Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-08-06
Buyer: North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 85120000: Medical practice services
Estimated value: 16353757 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Contract award for the provision of primary enhanced services for the GP practice population of North East Essex, commencing 1.10.2019.
The CCG and GP Primary Choice Ltd will work collaboratively with members of North East Essex Health and Well-being Alliance and primary care partners to ensure delivery of the service objectives and the standards and outcomes for the primary enhanced service are achieved.
The contract duration is 4 years with an option to extend for 3 further years. The 16 353 757 GBP value relates to the entire 7 years.
A Voluntary ex ante transparency notice was published on 3.5.2019. Within the Transparency Notice, the CCG explained that it firmly believes that the existing provider and supporting partners are uniquely placed to deliver the specifications and vision of the National, STP and CCG primary care strategies. This is in line with the national drive for integrated care systems and suitability and transformation partnerships.
GP Primary Choice Ltd (GPPC) is a primary care provider company based in North East Essex owned by 32 GP Practices in the locality. The CCG is of the view that working with the incumbent provider, GP Primary Choice Ltd, who is a member of the North East Essex Health and Well-being Alliance, will be the best solution to provide an affordable, sustainable and fully integrated primary enhanced service for the population of North East Essex. The North East Essex Alliance Board is also of the view that GPPC is the only provider within the alliance that has the requisite expertise and capacity to deliver the totality of services included within the contract. This approach also enables the CCG to mitigate the identified risks of having to potentially transfer the service outside of primary care and prevents any disruption in primary care by having to change processes and allows the CCG and the provider to focus on local collaboration.
Consequently, There is absence of competition for technical reasons and GPPC will work collaboratively with members of North East Essex Health and Well-being Alliance and primary care partners to ensure delivery of the service objectives and the standards and outcomes for the primary enhanced service are achieved. This approach builds a resilient community by engaging system-wide providers in the delivery of the services and provides a framework to facilitate sharing of workforce, supporting recruitment and retention and promoting the objectives of integrated care system work.
This approach will also ensure continuity of service provision for anti-coagulation, DVT, minor injury, wound care and children’s and adults community phlebotomy. This continuity supports the ability to increase service provision in line with the additional services listed in the description above through strong sub-contracting relationships with GP providers in NEE, without causing disruption and increased complexity through mobilisation of alternative provision.


Winner: GP Primary Choice Ltd
Award value: 16353757
Number of bids: 1