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# NHSE869 Tranche 2 Cambridge and Peterborough 2022/23 Sustainable Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) - Waterbeach, Cottenham and Roysia

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse869-tranche-2-cambridge-and-peterborough-2022-23-sustainable-alternative-provider-medi-ocds-h6vhtk-034c32). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England and NHS Improvement East of England: "NHSE869 Tranche 2 Cambridge and Peterborough 2022/23 Sustainable Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) - Waterbeach, Cottenham and Roysia". Published status: tenderUpdate. Published Value: Value not published. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England and NHS Improvement East of England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-and-nhs-improvement-east-of-england-GB-FTS-55100)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034c32`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/nhse869-tranche-2-cambridge-and-peterborough-2022-23-sustainable-alternative-provider-medi-ocds-h6vhtk-034c32#tl-md)

## Description
North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is working for and on behalf of NHS England and NHS Improvement East of England (The Contract Authority) a to commission  Alternative Provider Medical Services(APMS) to be delivered from Waterbeachand Cottenham, and Roysia.  This procurement will be in Lots, one lot will cover Waterbeach and Cottenham with a weighted patient list size of 9631.69,  the second lot will cover Roysia with a weighted patient list size of 5661.45
Waterbeach is a system strategic growth site. The Development of the previous Waterbeach Barracks site will be considered a new town with planning for 11,000 new dwellings. The build out rate is outlined below:
Year	                        2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26	2026/27	2027/28
Annual dwelling build rate	150	250	250	250	250	250	250
Cumulative Occupations	        150	400	650	900	1150	1400	1650
Cottenham also has small pockets of development planned to include 176 dwellings on Land at or adjoining Oakington Road, 254 dwellings and 70 apartments with care land on or adjoining Rampton Road.
There has been significant growth in Royston town over the past five years, with new developments continuing to be built on the edges of the town, including 279 houses on Baldock road, 340 houses at Meridian gate and outline planning permission submitted for 300-400 homes on Barkway Road.
The term for both contracts will be 7 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years, subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance, with effect from 01 January 2023.
The basic principles that mirror those of the Open Procurement route will be followed for this procurement to test the capability, capacity, and technical competence of bidders in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 Contracting Authorities must consider:
(a) How, what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social, and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions; and
(b) How, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement.
Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the Contracting Authority relating to economic, social, and environmental well-being.
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended) may apply. Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.
NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including your submission...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhse869-tranche-2-cambridge-and-peterborough-2022-23-sustainable-alternative-provider-medi-ocds-h6vhtk-034c32)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017804-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-29T15:14:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T16:34:00.388Z
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