Provision of General Medical Services at Tollgate Practice, Colchester

NHS Essex Integrated Care Board (the Authority) is undertaking a competitive procurement process under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 for the award of a General Medical Services (GMS) contract for Tollgate Practice, located in Stanway, Colchester. The procurement seeks to identify a suitably qualified and experienced provider to deliver safe, effective, sustainable and accessible primary medical services to the registered patient population of Tollgate Practice. The commercial schedule currently assumes an actual patient list of 10,206 and a weighted patient list of approximately 8,832, subject to future list size adjustments in line with national General Medical Services arrangements. The successful provider will be required to deliver the full range of services associated with a nationally prescribed GMS contract, including management of a registered patient list, provision of core primary medical services, clinical governance, workforce management, patient access requirements and integration with local health and care services. The procurement is being undertaken following caretaker arrangements that were implemented to maintain continuity of services whilst the practice recovered from historical quality and regulatory concerns. The contract is intended to secure the long-term provision of stable and resilient primary medical services beyond the caretaker period.