Contract award · 1 Apr 2025

Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH268-25-TW19 Mull & Iona Out of Hours

NHS Highland awarded a contract to Lorn Medical Practice and Mull and Iona Medical Group, The Bute Practice, Islay Medical Practice for £17.4m. Awarded…

No competitionHealth & social careScotland

BuyerNHS Highland
Value across 8 lots £17.4m

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.

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Key facts

Buyer
NHS Highland · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£17,355,525 across 8 lots
Procedure
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Sector
Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
Region
Scotland
Timeline
  1. Contract date1 Apr 2025
  2. Published12 Sep 2025Published 164 days after the contract date

Description

Integrated GMS Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Service for Isle of Mull.

Lots in this award

LotSupplierValue
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH268-25-TW19 Mull & Iona Out of HoursLorn Medical Practice and Mull and Iona Medical Group SME£2.81m
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH269-25-TW21 Bute Out of HoursThe Bute Practice SME£3.06m
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH267-25-TW22 Islay Out of HoursIslay Medical Practice SME£2.4m
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH226-25-TW24 Colonsay Out of HoursColonsay Medical Practice SME£363k
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH346-25-TW25 Tiree Out of HoursTiree Medical practice SME£863k
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH270-25-TW18 Campbeltown Out of HoursCampbeltown Medical Practice SME£3.79m
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH225-25-TW23 Coll Out of HoursDeuchar Williams Health Ltd SME£467k
Integrated Out of Hours and Community Hospital Inpatient and Accident & Emergency Services (Argyll & Bute): HH271-24-TW20 Lochgilphead Out of HoursLochgilphead Medical Centre SME£3.6m

About the suppliers

Other awards in the same procurement

Call-offs and awards published under the same process (for example a framework or dynamic purchasing system).

Date Contract Supplier Value
1 Apr 2025 Campbeltown Medical Practice SME £3.79m
1 Apr 2025 Lochgilphead Medical Centre SME £3.56m
1 Apr 2025 Tiree Medical practice SME £863k
1 Apr 2025 The Bute Practice SME £3.06m
1 Apr 2025 Islay Medical Practice SME £2.4m
1 Apr 2025 Colonsay Medical Practice SME £363k
1 Apr 2025 Lorn Medical Practice and Mull and Iona Medical Group SME £2.81m

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