Contract Award for Primary Care Services for Greater Norwich Population

Descriptions

This is a voluntary ex-ante transparency notice to notify that Norfolk and Waveney ICB are direct awarding a Caretaker Contract to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub. This contract is effective from 11 December 2023 until 31 March 2025.

Section VII: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modificationsVII.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV codeVII.1.1) Main CPV code
85121100 - General-practitioner services
seven.1.3) Place of performanceVII.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
UKH1 - East Anglia
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:VII.1.4) Description of the procurement:
This contract is to provide primary medical services under an APMS Contract to the Greater Norwich population at Norwich Practices Health Centre, co-located Walk In Centre services and the Vulnerable Adults Service through the Inclusion Health Hub.

seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concessionVII.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
1 April 2025

End date
31 March 2026

seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)VII.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£10,332,537

seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaireVII.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
North Norfolk Primary Care

3rd Floor, Reed House, Peachman Way, Broadland Business Park

Norwich

NR7 0WF

Country
United Kingdom

NUTS code
UKH1 - East Anglia
National registration number
10714447

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No

seven.2) Information about modificationsVII.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modificationsVII.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):

Due to the abandonment of a competitive process undertaken by Norfolk & Waveney ICB in 2024 this resulted in a non-award and therefore the commissioner requires continuity of services whilst they undertake a new competitive process in 2025 to award a longer-term solution.

Therefore Norfolk & Waveney ICB need to extend the current caretaker contract for 12 months to allow a competitive process to be carried out.

Lifetime value of the 12 month modification contract is £10,332,537 which is a change of the lifetime value of £3,812,847 and the contract is being delivered between the following dates;

Original Contract - 11th December 2023 - 31st March 2025
Modification Period - 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026

seven.2.2) Reasons for modificationVII.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee.

Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:

The justification to why the modification was made under urgent circumstances was due to the abandonment of the competitive process and to ensure continuity of services.

Under regulation 14 (2)(a-c) of the Healthcare Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 which states the following:

14.—(1) Regulations 6 to 13 are subject to this regulation.
(2) Where a relevant authority considers that—
(a)an award or modification must be made urgently,
(b)the reason for the urgency was not foreseeable by and not attributable to the relevant authority, and
(c)delaying the award of the contract or modification to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 to 13 would be likely to pose a risk to patient or public safety,