Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- GP Primary Choice Ltd
- Value
- £6,017,452
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of medical personnel (CPV 79625000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- 030564-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jan 2026
- Published1 Apr 2026Published 71 days after the contract date
Description
NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) intend to award a contract for provision of Primary Enhanced Services to the existing provider (GP Primary Choice Ltd (GPPC)) following a direct award process C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Pursuant to the statutory changes effective from 1 April 2026, the commissioning responsibility for this service transferred from NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (SNEE ICB) to the Authority. Accordingly, the service constitutes an inherited commissioning arrangement arising directly from the organisational transition. Prior to the transfer of commissioning responsibilities, SNEE ICB undertook a Key Criteria assessment to ensure the Decision Makers at this time were satisfied with current performance and reasonably expects the provider to continue to satisfy the proposed contract. The proposed contract is not changing considerably when compared with the previous contract delivered b…
About the supplier
GP Primary Choice Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08486936).