Coming up· published 23 Nov 2025
Market Engagement for APMS Wycombe Practices to Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb) · Oxford, South East
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb) is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 15:56
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb) is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens.
Find a Tender published it on 24 November 2025. The notice number is 076601-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b4. Bids are made through the buyer's Atamis portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process is currently in the planning stage for the reprocurement of healthcare services by the NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) Integrated Care Board (ICB). The project, titled "Market Engagement for APMS Wycombe Practices to Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB," aims to award contracts for general-practitioner services in High Wycombe.
Key milestones include the completion of a market engagement questionnaire by 8th December 2025 and a projected contract start date of 1st September 2026, following a mobilisation period starting in June 2026. The services fall under the "General-practitioner services" industry category, aligning with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, and are planned for locations in High Wycombe, within the region UKJ1.
The requirement to merge the two mainstream APMS practices within the first 18 months and accommodate a projected population growth of up to 2,500 may particularly suit well-established healthcare organisations with experience in APMS contracts and scaling operations. Moreover, added considerations such as the inclusion of a Special Allocations Service provision may appeal to providers with a history of delivering integrated and specialised healthcare services.
The notice in full
Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) is planning to reprocure the following services for a new contract start in September 2026:
- APMS contract for two-site GP practice in High Wycombe with current list of 11,949 patients
- APMS contract for single-site GP practice in High Wycombe with current list of 6,254 patients
- Special Allocations Service (SAS) provision for Buckinghamshire (sub-ICB area) - currently 15-25 patients Following previous market engagement in December 2024, BOB ICB's preference is to procure the two mainstream APMS practices from a single provider, with the intention to merge in the first 18 months of the contract.
The ICB's priorities include securing long-term sustainability and working at scale. The proposed contract length is at least 8 years (plus 4 years, plus 3) subject to NHS England approval before procurement . Population growth in the expanded area to be covered by the contract has an indicative growth of 1,000 to 2,500 in the proposed fifteen-year extended contract period.
The APMS baseline price will be the GMS price. The 2025/26 GMS price is PS117.48 per weighted patient (weighted list size being 10,309 for Cressex and is 5,840 for Chiltern as at 01/04/25) once out of hours deduction is applied (adjustments for 2025-26 pay award awaited). The ICB is also considering including a provision of Special Allocation Service (SAS) in Buckinghamshire, to the Cressex Health Centre APMS contract.
Interested providers are required to complete the market engagement questionnaire by 5pm on the 08th December 2025. It is the ICB's intention to have a contract/service start date of 1st September 2026, with a mobilisation period of approx. 3 months (i.e. 1st June 2026 - 31st August 2026). This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
Lots (1)
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Lot 1Planned
Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) is planning to reprocure the following services for a new contract start in September 2026:
- APMS contract for two-site GP practice in High Wycombe with current list of 11,949 patients
- APMS contract for single-site GP practice in High Wycombe with current list of 6,254 patients
- Special Allocations Service (SAS) provision for Buckinghamshire (sub-ICB area) - currently 15-25 patients Following previous market engagement in December 2024, BOB ICB's preference is to procure the two mainstream APMS practices from a single provider, with the intention to merge in the first 18 months of the contract.
The ICB's priorities include securing long-term sustainability and working at scale. The proposed contract length is at least 8 years (plus 4 years, plus 3) subject to NHS England approval before procurement . Population growth in the expanded area to be covered by the contract has an indicative growth of 1,000 to 2,500 in the proposed fifteen-year contract period.
The APMS baseline price will be the GMS price. The 2025/26 GMS price is PS117.48 per weighted patient (weighted list size being 10,309 for Cressex and is 5,840 for Chiltern as at 01/04/25) once out of hours deduction is applied (adjustments for 2025-26 pay award awaited). The ICB is also considering including a provision of Special Allocation Service (SAS) in Buckinghamshire, to the Cressex Health Centre APMS contract.
Interested providers are required to complete the market engagement questionnaire by 5pm on the 08th December 2025. It is the ICB's intention to have a contract/service start date of 1st September 2026, with a mobilisation period of approx. 3 months (i.e. 1st June 2026 - 31st August 2026). Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis.
Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Please note that NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West (BOB) ICB are currently working together in a formal "clustering" arrangement to prepare for their merger into a single, new organisation: the NHS Thames Valley ICB, effective 1st April 2026.
This exercise is being carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Atamis
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 076601-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e7b4
- CPV code
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX4 6LB
- Electoral ward
- Littlemore
- Constituency
- Oxford East
- Delivery area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Oxfordshire CC
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb)
- Category
- Services
- Address
- West Oxford, OX4 6LB · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
When will the Market Engagement for APMS Wycombe Practices to Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and… tender open?
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb) has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
Who is the buyer for Market Engagement for APMS Wycombe Practices to Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire and…?
NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (bob) Integrated Care Board (icb), based in Oxford, South East.
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