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title: "Urgent Contract Modification Award for Primary Care Services for Greater Norwich Population"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042a4a"
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buyer: "NHS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-05-19"
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# Urgent Contract Modification Award for Primary Care Services for Greater Norwich Population

Buyer: NHS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042a4a

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## Summary

The NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board recently updated the contract associated with the provision of primary care services for the Greater Norwich population. The procurement process involves an urgent contract modification to ensure continuity of care while a new competitive process is arranged. This updated contract covers a service period starting from 1st April 2025 and ending on 31st March 2026. The industry category is classified under general-practitioner services, with specific services delivered at the Norwich Practices Health Centre, Walk-In Centre, and the Vulnerable Adults Service. The location for the service provision is Norwich within the UKH1 region, with the contract awarded to North Norfolk Primary Care.

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## Notice

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice to notify that Norfolk and Waveney ICB are direct awarding a Caretaker Contract to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub. This contract is effective from 11 December 2023 until 31 March 2025.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract is to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub.

### Procurement Information

Norfolk and Waveney ICB are direct awarding a caretaker contract contract from 11th December 2023 - 31st March 2025 for the provision of Primary Care Medical Services for Greater Norwich Population to include: Registered Patient List at Norwich Practices Health Centre, Co-located Walk In Centre and Vulnerable Adults Service(VAS) services without prior publication under Regulation 32(2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations which states the following;

"Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, as the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation could not be complied with"

In terms of the circumstances, these were:

(i) The current contract holder could not remain financially and operationally sustainable beyond 2023.

(ii) There is a necessity to ensure continuity of service to the patients and resilience support to the wider health urgent care system is maintained during winter. 

(iii) There is insufficient time to run a formal procurement given the immediacy of needing to ensure continuity of service

Norfolk and Waveney ICB will be procuring these services in 2024/2025 with a service commencement date of 1st April 2025.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022890-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £16,852,227 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NORFOLK AND WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Additional buyers | NHS NORFOLK & WAVENEY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | NORWICH |
| Post town | Norwich |
| Postcode | NR1 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Norwich |
| Electoral ward | Lakenham |
| Westminster constituency | Norwich South |
| Delivery location | TLH1 East Anglia |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTH NORFOLK PRIMARY CARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121100 - General-practitioner services

## Release History

- 19 May 2025 at 17:22 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022890-2025
- 2 Jan 2024 at 13:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000039-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/
- https://www.improvinglivesnw.org.uk/
- https://www.improvinglivesnw.org.uk/about-us/our-nhs-integrated-care-board-icb/icb-contact/
- https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/

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