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GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

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23 Oct 2026 at 17:40

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Summary of the contracting process

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is buying a GP-led urgent treatment centre service: a fully integrated service combining minor illness and minor injury care. The work is to provide continuity of urgent treatment while the ICB reviews urgent and emergency care and develops its future urgent treatment centre and neighbourhood health model. Delivery is in the Whitstable area. The service may include diagnostics or other urgent treatment centre services in limited cases. The buyer is based in Maidstone; the service itself is for Whitstable.

The process is recorded as complete, with Whitstable Medical Practice selected as provider; the contract is active and was signed on 22 October 2026. The contract value is £4,228,000. The proposed service period is one year, ending 30 November 2027, with a six-month break clause and an option to extend by a further 12 months. The procurement used the Provider Selection Regime direct award route without a prior competition, rather than the Procurement Act 2023. The stated selection basis was whether the existing provider was meeting the original contract and was likely to meet the proposed contract to a sufficient standard; this was the sole criterion. One bid was recorded. The lot is marked cancelled in the tender data, although the award and contract are recorded as active.

This requirement shows that NHS Kent and Medway ICB commissions integrated primary-care urgent treatment combining minor illness and minor injury services in Whitstable, with continuity during a wider service review as the immediate purpose. A credible future provider would need to demonstrate that it can deliver both strands as one operational service and maintain reliable local provision. The recorded assessment placed decisive weight on satisfactory performance of the existing contract and confidence in delivering the proposed service to a sufficient standard, so evidence of service quality, contract performance and delivery continuity would be particularly relevant. The limited option to include diagnostics or other urgent treatment centre services indicates that capability in these areas may also be useful, where relevant to the requirement. The appointment of a local medical practice shows that a provider rooted in the area was selected.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre

Notice Description

The provider will deliver a fully integrated service, delivering a unified minor illness and minor injury service. PSR Direct Award C

Lot Information

Lot 1

The provider will deliver a fully integrated service, delivering a unified minor illness and minor injury service. The proposed contracts would run for 1 year, ending on 30 November 2027, with a 6 month break clause, and an option to extend for a further 12 months, providing continuity while the ICB progresses the wider clinically led review of urgent and emergency care and develops the future UTC and neighbourhood health model.

Options: Diagnostics and/or other UTC services in limited cases

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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 2nd November 2026. 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-078f9d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100756-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,228,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20263 days 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 Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MAIDSTONE
Postcode
ME15 6NB
Postcode Area
Rochester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ4 Kent
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ45 Mid Kent
Delivery Location
TLJ44 East Kent
Local Authority
Maidstone
Electoral Ward
High Street
Westminster Constituency
Maidstone and Malling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Whitstable Medical Practice

Further Information

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