Awarded contract

Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent GP Out of Hours Service

Details

Supplier(s)
Vocare Limited
Value
£63,881,963
Duration
5 years
Topic
Health services
Published
5 April 2022

Tender description

Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent CCGs sought to commission a GP Out of Hours service which aligns with the requirements of the NHSE Integrated Urgent Care national service specification. This service will come into effect from the 1st April 2022 via a multiyear contract. Commissioners tendered for services split into two (2) LOTs:- LOT 1 - NHS North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)and Stoke on Trent CCG LOT 2 - NHS Cannock Chase CCG, South East Staffordshire & Seisdon Peninsula CCG, East Staffordshire CCG and Stafford & Surrounds CCG In addition to the core GP OOH service requirements LOT 2, covering the South CCG regions also incorporates an out of hours' provision for the Staffordshire prisons. The contract is now awarded and let for a period of five (5) years with the option to extend up to two (2) years.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 March 2022
  2. Completed: Award published5 April 2022
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU is an NHS commissioning support unit, a healthcare body with its own healthcare and non-clinical procurement teams. The healthcare procurement team takes NHS commissioners from market research through bid evaluation to contract award. Clinical services are procured under the Provider Selection Regime, including Direct Award C, competitive and Most Suitable Provider processes. Goods and services are bought through tenders and mini-competitions run by senior procurement managers. Suppliers register and respond on the unit's own eSourcing portal. Purchasing processes have held the CIPS Procurement Excellence Standard since 2019.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and communications equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85100000 · Health services

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