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GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

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23 Oct 2026 at 17:51

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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 in Kent, delivered in Faversham. The provider is to run a fully integrated service bringing minor illness and minor injury care together as one service. This is healthcare service provision, rather than a purchase of equipment or construction work. The centre is intended to maintain continuity of urgent treatment while the ICB reviews urgent and emergency care and develops its future treatment-centre and neighbourhood health model. The work is therefore relevant to providers able to operate or support a local, GP-led urgent care service that combines assessment and treatment for minor illnesses and injuries.

The contracting process records Faversham Medical Centre as the selected supplier, with an active award and an active contract. The contract was signed on 22 October 2026 and is valued at £2,581,000. The proposed service contract runs for one year, ending on 30 November 2027, with a six-month break clause and an option to extend for a further 12 months. The ICB used a Provider Selection Regime Direct Award C route, without a prior competition. Its stated evaluation basis was whether the existing provider was meeting the original contract and was likely to meet the proposed contract to a sufficient standard; that criterion carried 100% of the assessment. The intention-to-award description set 2 November 2026 as the deadline for provider representations.

For suppliers considering comparable future work for this ICB, the requirement demonstrates demand for a joined-up, GP-led service covering both minor illness and minor injury care in Faversham. A credible provider would need the clinical capability and operational capacity to deliver both parts as one integrated urgent treatment service, and to maintain continuity while the commissioning model is reviewed. The stated selection rationale favoured an incumbent able to show that it was satisfying its existing contract and could deliver the replacement service to a sufficient standard. Evidence of dependable performance against service requirements, together with the ability to sustain local provision and adapt to a developing urgent-care and neighbourhood-health model, would therefore be commercially relevant. The route used was a direct selection under the Provider Selection Regime, rather than an open competition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre

Notice Description

GP-led Urgent Treatment Centre 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 [02/11/2026]. 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-078fa1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100760-2026
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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,581,000 £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

Faversham Medical Centre

Further Information

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