Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Mill Road Surgery SME
- Value
- £337,036
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 013568-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date13 Feb 2026
- Published13 Feb 2026Published the same day
Description
The ICB is seeking to appoint an existing provider of primary medical care services already located within a five-mile radius of the Bluebell Surgery premises within the SNEE ICB area for the patient list registered with Bluebell Surgery, Jack Andrews Drive, Highwoods, Colchester, Essex, CO4 9YN. The Commissioners will only engage with existing providers within a five-mile radius of the existing practice site. A thorough review of the options available was undertaken and it was felt that the restriction via the five-mile radius presented the most practical, patient-centred definition of access and coverage. The practice is currently managed under a caretaker arrangement, and the intention of the process is to allocate the existing site and list as an additional site to an existing GMS contract within a five-mile radius of the Bluebell Surgery premises within the SNEE ICB area. The existing GMS contract of the successful provider in this procurement will be varied to include the servic…
About the supplier
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