Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2020-11-20
Buyer: NHS England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Contract award without prior publication
CPV classification: 85111000: Hospital services | 85112200 | 85120000: Medical practice services | 85121100: General practitioner services
Estimated value: 10727355 GBP

Technical requirements: Medicus Health Partnership (‘MHP’) is a super-partnership in Enfield, formed on 1 April 2018 when a number of GMS and PMS contract holders formed one super-partnership.
There are 15 GP practice sites and 15 contracts (9 personal medical services (‘PMS’) contracts and 6 general medical services contracts (‘GMS’)).
The contracts in question are regulated by the social and other specific services regime (Regulations 74 – 76, PCR 2015).
NHS England is the statutory commissioner and NHS North Central London (NCL) CCG has delegated authority to act on behalf of NHS England.
In the interests of administrative efficiency and patient care, the authority intends to vary one of the existing contracts to bring the services and scope of the other contracts within it. The contract to be varied is the Forest Road Group Practice (PMS) contract.
Medicus Health Partnership (‘MHP’) is a super-partnership in Enfield, formed on 1 April 2018 when a number of GMS and PMS contract holders formed one super-partnership.
There are 15 GP practice sites and 15 contracts (9 personal medical services (‘PMS’) contracts and 6 general medical services contracts (‘GMS’)).
The contracts in question are regulated by the social and other specific services regime (Regulations 74 – 76, PCR 2015).
NHS England is the statutory commissioner and NHS North Central London (NCL) CCG has delegated authority to act on behalf of NHS England.
In the interests of administrative efficiency and patient care, the authority intends to vary one of the existing contracts to bring the services and scope of the other contracts within it. The contract to be varied is the Forest Road Group Practice (PMS) contract.
The list below details the fifteen current general practice contracts which will be incorporated into the Forest Road Group Practice PMS contract (number 8 below), detailing the contract type and patient list numbers as of 1 October 2020:
The 15 contracts listed above will be varied and the scope and value of general practice contracts 1 to 7 and 9 to 15, as set out above, will be included in varied contract number 8, Forest Road Group Practice PMS contract.
After the contract variation, the list size of Forest Road Group Practice PMS Contract will be 91040. Based on 2020/2021 figures, the annual value of the Forest Road Group Practice PMS varied contract will be GBP 10 727 355 (including rent and rates). Further details of the current annual values are set out below:
The move to a single contract will simplify the partnership administration, use of IT systems, management of patient information, and improve patient services.
All of the GMS contracts are held by MHP, and the PMS contracts are held in the names of the partners. The existing contract which is being varied will be on PMS terms. All service provision which is currently on GMS terms and will now be included within the varied contract will therefore be moved from GMS to PMS terms.


Winner: Medicus Health Super-Partnership
Award value: 10727355