Contract award · 17 Sep 2025

APMS Slough

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board awarded “APMS Slough” to East Berkshire Primary Care Limited for £1.15m on 17 Sep 2025. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careSouth East

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 Frimley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£1,153,462
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Sep 2025
  2. Published14 Nov 2025Published 58 days after the contract date

Description

NHS Frimley ICB ("the Commissioner") sought to commission provision to provide APMS Services to Slough The Same Day Urgent Care service - a clinically led service, supported by experienced staff who have undergone additional training to enable the effective management, assessment and treatment of illness and some minor wounds based at Priors Close, Slough. Patients will access the services either through via NHS111, or through referral from another healthcare professional (e.g. GP, A&E or Community services) or self-presenting 'walk in' The Slough Same Day Service - an overspill service available to all Slough practices. All GP appointments must be made by the patient's own surgery once the patient has been triaged by their own GP practice. The Same Day Service GPs are expected to adhere to the standard of practice that a patient would receive within their own GP practice Chapel Medical Centre - GP Contract providing primary care medical services to a population of 16,020 patients in …

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