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title: "Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (C.A.R.M.S.) Wrap-around service to provide additional Primary Care capacity, advice and support"
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# Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (C.A.R.M.S.) Wrap-around service to provide additional Primary Care capacity, advice and support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contingency-asylum-refugee-and-migrant-service-c-a-r-m-s-wrap-around-service-to-provide-ad-ocds-h6vhtk-048520). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (C.A.R.M.S.) Wrap-around service to provide additional Primary Care capacity, advice and support". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board-nhs-qnx)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,928,690 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048520`

## 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/contingency-asylum-refugee-and-migrant-service-c-a-r-m-s-wrap-around-service-to-provide-ad-ocds-h6vhtk-048520#tl-md)

## Description
NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: NHS Sussex ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C of the UK Health Care Services (PSR) Regulations 2023 for Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (C.A.R.M.S.) Wrap-around service to provide additional Primary Care Capacity, Advice and Support across Sussex. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be submitted to the relevant authority via the project (Atamis reference no. C231812) at:
https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome
(https://healthfamily.force.com/s/Welcome)
by midnight (23:59) on 07/08/24. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
This direct award is for a maximum period of 12 months.
The service value is £1,928,690 per annum.
CARMS is a seven-day service with clinical cover between the hours of 8am - 8pm across the whole of Sussex for asylum seekers in contingency hotels commissioned by the Home Office, those with settled status under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) scheme and Ministry of Defence sites for those with settled status under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Scheme. This is a wraparound service for urgent medical needs whilst liaising with other key stakeholders including general practice, local acute providers, mental health services, community services, voluntary community sector, county councils.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** NHS Sussex ICB intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The CARMS Service will:
Provide clinical cover for the hotels which were stood up as quarantine hotels duri...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 023466-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Alliance for Better Care (ABC) Federation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-09329846`
  - Value: £1,928,690 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 023466-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,928,690
  - Signed Date: 31/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023466-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-26T14:53:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:06:44.199Z
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