Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Northern Medical Centre

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board

This public procurement record has 1 release in its history.

Award

28 Sep 2026 at 15:40

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board commissioned primary medical services at the Northern Medical Centre in London. The requirement is to maintain care for the centre’s registered patients, ensuring services continue without disruption while longer-term procurement arrangements are completed. This is a temporary Alternative Provider of Medical Services (APMS) contract, covering medical practice and related health services. The buyer is the Integrated Care Board, acting through its Primary Care Commissioning and Contracting Group. The work is based at the Northern Medical Centre; the published delivery location is London. The service is intended to preserve continuity for patients during the transition from the existing APMS arrangement, rather than introduce a new type of healthcare provision.

The contract has been awarded to The Islington GP Group Limited, and was signed on 1 July 2026. Its value is £4,909,971.22. The initial term runs from 1 July to 30 September 2026, with two optional extensions of three months each, giving a maximum potential term of nine months. The award decision was made on 29 June 2026 under Regulation 14 urgent-award provisions of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The buyer used a limited award without a prior competition because the existing contract was due to expire and could not be extended or modified. The stated evaluation basis was addressing immediate risks to continuity, safety and quality of care; this was weighted at 100%.

For suppliers considering similar primary-care requirements, the key competitive strength is the ability to take responsibility for an established patient service and sustain safe, consistent care through a contract transition. Credibility would depend on being able to provide the clinical workforce, operational management and local service capacity needed to serve registered patients at a medical centre. The award rationale makes continuity of care, patient safety and quality central considerations, so providers should be able to demonstrate how their service model protects these outcomes and avoids interruption. The selected provider is an SME, showing that this requirement was delivered by a smaller supplier; the scale and focus here are a defined primary-care service rather than a broad health-system programme. The route used was an urgent award under the Provider Selection Regime.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Northern Medical Centre

Notice Description

Following consideration of the contractual position at the Northern Medical Centre and the expiry of the existing APMS contract, NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (WNL ICB) on 29 June 2026 concluded that there was no further provision to modify the existing contract. The decision was therefore to award a temporary APMS contract under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Regulation 14 (Urgent Award) to The Islington GP Group Limited for an initial period of three months, with the option to extend for a further 3 + 3 months, to provide continuity of service while procurement arrangements are completed.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (WNL ICB) considered the contractual arrangement at the Northern Medical Centre on 29 June 2026 as confirmed at the Primary Care Commissioning and Contracting Group meeting (PCCCG) held on the same day. Following consideration of the contractual position and the forthcoming expiry of the existing APMS contract, the ICB concluded that there was no further contractual provision available to modify the current contract. All decision-makers completed the appropriate conflict of interest considerations, and no conflicts of interest were identified. The decision was therefore to award a temporary APMS contract under Regulation 14 (Urgent Award) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, to The Islington GP Group Limited, for an initial period of three months, with the option to extend for two further periods of three months (3 + 3 months). This will ensure continuity of primary care services while procurement arrangements are completed. This notice relates to a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification. The modification has been made under the urgent circumstances provisions of 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 contract has now been formally modified.

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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The award was made by NHS WNL ICB Primary Care Commissioning and Contracting Group under Regulation 14 (Urgent Award) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The existing APMS contract was due to expire and there was no contractual provision available to further extend or modify the contract. An urgent award was therefore required to ensure continuity of primary medical services and to avoid any disruption to patient care while longer-term procurement arrangements are completed. The decision was made on 29 June 2026 by the Primary Care Commissioning and Contracting Group acting on behalf of WNL ICB. The decision-makers considered the contractual position, the imminent expiry of the existing APMS contract, and the need to maintain uninterrupted primary care services for registered patients. Following this assessment, it was determined that Regulation 14 applied because immediate contractual arrangements were necessary to secure service continuity pending completion of a longer-term procurement process. The contract was awarded for an initial period of three months from 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026, with the option to extend for two further periods of three months if required. The maximum potential contract term is therefore nine months. As the total contract length does not exceed 12 months, no further justification regarding contract duration is required. There were no conflicts of interest identified among the decision-making group. All members present were asked to declare any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest in accordance with NCL ICB governance arrangements, and no conflicts of interest were declared. Consequently, no specific mitigating actions were required, and all members were able to participate fully in the discussions and decision-making process.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077bc5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091542-2026
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

85121000 - Medical practice services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,909,971 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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 West and North London Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
NW1 5JD
Postcode Area
North West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Marylebone
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

The Islington GP Group Limited

Further Information

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

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.

Loading OCDS record...