Coming up· published 11 Nov 2025
Active Recovery Beds 2025
Lincolnshire County Council · Lincoln, East Midlands
Lincolnshire County Council is planning Active Recovery Beds 2025. It is a contract for reablement in Lincoln.
Source: Find a Tender, published 12 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 14:45
View notice2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 07:40
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Lincolnshire County Council is planning Active Recovery Beds 2025. It is a contract for reablement in Lincoln. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £4,949,902. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2027. It lasts 1 year.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 12 November 2025. The notice number is 072992-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0523ff.
Summary of the contracting process
Lincolnshire County Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Active Recovery Beds 2025," focusing on health and social work services. This public authority located in Lincolnshire is aiming to enhance adult social care through goal-focused reablement services provided within residential homes in the UKF3 region.
The procurement process is categorised under services with a special regime outlined for light touch, and it qualifies as above threshold procurement. The tender is expected to be published in late November 2025, with full service commencement planned for April 2026, offering service operations from the 1st of April 2026 to the 31st of March 2029, with potential renewals extending to 2029.
This procurement presents significant opportunities for SMEs and VCSEs capable of providing specialised reablement services that can support individuals to regain independence and reduce care needs within a short span. The planned contract, valued at approximately £4.9 million, allows providers to align their services with Lincolnshire’s strategic healthcare goals, fostering sustainable business growth and community support.
The notice in full
An Active Recovery Bed (ARB) is an Adult Social Care led, goal-focused reablement service located in a residential home or residential home with nursing capacity within Lincolnshire. The ARB service supports a person's transfer to a residential home to receive Occupational Therapy and carer led reablement that cannot be delivered in their own home. This is for a short period of time, not to exceed 28 calendar days.
The level of service provided to each person during their ARB stay is based on a comprehensive and personalised care plan with input from the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including the care provider, social care practitioners and health professionals.
The core principle of the service is to maximise Lincolnshire residents' independence and enable a person to resume living in their own home with either no care provision services or a reduction in the care provision services they require, within 28 days.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Reablement
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 (1 year)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £4,949,902
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 072992-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0523ff
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Lincoln
- Town
- Lincoln
- Postcode
- LN1 1BA
- Electoral ward
- Carholme
- Constituency
- Lincoln
- Delivery area
- Lincolnshire
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Lincolnshire CC
- Area
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Lincolnshire County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Mark Fowell
- Address
- Lincoln, LN1 1BA · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072992-2025
- Pipeline notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026794-2025
- App.panacea-software.comapp.panacea-software.com/lcc/Login.aspx
- Gov.ukgov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-gui…
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0523ff (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Active Recovery Beds 2025
When will the Active Recovery Beds 2025 tender open?
Lincolnshire County Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Active Recovery Beds 2025 contract worth?
The estimated value is £4,949,902. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Active Recovery Beds 2025?
Lincolnshire County Council, based in Lincoln, East Midlands. The named contact is Mark Fowell.
How do I bid for Active Recovery Beds 2025?
Register on the buyer's portal named in the notice, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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