GP Advice and Guidance Service

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. 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 made to decision makers by the 14th of October 2024 This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Email address where written representations should be sent: governance@staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk Details of the award decision-makers: NHS SSOT ICB Finance and Performance Committee 3rd of September 2024 Any declared conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision and how these were managed: The PCCD MDT and POG agreement and approval processes seek to identify any Conflicts of Interest and, if declared, these are documented and managed according to SSOT ICB policy. Persons with known or declared Conflicts of Interest would be excluded from the decision-making process. In this case, no conflicts were declared by any members of the ICB's Finance and Performance Committee. Relative importance and rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria: The term of an existing contract (including Modification) is due to expire and the ICB is proposing a new contract to replace this at the end of its term. The contracting arrangements are not changing considerably from the existing contract. The key criteria and basic selection criteria has been applied. The ICB Quality & Finance teams undertook diligence and details checks recorded on the DMR Tracker held by the ICB.