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# Primary Care Escalation Framework 21.836

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/primary-care-escalation-framework-21-836-ocds-h6vhtk-03057c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group: "Primary Care Escalation Framework 21.836". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-brighton-and-hove-clinical-commissioning-group-GB-FTS-25920)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Crisis management services, General-practitioner services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03057c`

## 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/primary-care-escalation-framework-21-836-ocds-h6vhtk-03057c#tl-md)

## Description
Further to the previous publication of a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (2021/S 000-032261), and completion of the 10 day standstill period (that concluded on 4th January 2022), NHS Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group, and NHS East Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (the Sussex CCGs) have awarded a contract for a period of 14 months and 3 weeks to Care Unbound Ltd t/a HERE for the provision of a Primary Care Escalation Framework (PCEF) Service commencing on 10th January 2022.
The Sussex CCGs reserve the right to extend the contract by up to a further 12 months.
The PCEF is a programme of work the CCG has commissioned through a collaboration of Improved Access Service (IAS) providers who the CCG consider to be best placed to roll out the PCEF rapidly, at scale to respond to the on-going and escalating requirements from primary care of the Covid 19 pandemic and winter pressures while ensuring the stability of general practice in Sussex.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85121100
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Further to the previous publication of a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (2021/S 000-032261), and completion of the 10 day standstill period (that concluded on 4th January 2022), NHS Brighton & Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS West Sussex...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Primary Care Escalation Framework (active)
  - Award id: `000281-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Care Unbound Ltd t/a HERE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169364`
  - Value: £1,024,057 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Primary Care Escalation Framework 21.836 (active)
  - Award id: `032261-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Care Unbound Limited t/a HERE**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169364`
  - Value: £1,024,057 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Primary Care Escalation Framework (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,024,057
  - Signed Date: 05/01/2022

- **Contract:** Primary Care Escalation Framework 21.836 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,024,057
  - Signed Date: 23/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000281-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-06T09:40:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:07:11.076Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03057c