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# Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-half-day-ahd-cover-service-for-bromley-general-practices-ocds-h6vhtk-07bc26). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 10). NHS South East London Integrated Care Board is seeking to commission the provision of an Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices. The contract for the Service will be awarded for a period of 1 year (12 months) with an option to extend for another 1 year (12 Months) at the sole discretion of the ICB (1+1). The relative importance of the key criteria reflects the Authority's need to secure a safe, high-quality, and effective service for patients with a provider that is committed to supporting the development of neighbourhood models of healthcare while ensuring value for money under the Provider Selection Regime.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS North East London Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-north-east-london-integrated-care-board-nhs-qmf)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General-practitioner services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI61
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07bc26`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-half-day-ahd-cover-service-for-bromley-general-practices-ocds-h6vhtk-07bc26#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process (The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 10).
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board is seeking to commission the provision of an Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices.
The commissioner is seeking a provider capable of delivering a safe, responsive and integrated urgent primary care service during agreed AHD and PLT events, ensuring continuity of patient access whilst supporting general practice workforce education and development.
Under the contract, the provider will be expected to:
•Deliver a GP-led service for Bromley registered patients during AHD (minimum 6) and PLT sessions (by future agreement).
•Accept and manage patient demand received through diverted practice telephony systems, online consultation platforms, NHS 111 referrals and other agreed access routes.
•Ensure all clinically urgent contacts are assessed and managed on the same day.
•Operate a clinically led triage model using consult-and-complete principles and effective risk stratification.
•Maintain capability to provide telephone, digital and face-to-face consultations, together with urgent home visits where clinically required.
•Work collaboratively with Bromley General Practices to implement agreed Standard Operating Procedures for online consultations, call handling, appointment booking and urgent prescription management.
•Support reduction of avoidable demand through effective triage, care navigation, signposting and feedback to practices.
•Provide access arrangements that promote equity, patient safety and positive patient experience.
•Maintain robust safeguarding, information governance, workforce and business continuity arrangements.
•Submit detailed sessional reporting and service intelligence to support commissioner oversight, learning and continuous improvement.
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the Most Suitable Provider (MSP) process ( The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 10).
The contract for the Service will be awarded for a period of 1 year (12 months) with an option to extend for another 1 year (12 Months) at the sole discretion of the ICB (1+1).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121100
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The notice relates to the provision of an Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices.
The commissioner is seeking a provider capable of delivering a safe, responsive and integrated urgent primary care service during agreed AH...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices (active)
  - Award id: `108201-2026-1`
  - Supplier(s): [Bromley GP Alliance](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bromley-gp-alliance-coh-09409861)
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-09409861`
  - Value: £100,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 13/11/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F108201-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-13T16:55:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-14T08:08:01.290Z
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