Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Caretaking GP Services: Whitestone Surgery
Authority: NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board made an urgent direct award of a short term APMS contract in January 2024 for Primary Care Medical Services to be provided under Urgent Caretaking Arrangements at Whitestone Surgery following an Expression of Interest Process for an initial 6-month period with an option to extend for a further 6 months with the identified provider pending final CQC outcome.
CPV: General-practitioner services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contractor will be required to provide all Essential Services, Additional Services…Awarded
The contractor will be required to provide all Essential Services, Additional Services throughout core hours as determined in the NHS General Medical Services Regulations 2004 and subsequent amendments.
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
- 5 Jul 2024, 16:30 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Dec 2024, 10:54 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-041511- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047b48Find 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
Urgent award due to CQC suspension of registration.
Publisher note: This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 do not apply to this award. The justification to why the modification was made under urgent circumstances was due to CQC suspension of registration. The decision makers were the following people from Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board; Alison Cartwright - Chief Integration Officer Tim Sacks - Director of Primary Care Liz Flavell-Smith - ICB Director of Finance No conflicts of interests declared of the individuals making the decision.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated24 Dec 2024, 10:54 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance | £750,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 020676-2024-1 · Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance
- Signed
- 29 Jan 2024
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Contract 041511-2024-1-1 · Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance
- Signed
- 29 Jan 2024
- Value
- £750,000
- Status
- active
- Change The Care Quality Commission (CQC) suspended registration for a period of 6 months with immediate effect (17th January 2024). he immediate impact was that the holder of the CQC registration was no longer able to perform regulated primary care services. Due to the ongoing CQC regulatory process which has not yet been concluded the Commissioner needs to extend this contract for another 6 months. Lifetime value of the contract is - £750,000 and the contract is being delivered between the following dates; Original Contract - 29th January 2024 - 29th July 2024 Previous Extension - 30th July 2024 - 31st January 2025 Modification Period - 1st February 2025 - 31st July 2025, 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 CQC suspension of registration.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Coventry & Rugby GP AllianceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.