Official UK procurement notice
Provision of continued General Medical Services (GMS) for Tollgate Practice patients
Authority: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPursuant to The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14, Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) will be awarding an Urgent Caretaker arrangement for the delivery of continued General Medical Services (GMS) for Tollgate Practice patients.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Tollgate Practice is a general medical practice in ColchesterAwarded
Tollgate Practice is a general medical practice in Colchester. The partners withdrew from the GMS contract. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has delegated responsibility to ensure continuity of primary medical services for Tollgate Practice's registered patient list.
There is a significant risk that there will be no provision of primary medical services, jeopardising the health and well-being of patients (to a potentially fatal degree). Therefore this contract needs to be placed urgently.
The Authority therefore has an urgent need for the provision of continued general medical services forming part of this contract and cannot be left without a provider.
The contract duration will be for an initial 1 year, starting on 12.3.2025, with the option to extend by a further year. The maximum contract duration will be 2 years.
The value of the contract being offered for the scope of services for the 1-year contract period is £928,032.00. The aggregate value of the contract (including extension provision of 1 year) is £1,856,064.00.
Given the nature of business modelling involved and the associated resource implications for the potential provider it is necessary for the contingency contract to be for a maximum 24 months, in order for this to be a viable proposition. The costs of a shorter term contract would be prohibitive and would potentially negatively impact on health care.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2025, 12:37 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2025, 12:37 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035044- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055355Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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.
Tollgate Practice is a general medical practice in Colchester. The partners withdrew from the GMS contract. Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) has delegated responsibility to ensure continuity of primary medical services for Tollgate Practice's registered patient list.
There is a significant risk that there will be no provision of primary medical services, jeopardising the health and well-being of patients (to a potentially fatal degree). Therefore this contract needs to be placed urgently.
The Authority therefore has an urgent need for the provision of continued general medical services forming part of this contract and cannot be left without a provider.
Given the nature of business modelling involved and the associated resource implications for the potential provider it is necessary for the contingency contract to be for a maximum 24 months, in order for this to be a viable proposition. The costs of a shorter term contract would be prohibitive and would potentially negatively impact on health care.
A closed expressions of interest process with providers in the locality was completed in order to select the caretaker practice to support the continued delivery of the Tollgate Practice. Each expression of interest was reviewed as outlined within documentation released to interested parties.
Decision makers - Primary Care Commissioning Group 25/02/2025 - prior to report to NEE Alliance Committee.
No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makers.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Field Medical Centre | £1,856,064 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of continued General Medical Services (GMS) for Tollgate Practice patients · Abbey Field Medical Centre
- Signed
- 25 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,856,064
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Abbey Field Medical CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.