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# Provision of Primary Care Medical Services from Spring House Medical Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-primary-care-medical-services-from-spring-house-medical-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-03c7f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board: "Provision of Primary Care Medical Services from Spring House Medical Centre". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,674,545. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: attain.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-hertfordshire-and-west-essex-integrated-care-board-nhs-qm7)
- **Published Value:** £8,674,545 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 June 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Medical practice and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH35
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £8,674,545 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-primary-care-medical-services-from-spring-house-medical-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-03c7f8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c7f8`

## 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/provision-of-primary-care-medical-services-from-spring-house-medical-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-03c7f8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [attain.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fattain.bravosolution.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-primary-care-medical-services-from-spring-house-medical-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-03c7f8#participate

## Description
This purpose of this notice is to inform the market of a contract awarded to Ephedra Healthcare Limited to provide Primary Care Medical Services from Springs House Medical Centre within the town of Welwyn Garden City commissioned by NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWE ICB) following the successful conclusion of a procurement process.
HWE ICB was established on 1st July 2022 and serves a population of approximately 1.6m. 
The Authority works closely with its system partners to improve the health and wellbeing of our local communities. Services can be commissioned at 'place' level or across the wider ICB. 
The service has been commissioned across South and West Hertfordshire place (previously the area covered by Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group).
The contract approach is Standard Alternative Provider Medial Services (APMS) with the aim to continue provision of medical services from the current premises.
The current APMS Contract to provide the services to patients at Spring House Medical Centre expired on 30th September 2023. The intended outcome of this project is to ensure that there is continued provision Primary Medical Services to the registered population of Spring House Medical Centre, in East and North Hertfordshire geographical footprint.
The maximum contract duration for this service is 9.5 years (5.5 years initial plus 4-year extension provision).
The maximum aggregate contract value for this service is £8,674,545 (exclusive of VAT): 
 - (£5,022,105 initial 5.5 year period from 1st October 2023 to 31st March 2029) + (£3,652,440 4-year extension provision from 1st April 2029 to 31st March 2033). 
The Authority is publishing this Contract Award Notice in the Contracts Finder in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85120000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £8,674,545

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2023 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Primary Care Medical Services from Spring House Medical Centre (active)
  - Award id: `031154-2023-ACE-0608-2022-HWE-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ephedra Healthcare Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-95983`
  - Value: £8,674,545 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Primary Care Medical Services from Spring House Medical Centre (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,674,545
  - Signed Date: 28/09/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031154-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-23T09:05:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T18:35:44.298Z
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