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Telephone cover for Protected Learning Time - Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

General-practitioner services
East Midlands (UKF21)
East Midlands (UKF22)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB: "Telephone cover for Protected Learning Time - Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICBScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
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Published history for NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
VITALHUB UK LIMITEDTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 63 active published awards; 54 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
VITALHUB UK LIMITED1 win£159,876
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
Last source update14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationGeneral-practitioner services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
East Midlands (UKF22)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e210
What is being bought
Service commissioned by LLR ICB to provide primary care medical services cover for GP practices during periods of Primary Care Protected Learning Time (PLT), including provision of clinical advice from a duty doctor or other suitable clinician via telephone; a face-to-face consultation or home visit if clinically required; referral to other urgent services where indicated.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Service commissioned by LLR ICB to provide primary care medical services cover for GP practices during periods of Primary Care Protected Learning Time (PLT), including provision of clinical advice from a duty doctor or other suitable clinician via telephone; a face-to-face consultation or home visit if clinically required; referral to other urgent services where indicated. The ICB is intending to award two contracts to the existing providers following direct award process C, where the existing providers are satisfying the existing contract and will likely satisfy the proposed new contracts, and the contracts are not changing considerably, and the test for considerable change is not met. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £99,523.10 per financial year for both providers, for a total of £199,046 for two years. The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026, with the option to extend by another 12 months until the 31/03/2027.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    14 Feb 2025, 15:36 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 28 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · £100,000
  5. Contract active
    Signed 28 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · £99,046
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Willows Group Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
DHU Health Care CIC
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£100,000 · signed 28 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract
£99,046 · signed 28 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

Contracting authority GB-NHS-QK1
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  • NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
    buyer

    GB-NHS: QK1
    Room G30, Pen Lloyd Building, County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, UKF, LE3 8TB
    paulo.sousa-cabral@nhs.net

  • DHU Health Care CIC
    supplier

    GB-COH: 05834163
    Derby, UKF11

  • NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
    reviewBody

    Leicester

  • Willows Group Ltd
    supplier

    GB-COH: 09490005
    184 Coleman Road, Leicester, UKF21, LE5 4LJ
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by the 26th February 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.