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title: "Same Day Access Waltham Forest"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0492f8"
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# Same Day Access Waltham Forest

Buyer: NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0492f8

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## Summary

The NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (NEL ICB) has awarded a contract for the "Same Day Access Waltham Forest" project, focusing on health services. This procurement, valued at £1,381,721, is vital for supporting the primary and urgent care systems in North East London (NEL). The contract, awarded through a direct award process without prior competition, spans from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025. It involves transitioning the current Primary Care Urgent Same Day Access Service, managed by Waltham Forest Federated GP Network Ltd, to a new model led by Primary Care Networks (PCNs), as part of a broader three-year plan. The decision, made on 2 August 2024, places emphasis on quality, innovation, integration, collaboration, and social value.

This tender creates substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in primary and urgent healthcare services. Companies with expertise in managing chronic conditions, enhancing patient access, and reducing health inequalities would be well-suited for this contract. With a significant budget and the need for innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions, the tender offers a lucrative chance for businesses committed to healthcare improvements. The successful bidder must demonstrate high standards in quality, service integration, and social value, making it an attractive proposition for businesses aiming to deliver comprehensive healthcare services.

## Notice

Primary Care Urgent Same Day Access Service has been identified as a critical service required across NEL to support the wider primary care and urgent care systems, ensuring that inappropriate and increased demand does not present at UTCs and Acute settings This provision has met demand in the system that would otherwise put pressure upon already stretched UEC services during critical times and risk overwhelming them, causing quality risks to patients. It has been identified that managing exacerbations of chronic conditions within Primary Care is also more effective for residents as opposed to attending acute or urgent care provision and leads to a more joined up approach to managing population health. The access hubs are a key component of the transformational programme of work that is being undertaken to deliver the NHSE Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care and are also aligned to longer term strategic drivers such as the Fuller programme's same day access workstream. As part of a 3-year plan to transforming access provision in North East London, a business case was approved on 15th June 2023 to deliver a new model for access hubs led by PCNs, which was due to be implemented from 1st October 2023 - 31st September 2026 with break clauses to ensure the ability to change the service as required. Funding approved for NEL * Funding value: PS22,881,021 (PS7,627,007 per annum) The current provider for the Primary Care Urgent Same Day Access Service in Waltham Forest is Waltham Forest Federated GP Network Ltd whose contract ended on the 30th June 2024 and are currently providing the service under an implied contract. As part of the same day access modelling, it was planned that we would move on to a PCN led service from 1st July 2024 however following engagement with the PCN CDs, more time has been requested to test out the models to ensure that we have a smooth transition over to the PCN led service.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract will be awarded to an existing provider following the direct award process C. The approximate life time value of the contract is PS1,381,721 Contract start date: 01 July 2024 Contract end 31 March 2025 Primary Care Urgent Same Day Access Service has been identified as a critical service required across NEL to support the wider primary care and urgent care systems, ensuring that inappropriate and increased demand does not present at UTCs and Acute settings This provision has met demand in the system that would otherwise put pressure upon already stretched UEC services during critical times and risk overwhelming them, causing quality risks to patients. It has been identified that managing exacerbations of chronic conditions within Primary Care is also more effective for residents as opposed to attending acute or urgent care provision and leads to a more joined up approach to managing population health. The access hubs are a key component of the transformational programme of work that is being undertaken to deliver the NHSE Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care and are also aligned to longer term strategic drivers such as the Fuller programme's same day access workstream. Additional 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 05/09/24. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to: hub.psrrepresentation@nhs.net. Award Decision makers: William Cunningham Davies-Director of Primary Care Leilla Shaik- Deputy Director of Primary Care Decision was made on 02.08.24 5 key criteria selected: (1) Quality and Innovation: 30% (2) Value: Pass (3) Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 30% (4) Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 30% (5) Social value: 10% Provider assessed on a Pass/Fail basis against 3 basic selection criteria. All Scored and Pass/Fail criteria are met. No conflicts of interest declared.

### Procurement Information

Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime was used to award this contract and this process does not require prior publication of a call for competiton.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026833-2024 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jun 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,381,721 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NORTH EAST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E15 1DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI41 Hackney and Newham |
| Local authority | Newham |
| Electoral ward | Stratford |
| Westminster constituency | Stratford and Bow |
| Delivery location | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WALTHAM FOREST FEDERATED GP NETWORK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 22 Aug 2024 at 11:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026833-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://northeastlondon.icb.nhs.uk/
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:999999-2099:TEXT:EN:HTML

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