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Upper Thames Medical Group APMS Contract

Health services
South West (UKK13)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Upper Thames Medical Group APMS Contract". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
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Published history for NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1.4Bids / Report
88.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS LTDTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
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Coverage: 36 active published awards; 34 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS LTD1 win£0
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
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
Published15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
Last source update15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth services
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0425db
What is being bought
This notice relates to the award of a public contract for GP primary care services under the negotiated procedure without prior publication. The contract is subject to the provisions of Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("the PCR") (the Light Regime). NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board ("the ICB") has an existing General Medical Services (GMS) contract in place for delivery of GP services at what is known as the Upper Thames Medical Group practice (covering two GP surgeries, one in Cirencester and one in Lechlade). The current partners of the provider of the GMS contract, Inspire Healthcare Partnership ("Inspire"), identified inherent financial challenges and inefficiencies of running two surgeries across two sites. The provider is in financial difficulty and ICB investment in improvement and transformation is required in order for the practice to remain viable. That investment cannot be provided via the existing GMS contract. Due to exceptional circumstances in relation to this contract, the ICB has taken the decision to end the existing GMS contract and award Inspire a new Alternative Provider Medical Services ("APMS") contract which provides for a financial premium, linked to KPIs to enable transformation, to Inspire for delivery of the GP services at the Upper Thames Medical Group practice. This will ensure that service continuity is maintained for patients. Competition is absent because the services for patients to be provided by Inspire under the APMS contract are the same as those they provided under the GMS contract and only Inspire is in a position to continue delivery of those services without disruption. The ICB is accordingly awarding the contract by negotiated procedure without prior publication, under regulation 32(2)(b) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    The Contract covers the provision of GP primary care services to the patients registered with the Upper Thames Medical Group which has a patient list of 11,802 patients across Park Surgery in Cirencester and Lechdale Medical Centre. It is an Alternative Provider Medical Services ("APMS") Contract with an initial term of five years with the option to extend subject to satisfactory contractual performance for a further five years.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 Dec 2023, 09:45 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · £9,578,599
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Inspire Healthcare Group
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£9,578,599 · signed 1 Dec 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Contracting authority GB-NHS-QR1
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  • NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
    buyer

    GB-NHS: QR1
    Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, UKK13, GL1 2TG
    paul.wilkinson2@nhs.net

  • Inspire Healthcare Group
    supplier

    GB-NHS: L84010
    The Devereux Centre, Barton Road, Tewkesbury, UKK13, GL20 5GJ

  • The High Court of England and Wales
    reviewBody

    The Royal Court of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Authority (the ICB) considers that Inspire is the only supplier able to supply the primary care services at the Upper Thames Medical Group practice because competition is absent for technical reasons. Inspire have been delivering the primary care services to patients at the practice under the GMS contract (which is an arrangement which continues indefinitely). Inspire is satisfying its existing contract in terms of patient services and the ICB considers it is in the best interests of patients to ensure continuity of those services. Due to historic financial losses and the wider financial climate, the practice is in financial difficulty and is at risk of failing entirely without financial intervention from the ICB. The previous contract form (GMS) did not provide a mechanism for the additional financing needed and therefore the ICB has awarded an APMS form of contract to Inspire to facilitate the financial premium required. However, the GP primary care services to be provided under the APMS contract are the same as those provided under the previous GMS contract. In light of this, and given the importance of continuity of primary care services, the ICB considers that Inspire is the only supplier which can provide the contracted service to patients at this time. It does not consider there to be a reasonable alternative to Inspire being awarded the APMS contract which would not result in significant disruption to patient services. Accordingly, and in the best interests of its patients, the ICB is able pursuant to Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to negotiate an APMS contract directly with Inspire without needing to advertise the opportunity and has done so.