Awarded contract

Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (CARMS) Wrap-around Service (CV04)

Details

Supplier(s)
Alliance For Better Care (ABC)
Value
£3,857,132
Topic
Health services
Published
3 November 2026

Tender description

CARMS is a seven-day wrap-around primary care service with clinical cover from 08:00-20:00 across Sussex. It supports asylum seekers in Home Office contingency hotels and people with settled status under Afghan Resettlement Schemes. Arrangements include responding to urgent medical needs and coordinating with general practice, acute and mental health trusts, community services, councils and voluntary/community organisations Lot 1: CARMS is a seven-day wrap-around primary care service with clinical cover from 08:00-20:00 across Sussex. It supports asylum seekers in Home Office contingency hotels and people with settled status under Afghan Resettlement Schemes. Arrangements include responding to urgent medical needs and coordinating with general practice, acute and mental health trusts, community services, councils and voluntary/community organisations. Annual contract value: £1,928,566 Total contract value (2-years) =£3,857,132 This is a 1-year contract with an optional 1-year extension. Contract service dates = 1st October 2026 to 30th September 2028.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date11 August 2026
  2. Completed: Award published3 November 2026
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About the buyer

NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board plans and buys health and care services for Surrey and Sussex. The merger of NHS Surrey Heartlands and NHS Sussex created the board in April 2026. A dedicated Contracting and Procurement Team runs its buying activity. The NHS Standard Contract governs most commissioned healthcare services.

Healthcare services are commissioned under the Provider Selection Regime, while goods and non-healthcare services follow the Procurement Act 2023.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work and IT services.

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