Official UK procurement notice
Church Lane Surgery · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to utilise the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to identify a provider for the delivery of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The service requires uninterrupted provision of essential primary medical services from 1 December 2026. Providers must be legally eligible to hold a GMS contract and demonstrate the ability to assume full operational responsibility, including workforce, governance, digital and premises readiness, from the required commencement date whilst maintaining continuity, quality and patient access.
The estimated annual recurrent baseline value of the service is approximately £1,006,315 per annum. This figure is provided for transparency and planning purposes only and does not represent a fixed annual contract value or a guaranteed level of income. Actual payments will be determined in accordance with the General Medical Services contract, applicable national payment arrangements and the registered and weighted patient list.
The estimated total value of £5,031,575 has been calculated using the current estimated annual recurrent baseline value multiplied by an assumed 5-year period for transparency purposes. The proposed GMS contract does not have a fixed contract term and the value stated does not represent a guaranteed contract value or contract duration.
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
CPV: General-practitioner services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider…Planned
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to identify a provider for the delivery of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for the registered patient population of Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. Primary medical care services are within the scope of the PSR and, where a new provider is being selected, may be arranged through either the Most Suitable Provider Process or the Competitive Process.
The requirement is for the uninterrupted provision of essential primary medical services and all associated clinical, operational, governance, workforce, digital, information governance and patient administration functions necessary to maintain safe, effective and accessible care for the registered population served from Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER.
The proposed service commencement date is 1 December 2026. The provider must be capable of assuming full operational responsibility for service delivery from that date, including establishment of all workforce, governance, regulatory, prescribing, digital, clinical and organisational arrangements required for safe and effective delivery from commencement.
Services are required to be delivered from the existing Church Lane Surgery premises at Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The provider must demonstrate the ability to lawfully occupy, operate from and deliver the service safely and effectively from the existing premises from the commencement date, whilst maintaining continuity of primary medical services without interruption to patient care.
The provider must be legally eligible to hold and enter into a General Medical Services (GMS) contract in accordance with the applicable primary medical services legislative and contractual framework. Providers will be required to demonstrate that the proposed contracting entity satisfies the relevant eligibility requirements and has the necessary governance, organisational and operational arrangements in place to deliver NHS primary medical services from the service commencement date.
Based on its knowledge of the local primary medical services provider landscape and the requirements of the service, the ICB considers that it is able to identify the most suitable provider without undertaking a competitive process and therefore intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider Process.
Due to the requirement to maintain continuity of primary medical services for the registered patient population, the need for operational readiness from 1 December 2026, the requirement to deliver services safely from the existing premises from commencement, and the requirement for the selected provider to be eligible to hold and enter into a GMS contract, the ICB considers that mobilisation readiness, operational capability, workforce resilience, clinical governance arrangements, premises readiness and demonstrable ability to assume responsibility for service delivery within the required timescale are fundamental considerations in identifying the most suitable provider.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD buys Medical practice and related services (CPV 8512), and who usually turns up
NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Medical practice and related services (CPV 8512) →
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1 bid36% / 24%
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4–618% / 31%
7+9% / 23%
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Lot #1NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board intends to follow the Most Suitable Provider…CPV 8512Published estimate£5.0m
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1 bid20%
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About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 18 Sept 2026, 08:47 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2026, 08:47 BST
- Authority reference
C472196- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088463- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0774f5Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Commissioner will assess identified providers in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Provider Selection Regime using the Basic Selection Criteria and the following Key Criteria: Quality and Innovation Value Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice Social Value Assessment will be proportionate to the nature of the service and the requirements of the Most Suitable Provider Process. In addition to the mandatory Key Criteria, the Commissioner may consider factors relevant to the delivery of safe and uninterrupted primary medical services, including legal eligibility to hold a General Medical Services (GMS) contract, operational readiness, workforce capacity, mobilisation capability, continuity of service delivery, and the ability to assume responsibility for delivery from Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER from 1 December 2026. Providers may be requested to provide clarification or limited supporting information where reasonably required to support the assessment. The Commissioner reserves the right to rely upon commissioner-held information, publicly available information and proportionate further information obtained during the assessment process. Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the Health Family e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on "View our Live Opportunities" from the home page at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome The project reference is C472196 Expressions of interest must be submitted via the Atamis portal no later than 12 noon 02 October 2026. Providers wishing to be considered as part of this process must register their interest and submit any requested information by the stated deadline. The Commissioner reserves the right not to consider submissions received after this time. Once the opportunity has been located using the title or reference number, providers should select "Register Interest" to gain access to the procurement documentation. Providers not already registered on the system will need to register before gaining full access to the documentation and before submitting an expression of interest. The decision-maker for this award is NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board. The intention is to award a contract using the Most Suitable Provider Process. This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intended Approach 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 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The Commissioner considers, based on its understanding of the service requirements and the relevant provider landscape, that it is able to identify the most suitable provider without undertaking a competitive process. If the assessment does not provide a sufficiently clear and evidence-based basis for identifying a single most suitable provider, the Commissioner reserves the right to reconsider the procurement route in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Sept 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published38 days ago18 Sept 2026, 08:47 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 4 days1 Nov 2026
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