Official UK procurement notice
Bromley Academic Half Day (AHD) / Protected Learning Time (PLT) General Practice Cover Service
Authority: NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley Place) is undertaking market engagement to inform the commissioning of a new Academic Half Day (AHD) / Protected Learning Time (PLT) General Practice Cover Service from 1 December 2026. The current arrangements are due to expire in November 2026 and replacement commissioning arrangements are required to ensure continuity of service provision.
The purpose of this engagement is to understand:
- Market interest and provider capability.
- Potential delivery models and partnership opportunities.
- Workforce considerations and operational requirements.
- Views on the proposed service specification.
- Whether the proposed financial envelope is realistic and deliverable.
- Opportunities to improve patient experience, service resilience and demand management.
The anticipated core contract value is approximately £50,000 per annum, with flexibility to commission additional sessions through a call-off mechanism up to a maximum contract value of £100,000.
Please refer to the draft service specification document for further information on the service.
Commissioners are seeking feedback from interested organisations via a Market
Engagement Event.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 13th August 2026
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: Microsoft Teams (virtual)
Registration
To access the Market Event Registration Form
interested organisation must express an interest via e-tendering portal.
Bidders need to register on Atamis if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link.
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Once registered, you can express an interest in this project by clicking the following project specific link:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ ( Contract Reference C462726)
or
Complete the registration form and submit via MS Forms Link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/fZbacG89SN ↗
Closing date for registration: Monday 10th August 2026
CPV: Medical practice services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley Place) is seeking engagement from…Planned
NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley Place) is seeking engagement from suitably qualified providers regarding the future commissioning of an Academic Half Day (AHD) / Protected Learning Time (PLT) General Practice Cover Service from 1 December 2026.
The service will provide primary care cover during planned General Practice Academic Half Day closures (minimum x 6 covering 13.30 to 18.30), supporting workforce development and protected learning whilst maintaining safe patient access to urgent care services.
The provider will be expected to deliver:
a) Telephony diversion and patient access arrangements.
b) Clinical triage and risk stratification.
c) Telephone consultations.
d) Online consultation response capability.
e) Face-to-face urgent appointments where clinically required and/or signposting to another appropriate service.
f) Home visiting where clinically appropriate.
g) Care navigation and onward referral.
h) Support for vulnerable and high-risk patients.
Who Should Attend?
We welcome attendance from organisations with experience in:
a) Urgent Primary Care
b) Out of Hours Services
c) Integrated Urgent Care (IUC)
d) NHS 111 Clinical Services
e) General Practice Provider Organisations
f) GP Federations
g) Primary Care Networks
h) Community Healthcare Providers
Event Objectives
The event will:
a) Present the proposed service model.
b) Provide an overview of the anticipated procurement process.
c) Seek feedback on the draft service specification.
d) Explore market capability and delivery models.
e) Identify opportunities for partnership and collaborative delivery.
Please refer to the draft service specification document for further information on the service.
Event Details
Date: Thursday 13th August 2026
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: Microsoft Teams (virtual)
Important Information
This event forms part of NHS South East London ICB's market engagement activity and is not part of any formal evaluation process. Attendance is voluntary and will not influence any subsequent procurement decisions.
Feedback received will be used to refine the service specification and inform the final procurement approach. Interested organisations are encouraged to participate and share their views on the proposed service model.
The anticipated core contract value is approximately £50,000 per annum, with flexibility to commission additional sessions through a call-off mechanism up to a maximum contract value of £100,000. Additional information: Registration
To access the Market Event Registration Form
interested organisation must express an interest via e-tendering portal.
Bidders need to register on Atamis if they are not registered already. This can be done by clicking the below link.
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
Once registered, you can express an interest in this project by clicking the following project specific link:
health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ ( Contract Reference C462726)
or
Complete the registration form and submit via MS Forms Link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/fZbacG89SN ↗
Closing date for registration: Monday 10th August 2026
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS North East London Integrated Care Board buys Medical practice and related services (CPV 8512), and who usually turns up
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Medical practice and related services (CPV 8512) →
How the contest usually goes
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 86 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24% / 17%
2–333% / 10%
4–621% / 31%
7+21% / 41%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate12% / 13%
Within ±2%84% / 80%
Above estimate4% / 7%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1NHS South East London Integrated Care Board (Bromley Place) is seeking engagement from…CPV 8512Published estimate£100k
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 29 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid17%
2–310%
4–631%
7+41%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Aug 2026, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2026, 12:57 BST
- Authority reference
PRJ 2284- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073688- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06da44Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 31 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published82 days ago4 Aug 2026, 12:57 BST
- Tender notice expected55 days ago31 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextII.1.4 | Engagement Event. Event Details Date: Thursday 13th August 2026 Time: 19:00 - 20:00 Venue: Microsoft Teams (virtual) | Engagement Event. Event Details Date: Thursday 13th August 2026 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: Microsoft Teams (virtual) |
Please note the change in time of event from 19.00 - 20.00 . The new time of event is 13.00 -14.00
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
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- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.