x 14 hours Saturday and Sunday - 08.00 - 08.00 = 2 x 24 hours Public Holidays 24 hour provision as determined by the Authority each year.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Provision of GP Medical Cover within Out of Hours service (and Minor Injuries Unit - MIU) within Nairn & Ardersier. Full service specification indicates needs for one Duty Doctor between the following hours - Monday to Saturday - 18.00 - 08.00 = 5 x 14 hours Saturday and Sunday - 08.00 - 08.00 = 2 x 24 hours Public Holidays 24 hour provision as determined by the Authority each year.
Procurement Information
Nairn Health Care Group are currently contracted to deliver this service to the population of Nairn and Ardersier, and as the sole practice within the Nairn area (following a merger in 2012) they are the only practice that can deliver this service. Nairn Health Care Group have delivered this service in the area for over 15 years with no concerns regarding service delivery. They are based within the Hospital, meaning they can deliver the service with no operational/organisational change. A tender exercise was undertaken in 2023, resulting in a single submission from Nairn Health Care Group. This further evidences the rationale for proceeding with the VEAT (Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency) process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0e9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073250-2025
- 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
85120000 - Medical practice and related services
85121100 - General-practitioner services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,816,488 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Sep 20255 months 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
- NHS HIGHLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- nhsh.tenders@nhs.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1463704000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV2 3BW
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness South
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
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