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Published 25 Apr 2025, 11:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

POW-CP-59141 - Provision of GMS Services at Rhayader Medical Centre, Mid Powys

Official notice

Procurement agent: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)·On behalf of: Powys Teaching Health Board

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£1published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 May 2025awarded 31 Jul 2025
Awarded to Rhayader Group Practice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Powys Teaching Health Board is seeking applications from suitably qualified Bidders to be awarded a General Medical Services (GMS) Contract or an Alternative Provider for Medical Services (APMS) Contract to provide General Medical Services to patients in the Rhayader area of Mid Powys. The Contract will be available from 1st October 2025.

CPV: General-practitioner services · Health and social work services · Health services · Medical practice and related services · Medical practice services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Rhayader Medical Practice is currently managed via a single handed GMS Contract…Awarded

Rhayader Medical Practice is currently managed via a single handed GMS Contract Provider, and provides all unified services and a range of supplementary services from a single site. The practice has a list size of just over 3,300 patients and employs an experienced and dedicated team of 12 members of staff (7 x Clinical Staff, 5 x Administrative Staff). The team comprises of a single-handed GP contract holder, 1 Salaried GP, and multi-professional clinical team of Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistant and Pharmacy Technician plus an administrative team of Practice Manager, Secretary, Receptionists and Administrator.

The practice is situated in the rural town of Rhayader in the county of Powys, offering services between 8am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. Rhayader Medical Practice is one of five practices that make up the Mid Powys cluster. Rhayader is a market town covering 450 square miles of picturesque landscape. The town has a very friendly community with all the necessary amenities to hand including a range of shops, a grocery store, community pharmacy, bakery, cafes, school, nursery, pubs, garages, post office and leisure centre. There is a large nursing home in the town and also a residential facility. The Elan Valley reservoirs are situated just outside Rhayader which is a tourist attraction throughout the year keeping the town busy.

Please see Information for Bidders document on the Bravo Solutions portal for further details.

Powys Teaching Health Board recognises the importance of the Welsh language to the communities it serves. Consequently, responses to an invitation to quote or tender will be accepted in Welsh as well as English. However, please note that tender responses submitted only in Welsh will be translated by the Trust into English before consideration. Those involved in translating the document will be barred from taking decisions on awarding tenders.

The tender will be awarded based on 100% quality as detailed in the ITT document. Please note that the tender closing date is 25/05/2025 at midday and any late submissions will not be considered.

The etenderwales bravosolution ref:

Project: project_59141 and itt_116975

Please direct all queries relating to this tender via the messaging function of the Bravo portal.

More details can be found at etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch… ↗

Delivery: Wales · Rhayader Medical Centre Address Cae Herbert Lane Rhayader Powys LD6 5ED
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • technical: 80%
  • Interview: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • technical: 80
  • Interview: 20
  • Price: 0

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Apr 2025, 11:35 BST
Last source update
1 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
Award evaluation window
29 May 2025 – …
Authority reference
POW-CP-59141
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045174
Classification (CPV)
General-practitioner servicesHealth and social work servicesHealth servicesMedical practice and related servicesMedical practice services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050783 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (WA Ref:154212)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Submission deadline
29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en, cy
Bids opened
29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £11 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Rhayader Group PracticeSME£1 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Procurement agentBody governed by public lawHealth 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZContact email Published organisation website ↗

Clients of the procurement agent

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Rhayader Group PracticeAwarded supplier RHAYADER GROUP PRACTICE CAE HERBERT LANE, Doctors Surgery, RHAYADER, UK, LD6 5EDContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria