--- title: "Church Lane Surgery" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board" published: "2026-09-18" --- # Church Lane Surgery Buyer: NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5.json) ## Summary NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board is planning to appoint a provider for the General Medical Services contract at Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The requirement covers uninterrupted essential primary medical care for the surgery’s registered patient population, including clinical services and the associated operational, governance, workforce, digital, information-governance, prescribing and patient-administration functions. The successful provider will operate from the existing surgery premises and maintain safe, effective and accessible care. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit is carrying out the exercise for the Commissioner. This is a primary healthcare services requirement, classified under CPV 85121100 for general-practitioner services. The procurement is at the planning stage: the buyer has published an intended approach and has not issued an invitation to tender. It intends to use the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, rather than a competitive process, although it may reconsider the route if the assessment does not identify one provider clearly. The proposed service commencement date is 1 December 2026. Expressions of interest are expected by 12 noon on 2 October 2026 through the Atamis portal, with procurement documents available after registration. A further notice is currently expected on 1 November 2026. The estimated annual recurrent baseline is approximately £1,006,315, and the indicative five-year value is £5,031,575; neither is guaranteed, and the GMS contract has no fixed term. This requirement will suit an organisation legally eligible to hold and enter into an NHS General Medical Services contract and able to take full responsibility for an established GP service. The buyer is looking for evidence of operational readiness, resilient clinical and non-clinical workforce capacity, effective governance, regulatory compliance, prescribing arrangements, information governance, digital systems and patient administration. Suppliers should also be able to lawfully occupy and operate from the existing premises, with suitable premises, organisational and mobilisation arrangements. The assessment will consider quality and innovation, value, integration and collaboration, service sustainability, improved access, reduced health inequalities, patient choice and social value. Demonstrable continuity planning and the ability to maintain safe patient care will be central to suitability. ## Notice NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to utilise the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to identify a provider for the delivery of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The service requires uninterrupted provision of essential primary medical services from 1 December 2026. Providers must be legally eligible to hold a GMS contract and demonstrate the ability to assume full operational responsibility, including workforce, governance, digital and premises readiness, from the required commencement date whilst maintaining continuity, quality and patient access. The estimated annual recurrent baseline value of the service is approximately PS1,006,315 per annum. This figure is provided for transparency and planning purposes only and does not represent a fixed annual contract value or a guaranteed level of income. Actual payments will be determined in accordance with the General Medical Services contract, applicable national payment arrangements and the registered and weighted patient list. The estimated total value of PS5,031,575 has been calculated using the current estimated annual recurrent baseline value multiplied by an assumed 5-year period for transparency purposes. The proposed GMS contract does not have a fixed contract term and the value stated does not represent a guaranteed contract value or contract duration. This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner. ### Lot Information Lot 1 NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to identify a provider for the delivery of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for the registered patient population of Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. Primary medical care services are within the scope of the PSR and, where a new provider is being selected, may be arranged through either the Most Suitable Provider Process or the Competitive Process. The requirement is for the uninterrupted provision of essential primary medical services and all associated clinical, operational, governance, workforce, digital, information governance and patient administration functions necessary to maintain safe, effective and accessible care for the registered population served from Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The proposed service commencement date is 1 December 2026. The provider must be capable of assuming full operational responsibility for service delivery from that date, including establishment of all workforce, governance, regulatory, prescribing, digital, clinical and organisational arrangements required for safe and effective delivery from commencement. Services are required to be delivered from the existing Church Lane Surgery premises at Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The provider must demonstrate the ability to lawfully occupy, operate from and deliver the service safely and effectively from the existing premises from the commencement date, whilst maintaining continuity of primary medical services without interruption to patient care. The provider must be legally eligible to hold and enter into a General Medical Services (GMS) contract in accordance with the applicable primary medical services legislative and contractual framework. Providers will be required to demonstrate that the proposed contracting entity satisfies the relevant eligibility requirements and has the necessary governance, organisational and operational arrangements in place to deliver NHS primary medical services from the service commencement date. Based on its knowledge of the local primary medical services provider landscape and the requirements of the service, the ICB considers that it is able to identify the most suitable provider without undertaking a competitive process and therefore intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process. Due to the requirement to maintain continuity of primary medical services for the registered patient population, the need for operational readiness from 1 December 2026, the requirement to deliver services safely from the existing premises from commencement, and the requirement for the selected provider to be eligible to hold and enter into a GMS contract, the ICB considers that mobilisation readiness, operational capability, workforce resilience, clinical governance arrangements, premises readiness and demonstrable ability to assume responsibility for service delivery within the required timescale are fundamental considerations in identifying the most suitable provider. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088463-2026 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £5,031,575 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board | | Locality | MAIDSTONE | | Postcode area | Not specified | | Postcode | Not specified | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | TLJ4 Kent | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85121100 - General-practitioner services ## Release History - 18 Sep 2026 at 08:47 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088463-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome - https://www.kentandmedway.icb.nhs.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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