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Published 27 Mar 2025, 15:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contingency Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service - Wrap Around Service

Official notice

Authority: NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£2,892,849published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Alliance For Better Care

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: The wrap around service will deliver a seven-day service with clinical cover between the hours of 8am - 8pm across the whole of Sussex for asylum seekers in contingency hotels commissioned by the Home Office, those with settled status under the ACRs scheme and Ministry of Defence sites for those with settled status under the ARAP scheme. They will provide a wraparound service for urgent medical needs whilst liaising with other key stakeholders including general practice, local acute providers, mental health services, community services, voluntary community sector, county councils.

CPV: Medical practice and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: This is an intention to award a contract to an…Awarded

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: This is an intention to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The total contract value will be for £2,892,849 beginning 1st April 2025 and ending 30th September 2026.

Contract value per annum = £1,928,566

Total length of contract = 18 months

The wrap around service will deliver a seven-day service with clinical cover between the hours of 8am - 8pm across the whole of Sussex for asylum seekers in contingency hotels commissioned by the Home Office, those with settled status under the ACRs scheme and Ministry of Defence sites for those with settled status under the ARAP scheme. They will provide a wraparound service for urgent medical needs whilst liaising with other key stakeholders including general practice, local acute providers, mental health services, community services, voluntary community sector, county councils.

Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Mar 2025, 15:39 GMT
Last source update
22 Apr 2025, 14:11 BST
Authority reference
C231812/C299039
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016254
Classification (CPV)
Medical practice and related services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f9a5 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This 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 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight (23:59) on 8th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Publisher note: This 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 Direct Award Process C. 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight (11:59pm) on Wednesday 9th April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to Stuart Meredith at the following email address: stuart.meredith1@nhs.net. No conflicts of interest were identified. Decision maker: Deputy Director of Primary Care Commissioning, NHS Sussex ICB. Evaluation key Criteria The service evaluation was reviewed against the 5 key criteria: The key criteria were weighted as follows: • Quality and innovation - 30% • Value -30% • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 10% • Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice -20% • Social Value -10% Quality & Innovation: This criterion shares the heaviest weighting as quality and innovation (i.e. maintaining quality is a key part in delivery of healthcare needs in unconventional settings such as hotels) is a key part of the service. Value: This criterion shares the heaviest weighting, which was assessed equally to the "Quality and Innovation" criterion. The contract needs to display it is good value for money in ensuring secondary care admission avoidance and inappropriate use of primary and secondary and emergency care services. Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: The service needs to be adaptive to changing circumstances. E.g. Changing demographics of new arrivals according to new and emerging war zones, climate change etc. Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: This criterion is significant because the service directly aims to reduce health inequality amongst a very vulnerable cohort. Promoting good healthcare support and assisting service users to understand the healthcare choices available to them. Social Value: This criterion recognises the potential impact of services and their contributions to broader social, economic, and environmental improvements in the community. Although this hasn't been weighted as heavily, it is important that providers provide healthcare access to this group many of whom have had limited or no access to healthcare either in their country of origin or whilst travelling to the UK.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using Direct Award Process C. …

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,892,8491 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alliance For Better Care£2,892,849 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QNX Sackville House, Brooks Close, Lewes, South East, BN7 2FZContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Alliance For Better CareAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09329846 Horley Health Hub, 120 Victoria Road, Horley, South East, RH6 7BL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.