Intermediate Care Ward GP Provision

Concepts

• st leonards on sea
• general practitioner
• intermediate care ward gp provision
• gp services
• care
• ward
• intermediate
• patient discharge
• discharge
• and

Location

St Leonards on Sea

Description

Onsite and offsite GP Services to support patient discharge.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85121100 - General-practitioner services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

In these circumstances, the Trust determined that proceeding via an urgent procurement route was both proportionate and necessary, as competition was impractical within the timeframe available and failure to proceed would have had a significant adverse impact on service delivery and patient care.

Other Information

'This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). 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 Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.'The reasons why regulation 14 applied.The requirement to open an intermediate care ward at Conquest Hospital arose following the successful launch of a similar ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital (EDGH). It was initially anticipated that the contracted supplier at EDGH would expand its services to Conquest; however, unforeseen recruitment challenges made this unachievable.To ensure continuity of patient flow and mitigate system pressures, the Trust required immediate access to additional GP services to provide onsite cover from 09:00–12:00 and on-call support from 12:00–16:00, Monday to Friday. The service was scheduled to commence on 2 September 2025, with staff already mobilised and the ward repurposed in readiness.Any delay in implementation would have undermined mobilisation, wasted resources already committed, and directly resulted in hospital beds being occupied by patients no longer requiring acute care. This would have exacerbated bed occupancy pressures, delayed discharges, and increased risk to patient flow across the Trust.In these circumstances, the Trust determined that proceeding via an urgent procurement route was both proportionate and necessary, as competition was impractical within the timeframe available and failure to proceed would have had a significant adverse impact on service delivery and patient care.