To provide extended primary care services across the 3 sites in Kingston to meet the National and London requirement to provide 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., 7 day a week access to primary care services. The CCG is commissioning its local coordinating provider of local primary care practices to provide an extended access service to meet these requirements. Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and is considered to be the only technically capable provider at this time. This interim contract is for up to 12 months on a rolling monthly basis to an incumbent service provider which will ensure continuity of essential health services to the local population.

Recognising its obligations and responsibilities under the NHS (Procurement Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013, the CCG has assessed the most appropriate route to awarding this contract, having regard to the necessity to secure continuity of these essential patient services and has concluded that the incumbent provider will assure the safest solution and is considered to be the only technically capable provider at this time. This interim contract is for up to 12 months on a rolling monthly basis to an incumbent service provider which will ensure continuity of essential health services to the local population.