Awarded contract

GP Out of Hours Service - Northumberland

Details

Buyer: NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Supplier(s): Vocare Limited
Value: £2,416,677
Topic: Health services
Published: 26 March 2024
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

GP Out of Hours Service and Outbreak Management Lot 1: GP Out of Hours Service and Outbreak Management The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The final contract value is still to be finalised as it is dependent on the national NHS planning guidance which is still to be released. As an indication the 2023/24 contract value is £2416677. The Contract also has provision for Outbreak Management which is paid on actual activity only, with no guaranteed activity levels; Those tariffs are: • Call out fee per incident £200; • Clinician £150 per hourly clinical rate • Standby fee £100 per day for Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays Contract Start Date: 01 April 2024 Contract End Date: 31 March 2025

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 March 2024
Completed: Award published26 March 2024
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board commissions health and care services as an NHS integrated care board, formed from a merger of local clinical commissioning groups. Procurement and payment services run through NHS Shared Business Services, whose Supplier Portal suppliers use for invoices and payments. NHS SBS delivers this through framework agreements open to the NHS and the wider public sector. Supplier invoicing runs separately through the Tradeshift platform. Existing contracts are managed through the commissioning representative named in each contract.

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 North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work, software and information systems and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

85100000 · Health services
85121100 · General-practitioner services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-north-east-and-north-cumbria-integrated-care-board.gov