Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Endeavour House, Russell Road
Ipswich
IP12BX
Contact
Caryn Akers
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH14 - Suffolk
NHS Organisation Data Service
QJG
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Special Allocation Scheme - Alternative provider medical services contract
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) is a Directed Enhanced Service (DES) with an identified budget. Provision for SAS is set out in the NHS General Medical Services Contracts Regulations 2015 and is mandatory for the ICB to commission. The SAS allows Commissioners to balance the rights of patients to receive services from GPs with the need to ensure that specified persons, including GPs, their staff, patients, and others on the premises, deliver and receive those services without actual or threatened violence or other reasonable fear for their safety.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2025/S 000-007786
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice.
This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C
Contract award date: 4th March 2025
The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are: 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2031
Lifetime value of the contract is anticipated to be: Value excluding VAT: £1,207,174.00
There was no review during the standstill period.