Awarded· 17 Oct 2024
Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Central Bedfordshire, East of England
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Ocimum Healthcare
2024
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:04
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 07:50
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire. The contract went to Ocimum Healthcare. It was awarded on 17 October 2024. The contract value is £6,235,413.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 September 2025. The notice number is 055633-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04c898.
Summary of the contracting process
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board is set to award an APMS contract for primary medical services at Ivel Medical Centre, located in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. The tender, titled "Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]", falls under the services category specifically for general-practitioner services, and will run from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2029.
Following the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, this procurement is in the active award stage, having been awarded on 24th March 2025. The total estimated value of the contract over its lifetime is approximately £6,235,413.12, with an annual value of £1,433,384.37. The procurement method employed was a limited procedure, enabling award without prior publication of a competition call.
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The notice in full
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB) are awarding an APMS contract for the Provision of Primary Medical Services at Ivel Medical Centre in Biggleswade.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The contract is to deliver Primary Care Medical Services at Ivel Medical Centre in Biggleswade. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB intends to award a contract to the existing provider, Ocimum Healthcare Ltd (formerly known as Malzeard Road Medical Centre) via Direct Award Process C as described in Regulation 9 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The incumbent provider has been delivering Core Primary Care services including Cervical Screening, Immunisations and Quality and Outcomes Framework as well as enhanced services including Primary Care Framework, Minor Surgery, Weight Management and Learning Disability Health checks at Ivel Medical Centre. The contract start date is 1st April 2025 for a period of 4 years until 31st March 2029.
The approximate total lifetime value of the contract is estimated to be PS6,235,413.12 (Annual value of PS1,433,384.37) and is subject to national negotiations of primary care medical services.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Ocimum Healthcare
- 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
- £6,235,413
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
- 055633-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c898
- CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Town
- Stevenage
- Postcode
- SG17 5TQ
- Electoral ward
- Shefford
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- Delivery area
- East (England)
- Region
- East of England
- Sub-region
- Central Bedfordshire
- Area
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Claire Pickard
- Address
- Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Ocimum Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]
Who won the Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C] contract?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Ocimum Healthcare on 17 October 2024.
How much is the Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C] contract worth?
The contract value is £6,235,413.
Who is the buyer for Ivel Medical Centre APMS Contract [Direct Award Process C]?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, based in Central Bedfordshire, East of England. The named contact is Claire Pickard.
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