Tender: Provision of GP-led APMS at Cranbrook Medical Practice – NHS Devon Integrated Care Board

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NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is seeking a prime provider to deliver an Alternative Provider Medical Service (APMS) at Cranbrook Medical Practice, providing GP-led primary medical care to the practice registration area and temporary patients in line with the APMS contract and national guidance. The practice has a registered patient list size of 6,481 (June 2026) and must offer registration to residents within the defined practice boundary; core opening hours are 08:00–18:30 Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays. The provider must deliver an integrated primary health care team working with NHS and non-NHS partners, participate in the QOF and Directed Enhanced Services (DES), join the local Primary Care Network including the full Network Agreement, data sharing arrangements and Network Contract DES on CQRS, and provide Local Enhanced Services under a standard NHS contract or other local mechanism. TUPE is likely to apply. The contract starts 1 April 2027, runs for 10 years with optional extension periods up to a further 5 years, and is valued at £767,775 per annum based on the current list (total £8,271,920 for the initial term and £11,516,625 if fully extended). Cranbrook is a growing new town in East Devon (around 3,000 residential properties now, expected to rise to 8,000 by 2035 with a population circa 20,000); Devon is a large, sparsely populated county with around 814,440 residents and a higher proportion of older people than the national average. This procurement is being run by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit on behalf of the Commissioner.