Official UK procurement notice
Urgent Contract Modification Award for Primary Care Services for Greater Norwich Population
Authority: NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice to notify that Norfolk and Waveney ICB are direct awarding a Caretaker Contract to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub. This contract is effective from 11 December 2023 until 31 March 2025.
CPV: General-practitioner services
The lotProcurement structure
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This contract is to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub.
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 2 Jan 2024, 13:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 May 2025, 18:22 BST
- Authority reference
AG23519- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022890- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042a4aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Norfolk and Waveney ICB are direct awarding a caretaker contract contract from 11th December 2023 - 31st March 2025 for the provision of Primary Care Medical Services for Greater Norwich Population to include: Registered Patient List at Norwich Practices Health Centre, Co-located Walk In Centre and Vulnerable Adults Service(VAS) services without prior publication under Regulation 32(2) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations which states the following;<br/><br/>“Insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, as the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation could not be complied with”<br/><br/>In terms of the circumstances, these were:<br/><br/>(i) The current contract holder could not remain financially and operationally sustainable beyond 2023.<br/><br/>(ii) There is a necessity to ensure continuity of service to the patients and resilience support to the wider health urgent care system is maintained during winter. <br/><br/>(iii) There is insufficient time to run a formal procurement given the immediacy of needing to ensure continuity of service<br/><br/>Norfolk and Waveney ICB will be procuring these services in 2024/2025 with a service commencement date of 1st April 2025.
Publisher note: The decision makers for the modification process were Norfolk & Waveney Primary Care Commissioning Committee.<br/><br/>There were no conflicts of interests declared throughout this process.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Dec 2023 → 19 May 2025 · 2 dates- Contract starts11 Dec 2023
- Notice published19 May 2025, 18:22 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated19 May 2025, 18:22 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Norfolk Primary Care | £6,519,690 † | — | Awarded |
| Norfolk Primary Care | £10,332,537 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Urgent Contract Modification Award for Primary Care Services for Greater Norwich Population · Norfolk Primary Care
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £10,332,537
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
- Change Due to the abandonment of a competitive process undertaken by Norfolk & Waveney ICB in 2024 this resulted in a non-award and therefore the commissioner requires continuity of services whilst they undertake a new competitive process in 2025 to award a longer-term solution.<br/><br/>Therefore Norfolk & Waveney ICB need to extend the current caretaker contract for 12 months to allow a competitive process to be carried out.<br/><br/>Lifetime value of the 12 month modification contract is £10,332,537 which is a change of the lifetime value of £3,812,847 and the contract is being delivered between the following dates;<br/><br/>Original Contract - 11th December 2023 - 31st March 2025<br/>Modification Period - 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The justification to why the modification was made under urgent circumstances was due to the abandonment of the competitive process and to ensure continuity of services.<br/><br/>Under regulation 14 (2)(a-c) of the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 which states the following:<br/><br/>14.—(1) Regulations 6 to 13 are subject to this regulation.<br/>(2) Where a relevant authority considers that—<br/>(a)an award or modification must be made urgently,<br/>(b)the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the relevant authority, and<br/>(c)delaying the award of the contract or modification to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 to 13 would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety,
Contract 000039-2024-1 · North Norfolk Primary Care
- Signed
- 11 Dec 2023
- Value
- £6,519,690
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care BoardContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support UnitMediation bodyReview contact point
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- North Norfolk Primary CareAwarded supplier
- North Norfolk Primary CareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.