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Contract Award for Central Bedfordshire (2 Practices) Primary Care Network (PCN) Direct Enhanced Services (DES) 2023/24

General-practitioner services
Health services
East of England (UKH25)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board: "Contract Award for Central Bedfordshire (2 Practices) Primary Care Network (PCN) Direct Enhanced Services (DES) 2023/24". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care BoardScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
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Published history for NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.4Bids / Report
42.9% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 9 active published awards; 7 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
Last source update9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGeneral-practitioner services, Health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH25)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03d4eb
What is being bought
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice to notify of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board's (BLMK ICB) intention to award a contract for the PCN DES 2023/24 service to cover two practice populations.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Two Central Bedfordshire GP practices have opted out of the PCN DES 2023/24 and therefore BLMK ICB must ensure delivery of the final year of the 5-year framework of the Network Contract DES.<br/><br/>In view of the urgent need to maintain services and consequences for patients being disadvantaged, the PCN who delivered the services in 22/23 in similar circumstances has been approached and has agreed to continue to provide DES services from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2024 . This approach ensures the patients of the two opted out practices will have continued access to the full range of network services with minimal disruption and it meets the directions of the DES ensuring services are provided as soon as practicable.<br/><br/>The total available funding is £1,040,893 for the year. £597,053 of the total is dependent upon recruitment to ARRS roles. Additional information: The Service to which this Procurement relates fall within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, (the "Regulations").<br/><br/>As such, the Contracting Authority does not intend to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations, or those applicable to Schedule 3 Services.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 Jun 2023, 09:19 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 6 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST · £1,040,893
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Lea Vale Medical Group
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,040,893 · signed 6 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Contracting authority GB-FTS-68524
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  • NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
    buyer

    3rd Floor, Arndale House, The Mall, Luton, UKH21, LU1 2LJ
    claire.pickard@nhs.net

  • Lea Vale Medical Group
    supplier

    Liverpool Road Health Centre, 9 Mersey Place, Luton, Luton, UKH21, LU1 1HH
    +44 1582349912

  • The High Court
    reviewBody

    The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleBLMK CCG has awarded a twelve-month contract for the provision of PCN DES services without prior publication under Regulation 32(2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations which states the following;<br/><br/>“Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, as the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation could not be complied with”<br/><br/>In terms of the circumstances, these were:<br/><br/>Two Central Bedfordshire Practices have opted out of the Network DES at short notice<br/><br/>(i) There is a necessity to ensure continuity of service to the patients of those two practices as their patients must still be able to benefit from the services provided for under the Network DES<br/><br/>(ii) BLMK ICB does not have the time to run a formal procurement given the immediacy of needing to ensure continuity of service<br/><br/>(iii) The services needed to be provided by another PCN within a reasonably close geographical location to the two practices, and that after an initial exploration of options there was no wider expression of interest.<br/><br/>The contract is only being awarded for a short-term period of 12 Months to align with the national Network DES (which is itself a year-on-year contract).