How to win: Pre Front Door Integrated Urgent Care Services

About this contract

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board (CW ICB) are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of a comprehensive Pre-Front Door Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) model across Coventry and Warwickshire.<br/><br/>This model requires a single, accountable Lead Provider in each of the two geographical areas: <br/>Coventry (Lot 1) and <br/>Warwickshire (Lot 2)<br/><br/>The appointed Lead Providers will be responsible for the end-to-end design, mobilisation, delivery, clinical governance and continuous improvement of a whole-system urgent care pathway spanning NHS 111 interfaces, GP out of hours, UTC/MIU, ambulance conveyance alternatives, Emergency Department front-door streaming, same-day emergency care, diagnostics, community response and neighbourhood urgent care pathways.<br/><br/>The ICB is not seeking a provider of isolated urgent care components. It is seeking an organisation with the scale, capability, and system leadership to deliver an integrated Lead Provider model. Providers must therefore bring together all interdependent services, healthcare professionals and current Providers, including urgent primary care,

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £203,957,880, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 14 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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