Official UK procurement notice
POW-CP-59141 - Provision of GMS Services at Rhayader Medical Centre, Mid Powys
Procurement agent: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)·On behalf of: Powys Teaching Health Board
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPowys 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 publishedLot #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
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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).
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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).
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050783Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (WA Ref:154212)
How it was run
Official noticeTender 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
Timeline
29 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened29 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published1 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2025, 12:06 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhayader Group PracticeSME | £1 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 045174-2025-POW-CP-59141-1 · Rhayader Group PracticeSME
- Signed
- 31 Jul 2025
- Value
- £1
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Powys Teaching Health BoardBeneficiary authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Rhayader Group PracticeAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria