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title: "NHS Lothian Parkgrove Medical Practice"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000792685"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "LOTHIAN HEALTH BOARD"
published: "2025-03-07"
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# NHS Lothian Parkgrove Medical Practice

Buyer: LOTHIAN HEALTH BOARD  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000792685

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## Summary

The Lothian Health Board, commonly known as NHS Lothian, has initiated an open tender process titled "NHS Lothian Parkgrove Medical Practice" for the provision of primary medical services in the Edinburgh area. This procurement, classified under the health industry category, seeks an independent contractor to deliver high-quality clinical services at Parkgrove Medical Centre, located at 22B Parkgrove Terrace, Edinburgh. Key dates for this tender include the expression of interest deadline on 7 March 2025 and the submission deadline on 7 April 2025 at 12:00 PM, with an anticipated contract award date on the same day at 12:30 PM. The tender value is £3,165,000, and the procurement method is an open procedure, allowing electronic submissions via the Public Contracts Scotland website.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specializing in healthcare services. Companies with a strong background in primary care and a capacity for scaling operations to accommodate a growing patient list could greatly benefit from this contract. Suitable bidders will be those that can demonstrate a commitment to patient-centred care and an ability to integrate community and health-and-social-care approaches. This opportunity is ideal for established medical service providers with experience in delivering primary care within a structured, regulatory framework like the General Medical Services Contract in Scotland. Success in this tender could facilitate business expansion and reinforce service providers' reputations within the NHS framework.

## Notice

Lothian Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Lothian) ("NHS Lothian") placed an advertisement on the Public Contracts Scotland website for a Route 3 Procurement on 7 March 2025 seeking expressions of interest from any parties interested in providing primary medical services to patients in the Edinburgh area. This requirement has arisen due to the desire to return the contract to an independent contractor to provide primary medical services located at Parkgrove Medical Centre, 22B Parkgrove Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 7NX to a list of 4,326 patients. NHS Lothian wishes to select a new service provider with the capacity and capability to meet the needs of these patients and to grow the practice list by delivering high quality, patient-centred clinical services in a primary care setting, all in accordance with NHS Lothian's requirements set out in Appendix 1 ("Requirement"). The services will build on existing best practice and focus on a community and health and social care approach. The clinical services will be delivered in an environment that provides patient care of a standard consistent with that of similar services provided elsewhere within NHS Lothian. It will be important that Applicants involved in the planning and/or delivery of existing schemes and services can demonstrate that they have sufficient capacity so as not to prejudice delivery of primary medical services under any other contract an Applicant may have with NHS Lothian or pre-existing schemes or the ability of NHS Lothian itself to deliver services. The successful Applicant will be required to enter into a contract with NHS Lothian on the terms of the General Medical Services Contract ("GMS Contract") the form of which is prescribed by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, as amended, or replaced from time to time. Performance by the successful Applicant under the terms of the GMS Contract will be subject to these Regulations available at www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/66/contents

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Lothian Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Lothian) ("NHS Lothian") placed an advertisement on the Public Contracts Scotland website for a Route 3 Procurement on 7 March 2025 seeking expressions of interest from any parties interested in providing primary medical services to patients in the Edinburgh area. This requirement has arisen due to the desire to return the contract to an independent contractor to provide primary medical services located at Parkgrove Medical Centre, 22B Parkgrove Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 7NX to a list of 4,326 patients. NHS Lothian wishes to select a new service provider with the capacity and capability to meet the needs of these patients and to grow the practice list by delivering high quality, patient-centred clinical services in a primary care setting, all in accordance with NHS Lothian's requirements set out in Appendix 1 ("Requirement"). The services will build on existing best practice and focus on a community and health and social care approach. The clinical services will

Renewal: The commencement date for the contract will be agreed between the successful bidder and Lothian Health Board. There is no fixed term applicable to the awarded contract. The contract duration of 60 months used in this notice is for illustrative purposes only.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525508 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Apr 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,165,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LOTHIAN HEALTH BOARD |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH3 9DN |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85121000 - Medical practice services

## Release History

- 7 Mar 2025 at 00:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525508

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=8
  3rd April 2025 - Medical and Dental Pay & Conditions
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=7
  3rd April 2025 - Agenda for Change - Pay conditions
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=6
  3rd April 2025 - Breakdown of current staff
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=5
  3rd April 2025 - Template of a salaried GP contract
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=4
  24th March 2025 - Template SLA
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=3
  24th March 2025 - NHSL GMS Premises Responsibility Matrix
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=1
  7th March 2025 - INVITATION TO SUBMIT A BUSINESS CASE Parkgrove Medical Centre
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR525508&idx=2
  7th March 2025 - Estimated Income
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525508
  NHS Lothian Parkgrove Medical Practice - Lothian Health Board (more commonly known as NHS Lothian) ("NHS Lothian") placed an advertisement on the Public Contracts Scotland website for a Route 3 Procurement on 7 March 2025 seeking expressions of interest from any parties interested in providing primary medical services to patients in the Edinburgh area. This requirement has arisen due to the desire to return the contract to an independent contractor to provide primary medical services located at Parkgrove Medical Centre, 22B Parkgrove Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 7NX to a list of 4,326 patients. NHS Lothian wishes to select a new service provider with the capacity and capability to meet the needs of these patients and to grow the practice list by delivering high quality, patient-centred clinical services in a primary care setting, all in accordance with NHS Lothian's requirements set out in Appendix 1 ("Requirement"). The services will build on existing best practice and focus on a community and health and social care approach. The clinical services will be delivered in an environment that provides patient care of a standard consistent with that of similar services provided elsewhere within NHS Lothian. It will be important that Applicants involved in the planning and/or delivery of existing schemes and services can demonstrate that they have sufficient capacity so as not to prejudice delivery of primary medical services under any other contract an Applicant may have with NHS Lothian or pre-existing schemes or the ability of NHS Lothian itself to deliver services. The successful Applicant will be required to enter into a contract with NHS Lothian on the terms of the General Medical Services Contract ("GMS Contract") the form of which is prescribed by The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, as amended, or replaced from time to time. Performance by the successful Applicant under the terms of the GMS Contract will be subject to these Regulations available at www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/66/contents

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000792685
- https://www.nhslothian.scot/
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=749808
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=792685
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

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