Official UK procurement notice
Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices - PSR Most Suitable Provider Process
Authority: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS 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.
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•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).
CPV: Medical practice services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The notice relates to the provision of an Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General PracticesPlanned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:58 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 15:58 BST
- Authority reference
PRJ-2284- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077cd2
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. It is NHS South East London Integrated Care Board's intention to carry out a Most Suitable Provider Process under the Provider Selection Regime 2023 to award a contract for Academic Half Day (AHD) Cover Service for Bromley General Practices. The Authority will be guided by the five key criteria outlined in the NHS Provider Selection Regime in the process to select a suitable provider the under MSP route. These criteria are: 1. Quality and innovation 2. Value 3. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 4. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 5. Social value It is NHS South East London Integrated Care Board's view, taking into account likely providers and all relevant information available at this time, that it is likely to be able to identify the most suitable provider for this service without running a competitive procurement. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. Details of the Award Decision-Makers: NHS South East London Integrated Care Board.
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedjust passed29 Sept 2026, 15:58 BST
- Tender notice expectedin 62 days1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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