Awarded· 18 Mar 2025
Community Investigation Hubs
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust · Somerset, South West
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Community Investigation Hubs. It is a contract for other health and social care in Somerset.
Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Bridgwater Pcn
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:20
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 10:12
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has awarded Community Investigation Hubs. It is a contract for other health and social care in Somerset. The contract went to Bridgwater Pcn. It was awarded on 18 March 2025. The contract value is £2,884,420.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 April 2025. The notice number is 012182-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ef08.
Summary of the contracting process
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract for Community Investigation Hubs as part of the network of Community Diagnostic Centres in Somerset. The contract was awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, effective from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, with a lifetime value of £2,884,420.00.
This service aims to provide various diagnostic tests closer to home for patients, reducing hospital visits and expediting the start of treatment. The procurement process was conducted using a direct award method, falling outside the scope of public contract regulations. With 13 Primary Care Networks across Somerset included in the service provision, businesses can expect steady demand and secure revenue streams to foster growth.
The notice in full
Community Investigation Hubs form part of the network of Community Diagnostic Centres in Somerset with the aim of offering patients a wide range of diagnostic tests closer to home and greater choice as to where and how they are undertaken, reducing the need for hospital visits and potentially expediting the start of treatment.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Community Investigation Hubs across Somerset providing access to diagnostic tests.
The Authority is intending to award the contract to an existing provider following the direct award process C.
The lifetime value of this contract is expected to be PS288,4420.00
The contract dates are 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
This is an existing service with the following 13 Primary Care Networks:
Bridgwater - estimated contract value PS246,645.00
Chard, Ilminster & Langport (CLICK) - estimated contract value PS280,030.00
Frome - estimated contract value PS127,820.00
Mendip - estimated contract value PS166,775.00
North Sedgemoor - estimated contract value PS248,125.00
Somerset South East PCN (Rural Practices Network) - estimated contract value PS146,790.00
Somerset South West - estimated contract value PS245,785.00
Taunton Central - estimated contract value PS270,504.00
Taunton Deane West - estimated contract value PS152,450.00
Tone Valley - estimated contract value PS252,250.00
West Mendip - estimated contract value PS190,225.00
West Somerset - estimated contract value PS260,956.00
Yeovil - estimated contract value PS296,065.00
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Bridgwater Pcn
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £2,884,420
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 012182-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ef08
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Town
- Taunton
- Postcode
- TA1 5DA
- Electoral ward
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Delivery area
- Somerset CC
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Somerset
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Hollie Caddy
- Address
- Taunton, TA1 5DA · South West · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Bridgwater Pcn
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Community Investigation Hubs
Who won the Community Investigation Hubs contract?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Bridgwater Pcn on 18 March 2025.
How much is the Community Investigation Hubs contract worth?
The contract value is £2,884,420.
Who is the buyer for Community Investigation Hubs?
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, based in Somerset, South West. The named contact is Hollie Caddy.
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