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# Provision of General Medical Services at Tollgate Practice, Colchester

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-general-medical-services-at-tollgate-practice-colchester-ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Essex Integrated Care Board: "Provision of General Medical Services at Tollgate Practice, Colchester". Published status: active. Published Value: £21,896,492. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Essex Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-essex-integrated-care-board-nhs-d7t5g)
- **Published Value:** £21,896,492 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 October 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General-practitioner services, Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-general-medical-services-at-tollgate-practice-colchester-ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99`

## Before you bid
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- **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/provision-of-general-medical-services-at-tollgate-practice-colchester-ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-general-medical-services-at-tollgate-practice-colchester-ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99#participate

## Description
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) is undertaking a competitive procurement process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the award of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Tollgate Practice, located in Stanway, Colchester.<br/><br/>The procurement seeks to identify a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver safe, effective, sustainable and accessible primary medical services to the registered patient population of Tollgate Practice. The commercial schedule currently assumes an actual patient list of 10,206 and a weighted patient list of approximately 8,832, subject to future list size adjustments in line with national General Medical Services arrangements.<br/><br/>The successful provider will be required to deliver the full range of services associated with a nationally prescribed GMS contract, including management of a registered patient list, provision of core primary medical services, clinical governance, workforce management, patient access requirements and integration with local health and care services.<br/><br/>The procurement is being undertaken following caretaker arrangements that were implemented to maintain continuity of services whilst the practice recovered from historical quality and regulatory concerns.<br/><br/>The contract is intended to secure the long-term provision of stable and resilient primary medical services beyond the caretaker period.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £21,896,492
- **Description:** The Authority is seeking expressions of interest from providers capable of delivering General Medical Services from Tollgate Practice in Colchester.<br/><br/>The contract will be awarded using the Competitive Process under the Health Care Services (P...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2037

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F081546-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-26T20:54:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:40:25.590Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06dd99