Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Urgent Care Centre Services
Authority: Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI45)
Published estimate£15,000,000≈ £3.8m / year · £15,000,000 inc. VAT5.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Jun 2025awarded 14 Jul 2025
Award (standstill) to South East London Doctor's Cooperative Ltd
Contract term 4 yrsends 2 Oct 2029 · starts 3 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Urgent Treatment Centre services at King's College Hospital
- How the procedure runs: The suppliers will submit the Procurement Specific Questionnaire at the same time as the response to the Technical, Social Value and Commercial Responses. There is no pre-qualifying round to this procurement. Suppliers will have the opportunity to present their proposal. The Authority has the right to enter a round of negotiations after the proposals have been evaluated
- No preliminary market engagement: The service fully understands the requirement and the market
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£15,000,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Response: 60%
- Commercial Response: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Response: Technical Response assessed against specification
- Social Value
- Commercial Response
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2025, 16:41 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2025, 18:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
C356776- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028249- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052851Find a Tender
- How it runs
The suppliers will submit the Procurement Specific Questionnaire at the same time as the response to the Technical, Social Value and Commercial Responses. There is no pre-qualifying round to this procurement. Suppliers will have the opportunity to present their proposal. The Authority has the right to enter a round of negotiations after the proposals have been evaluated
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
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- Submission deadline
- 24 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
28 May 2025 → 3 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 16:41 BST
- Clarification questions by6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline24 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent14 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published14 Jul 2025, 18:53 BST
- Standstill ends24 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts386 days ago3 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 May 2025- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 16:41 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published14 Jul 2025, 18:53 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2025, 18:53 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £14,126,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East London Doctor's Cooperative LtdSMEProvision of Urgent Treatment Centre services3 Oct 2025 – 2 Oct 2029 | £14,126,000 | 14 Jul 2025standstill to 24 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonSouth East London Doctor's Cooperative LtdSME · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- South East London Doctor's Cooperative LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender