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
- Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £5,031,575
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · General-practitioner services (CPV 85121100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 099134-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2026
- Published20 Oct 2026Published the same day
Description
NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board has undertaken the Most Suitable Provider Process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 to identify the most suitable provider for the delivery of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for the registered patient population of Church Lane Surgery, Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER. The requirement is for the uninterrupted provision of essential primary medical services and all associated clinical, operational, governance, workforce, digital, information governance and patient administration functions necessary to maintain safe, effective and accessible care for the registered population. Services are required to be delivered from the existing Church Lane Surgery premises at Church Lane, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8ER, with service commencement from 1 December 2026. The provider is required to be legally eligible to hold and enter into a General Medical Services (GMS) contract in accordance with the ap…
About the supplier
Invicta Health Community Interest Company: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06676854).