PRJ1035 - Primary Medical Care Services at Trowbridge Surgery

Procurement of General Practice (GP) Services for the Trowbridge Surgery by NHS England/Improvement (hereafter referred to as “the Authority”).

The Procurement process was facilitated by NHS London Shared Service (formerly NEL CSU) on behalf of the Authority, in connection with a competitive procurement exercise that was conducted in accordance with a process based on the Open Procedure under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations” (as amended)).

The Service falls within the scope of the Light Touch Regime (LTR) – Section 7 (Reg 74-76) of the Regulations governing procurement of Health, Social and related services listed under Schedule 3 of the Regulations. None of the references to “Open procedure”, “ITT”, the use of the term “tender process”, or any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Authority intends to hold itself bound to any of the Regulations, save those applicable to LTR provisions.

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) retains formal liability for the commissioning of primary medical care GP services and is therefore referenced as “the Authority” in this documentation; however, the decisions applicable to this Procurement will be made by North East London CCG (NEL CCG) in line with its Delegation Agreement with the Authority. In circumstances where a CCG has accepted fully delegated responsibility under co-commissioning, the CCG may be the signatory to the Contract on behalf of the Authority.

In line with the Health and Care Act 2022, the CCGs will be abolished and replaced by Integrated Care Boards (ICBs). Any reference to CCGs in this procurement should be interpreted as referring to the ICBs that will take their place in due course.