Contract award · 21 Sep 2026

Slough Primary Care Services

NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board awarded “Slough Primary Care Services” to East Berkshire Primary Care Limited for £8.11m.

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 Thames Valley Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
Value
£8,107,876
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Health services (CPV 85100000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date21 Sep 2026
  2. Published30 Sep 2026Published 9 days after the contract date

Description

NHS Thames Valley ICB ("the Commissioner") is commissioning Slough Primary Care Services. 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 Slough Specia…

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