INTENTION TO AWARD: This service supports Homeless and Rough Sleepers in Eastbourne, Wealden and Lewes. The service includes a GP clinic (up to 8 hours per week) and a community nursing service providing a range of outreach services.

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by Midnight (11:59pm) on the 2nd October 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Written representations should be sent to Stuart Meredith at the following email address: [email protected] No conflicts of interest were identified. Decision maker: Director of Commissioning and Neighbourhoods, NHS Surrey & Sussex. Evaluation Key Criteria The service evaluation was reviewed against the 5 key criteria. The key criteria were weighted as follows: • Quality and innovation 20% • Value 15% • Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability 30% • Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice 25% • Social Value 10% The decision to award the contract to Victoria Medical Centre was made through review of the above structured evaluation of key criteria and selection standards, which demonstrated that the Provider continues to provide a high quality service. The assessment of the current service is as follows: Quality and innovation: The service supports a highly vulnerable population with complex physical and mental health needs. High quality, safe, trauma-informed care is essential to achieving positive health outcomes and reducing avoidable hospital admissions. Innovation through outreach, proactive engagement and inclusion health approaches remains important but is balanced against the need for continuity of established service delivery. Value: Value is an important consideration given the requirement to deliver the service within a fixed financial envelope. However, the primary objective of the service is improving outcomes for people experiencing homelessness rather than achieving cost savings. The weighting reflects the need to secure effective use of resources whilst maintaining quality and access. Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: This criterion carries the highest weighting because successful delivery depends on strong integration across primary care, community nursing, housing, the rough sleeper initiative, voluntary sector organisations, mental health services, acute providers and local authorities. Established local relationships and workforce sustainability are critical to maintaining continuity of care and avoiding fragmentation of services for this vulnerable population. Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice: Reducing health inequalities is a core purpose of the service. People experiencing homelessness face significant barriers to healthcare access and poorer health outcomes than the general population. The service is specifically designed to improve access to primary care, outreach provision and coordinated support for underserved groups, making this a key determinant of success. Social Value: While social value is important and contributes to wider system objectives through local employment, partnership working and environmental sustainability initiatives, it is a secondary consideration compared with direct patient outcomes, integration, and reducing health inequalities. The weighting meets the minimum requirement while recognising the provider's positive contribution to the local community.

INTENTION TO AWARD: The existing provider continues to provide a satisfactory service and is likely to deliver satisfactory services within the contract requirements. There is no change to the services from previous years and delivery aligns with service requirements. Aims and Objectives of service The overall aim of the service is to consolidate primary care for homeless patients and rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation within Eastbourne, Lewes and Wealden. This model will support integration of care directly addressing health inequalities and coordination. Aims To deliver a dedicated service in Eastbourne town centre and an outreach service in Lewes and Wealden for homeless and rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation to help break down existing barriers and increase accessibility to mainstream health services. Objectives To support the integration of health, care and support services directly addressing health inequalities, collaboration and improving lives. The service will do this by a. Providing medical interventions b. Providing case management and care coordination c. Providing medical and risk management d. Proactively engaging with service users e. Providing personalised care f. Working in an integrated, collaborative and flexible way with other services that homeless people and rough sleepers' access g. Proactively testing their delivery model taking learning to support the evolution of the service ensuring patients ongoing needs are met Annual contract value: £235,825. Total contract value (2-years) =£471,650. Contract service dates = 23rd November 2026 to 22nd November 2028.

Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on the 2nd October 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

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