Provision of General Medical Services for Kingsway, Bramingham and Cauldwell Surgeries

Location

Bedfordshire

Description

******THIS IS AN INTENTION TO AWARD NOTIFICATION******NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB) (referred to as the Commissioner) intends to award a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for the provision of Primary Medical Services, following a robust Competitive Process under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to each the following Providers:Lot 1 - Kingsway Health Centre - Modality MMSLot 2 - Bramingham Health Centre - Modality MMSLot 3 - Cauldwell Health Centre - The De Parys Group

Lot Division

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121100 - General-practitioner services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

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 Procurement Act Regulations 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 in writing to the Contracting Authority via the Atamis e-tendering portal by 2400hrs (Midnight) on Wednesday 25th December 2025 to:'NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board re: Project Reference: C385430 - General Medical Services for Kingsway, Bramingham and Cauldwell Surgeries'This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. 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 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 in writing to the Contracting Authority via the Atamis e-tendering portal by 2400hrs (Midnight) on Wednesday 24th December 2025 to:'NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board re: Project Reference: C385430 - General Medical Services for Kingsway, Bramingham and Cauldwell Surgeries'This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.The award decision makers are as below;Governance Board:Primary Care Delivery GroupProject Group:BLMK - Director of Primary Care & Community IntegrationBLMK - Head of Integrated Primary Care BLMK - Head of Primary care FinanceBLMK - Primary Care GP Contract and Development ManagerBLMK - Head of Integrated Primary CareAGEM - Senior Procurement ManagerEvaluators:BLMK:Project Manager – BLMK Estates TeamSenior Finance ManagerSenior Primary Care managerHead of Integrated Primary Care Head of Primary care FinancePrimary Care Workforce transformation ManagerSenior People PartnerAssociate Director Safeguarding and VulnerabilitiesHead of Digital DeliveryAssociate Director of System & ICB EstatesPrimary Care GP Contract and Development ManagerSenior People PartnerAD Quality, Improvement & Health EquityHead of Integrated Primary CareAssociate Director of Sustainability and GrowthHealthwatch:Chair of Healthwatch, LutonFour Conflicts of interest identified throughout the process, and these were dealt with through agreement with the evaluators that no prior knowledge or bias would be used in the process and having a robust evaluation panel where on average there were 3 evaluators. One of the individuals with a conflict was not an evaluator and was not involved in the evaluation or moderation of the process. The Key Criteria were weighted as follows: • Quality and Innovation 12%• Value 20% • Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability 40% • Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating Choice 18%• Social Value 10%The weighting of the key criteria have been deemed by the commissioner to be the most suitable for this service with Integration, Collaboration & Service Sustainability being weighted the highest at 40%.In their respective lots the preferred providers scored a pass on all of the pass / fail questions within the Basic Selection Criteria and scored the highest overall for the Key Criteria Questions (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) against the published scoring criteria (set out at paragraph 27.3.2 of the Competitive Process – Overview and Instructions).