Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Notice Description
This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender for the provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The services include: * NHS 111 call handling * 24/7 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) * Out of Hours Primary Care Access
Lot Information
Lot 1
This Intention to Award Notice is issued in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Procurement relates to the Invitation to Tender for the provision of Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) Services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The IUC service(s) will meet the values, rights, obligations and expectations of patients as set out in the NHS Constitution. The aim is to provide a clinically safe, competent and patient trusted IUC Service with equity of access to the local population across all of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough catchment area, and associates. The ICB is committed to the provision of a high-quality IUC by offering the following services: * NHS 111 call handling This IUC service shall be provided using the components of telephony via NHS 111 24/7, 365/6 days a year. The telephony service will deliver a 'consult and complete' model of care via the provision of health advice, based on algorithmic clinical assessment. * 24/7 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) The CAS will provide clinical assessment to patients who require further assessment and clinical assessments of all 111 and 999 high acuity disposition validations from the NHS111 call handling function. The CAS will direct patients to the appropriate healthcare, direct booking or referrals, be the Trusted Assessor, work closely with the ICS Urgent Care Co-ordination Hub (or equivalent) and Same Day Emergency Care Services, to support patients being cared for by the most appropriate service and only attending Emergency Departments or dispatching an ambulance, when appropriate. The CAS will provide a high quality Healthcare Professional line which will provide support 24/7 to all on scene HCPs in our system as per the National Specification. * Out of Hours Primary Care Access. During the Out of Hours periods, a Primary Care level service that provides telephony, operating within the CAS, and face to face consultation to treat all registered and temporarily resident patients and those visitors calling NHS 111. The IUC service is required to be sustainable, based on a service model that is clinically and commercially robust, that can attract and retain suitably qualified competent practitioners, which can be integrated with other services in order to deliver the service to a high standard. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24-month period. NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions will apply. The anticipated Contract go-live date is 01st April 2026. The approximate lifetime value including the available extension is PS103,505,950 This is an existing service that is being re-commissioned, and it is being awarded to a new provider.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e6af
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076199-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £103,505,950 £100M-£1B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 20 Nov 20253 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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- Not specified
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- Not specified
- Postcode
- Not specified
- Post Town
- Not specified
- Country
- Not specified
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- Not specified
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- Not specified
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- Not specified
- Delivery Location
- TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Not specified
- Electoral Ward
- Not specified
- Westminster Constituency
- Not specified
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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