Awarded· 6 Feb 2025
GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust · Cherwell, South East
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has awarded GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cherwell.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:44
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About this tender
In brief
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has awarded GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4. It is a contract for other health and social care in Cherwell. The contract went to East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours. It was awarded on 6 February 2025. The contract value is £2,733,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 7 February 2025. The notice number is 004198-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04dcd6.
Summary of the contracting process
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust intends to award a contract using the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for a GP Clinical Assessment Service - Category 3 & 4. This service aims to enable urgent care line calls to be assessed by GPs over the phone, significantly reducing unnecessary ambulance dispatches.
The contract is set to be awarded via the Direct Award Process C, with an initial mandatory standstill period until 19th February 2025. The current contract ends on 31st March 2025, with a new contract running from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, and an option to extend for a further year to 31st March 2027. This tender provides substantial opportunities for SMEs, particularly those specialised in healthcare services.
Winning this contract would aid the successful supplier in forming a strategic partnership with the NHS and demonstrate their capability in delivering critical health services across the South Central region.
The notice in full
Intention to award a Contract under THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES (PROVIDER SELECTION REGIME) REGULATIONS 2023 - Direct Award Process C for the provision of a GP Lead Clinical Assessment Service for Category 3 & 4 - to allow for calls to the Urgent Care phone line to be assessed by GPs over the telephone, reducing the need for dispatching ambulances in cases where the medical need would be better served by a different clinical solution.
Achieving an 80% downgrade rate.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1
As part of the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) remit to operate the 999 call service, it was identified that ambulances were being sent to patients that didn't need them, which otherwise could have been downgraded over the phone, reducing the need to dispatch an ambulance unnecessarily, and reducing the pressure and demand on the use of ambulances.
A subcontract was set up between SCAS and their subcontractor to provide a GP Clinical Assessment Service to support this. The existing contract is due to expire on 31st March 2025. The contract has shown a huge benefit to SCAS - downgrade rates of 80%.
As a result of the success of the contract, an additional one year contract is required from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, with an option to extend for a further additional year. to 31st March 2027. If the contract expires with no replacement, SCAS and the public would experience a huge drop in service level, and an unnecessary dispatching of ambulances, putting further pressure on ambulance resources.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £2,733,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
Not stated in the notice: lots.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 004198-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dcd6
- CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Cherwell
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX26 6HR
- Electoral ward
- Bicester South and Ambrosden
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock
- Delivery area
- South East (England)
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Oxfordshire CC
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Julie Robins
- Phone
- +44 7815476108
- Address
- Bicester, OX26 6HR · South East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4
Who won the GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4 contract?
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours on 6 February 2025.
How much is the GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4 contract worth?
The contract value is £2,733,000.
Who is the buyer for GP Clinical Assessment Service - Cat 3 & 4?
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, based in Cherwell, South East. The named contact is Julie Robins, on +44 7815476108.
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