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Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Graham Road Surgery and Horizon Health Centre - Regulation 14 Urgent Contract Modification

  • NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-035929

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05557d

Published 27 June 2025, 6:29pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Floor 2, North Wing, 100 Temple Street

Bristol

BS16AG

Contact

Jamie Mackay

Email

jamie.mackay1@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK11 - Bristol, City of

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://bnssg.icb.nhs.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Health


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) Graham Road Surgery and Horizon Health Centre - Regulation 14 Urgent Contract Modification

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85121000 - Medical practice services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Following the unforeseeable need to abandon a previous procurement process for Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) in to Graham Road Surgery and Horizon Health Centre, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB ("BNSSG ICB") have made an urgent contract modification in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulations for the provision of the aforementioned services.

The modification is strictly to the term of the contract and is for 12-months to ensure the continuity of essential services whilst BNSSG ICB carries out a further procurement process in accordance with PSR Regulations to secure a long-term provider.

The current contract is for the provision of the full range of primary medical services to a registered population of patients. Graham Road Surgery is situated in the Weston Super Mare Central ward of North Somerset, whilst Horizon Health Centre is situated in the Weston Super Mare South ward.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £3,471,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Following the unforeseeable need to abandon a previous procurement process for Alternative Provider Medical Services (APMS) in to Graham Road Surgery and Horizon Health Centre, NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB ("BNSSG ICB") have made an urgent contract modification in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulations for the provision of the aforementioned services.

The modification is strictly to the term of the contract and is for 12-months to ensure the continuity of essential services whilst BNSSG ICB carries out a further procurement process in accordance with PSR Regulations to secure a long-term provider.

The current contract is for the provision of the full range of primary medical services to a registered population of patients. Graham Road Surgery is situated in the Weston Super Mare Central ward of North Somerset, whilst Horizon Health Centre is situated in the Weston Super Mare South ward.

The contract extension will start from 1st June 2025 and will run for 12-months up to 31st May 2026.

The extension value is £3.471m and will modify the contracts total value from £19.406m over 6.5 years to £22.876m over 7.5 years.

NHS BNSSG ICB had previously attempted a substantial, PSR compliant competitive process but had to abandon that process at the point of evaluation for reasons they would not have been able to foresee.

BNSSG ICB have subsequently made an urgent contract modification in accordance with Regulation 14 of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulations for the provision of the aforementioned services.

The decision to make this urgent modification under PSR 2023 Regulations to Pier Health Group Limited has been made by the BNSSG ICB Board and supported by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This contract modification has been made compliantly with Regulation 14 of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 2023 Regulations.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 June 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Pier Health Group Limited

17-18 Leach Road, Chard Business Park

Somerset

TA20 1FA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Companies House

11554806

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,471,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This publication has been made under a F15 Voluntary ex ante transparency notice template but is reflective of an F20 Modification Notice. We were unable to publish under an F20 notice template as we were unable to link to the original contract notice, which is 2021/S 000-000244.

For any queries please contact the procurement lead Jamie Mackay - jamie.mackay1@nhs.net

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Integrated Care Board (ICB)

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom