NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: NHS Sussex ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C of the UK Health Care Services (PSR) Regulations 2023 for Contingency, Asylum, Refugee and Migrant Service (C.A.R.M.S.) Wrap-around service to provide additional Primary Care Capacity, Advice and Support across Sussex. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be submitted to the relevant authority via the project (Atamis reference no. C231812) at:
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by midnight (23:59) on 07/08/24. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
This direct award is for a maximum period of 12 months.
The service value is £1,928,690 per annum.
CARMS is a seven-day service with clinical cover between the hours of 8am - 8pm across the whole of Sussex for asylum seekers in contingency hotels commissioned by the Home Office, those with settled status under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) scheme and Ministry of Defence sites for those with settled status under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Scheme. This is a wraparound service for urgent medical needs whilst liaising with other key stakeholders including general practice, local acute providers, mental health services, community services, voluntary community sector, county councils.
NHS Sussex ICB intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The CARMS Service will:
Provide clinical cover for the hotels which were stood up as quarantine hotels during the Covid pandemic.
Collaborate with NHS Trusts, various voluntary and community groups and GP practices which the asylum seekers in hotels registered with.
Responded quickly to the arrival of a significant number of Afghan arrivals with a right to settle in the UK under the ARAP (MOD Operation Lazurite) and ACRS schemes (Pathways 1 and 3) who have been given notice to quit Pakistan or risk deportation back to Afghanistan.
Contract start date: 1 April 2024
Contract end date: 31 March 2025
Contract value per annum: £1,928,690
Total contract value (including extension options):£1,928,690