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Awarded· 3 Mar 2025

Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb) · Lewes, South East

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb) has awarded Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia. It is a contract for other health and social care in Lewes.

Source: Find a Tender, published 22 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Impact Initiatives

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:57

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  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 13:10

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb) has awarded Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia. It is a contract for other health and social care in Lewes. The contract went to Impact Initiatives. It was awarded on 3 March 2025. The contract value is £133,875.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 22 April 2025. The notice number is 016253-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e969.

Summary of the contracting process

The tender titled "Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia" is led by NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (ICB), a public health organisation located in Lewes, United Kingdom. This contract, which falls under the community health services category, is to be implemented across the Brighton and Hove region.

Initially announced on 4th March 2025, the contract was formally awarded on 17th March 2025, and its services will be executed from 1st April 2025 to 30th September 2026. It adheres to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, bypassing certain public contract regulations, which emphasises its targeted approach.

The procurement stage is complete, following a most suitable provider process, with services covering various community centres within the area to deliver approximately 55 psychosocial activities quarterly.

The notice in full

NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia services are integrated with the Brighton and Hove City Council Ageing Well Service and need to be delivered in existing established community locations across Brighton and Hove. This service is delivered at the following locations: St Richard's Community Centre in Hangleton and Knoll, Cornerstone Community Centre, Palmeira Square Hove and at the Woodingdean Community Centre.

An estimated 55 separate psychosocial activities are delivered each quarter.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    NOTIFICATION OF INTENTION TO AWARD: This is an intention to award a contract to an existing provider following a most suitable provider process. The total contract value will be for PS133,875 beginning 1st April 2025 and ending 30th September 2026. Currently Impact Initiatives provides Psychosocial Support for People Living with Dementia.

    The range of services, groups and activities offered through the service aim to achieve the following outcomes:

    • Increase health and wellbeing
    • Reduce loneliness and social isolation
    • Support people to remain independent, *Enable people to live well in their communities, thus reducing the need for more intensive services including avoidance of hospital admission.
    • Ensure a wide range of volunteer opportunities. The primary role of the service is to deliver:
    • Single Point of Contact (SPOC) dementia specialist working integrated within the Ageing Well information, advice and signposting service. The SPOC post is a part time role equivalent to 0.6FTE. This SPOC is utilised by people with dementia, their carers and families as well as health and social care professionals and VCSE staff. It is expected that the Provider will ensure that information about local services is available and up to date together with using other appropriate resources.
    • Delivery of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) A local programme of appropriate group CST, with those who have participated in group CST having access to an age appropriate maintenance CST programme
    • Multicomponent activities. For example, lunch with the opportunity to socialise and learn a new craft or skill in a community venue led by people trained in CST.
    • City wide befriending volunteers for people aged 65+ living with mild to moderate memory loss or a diagnosis of dementia.
    • Group befriending events for people living with dementia on a monthly basis as well as groups for people with moderate dementia/memory loss.
    • Arts and crafts and other creative activities.
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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Impact Initiatives
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Tender Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Tender, Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£133,875

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
016253-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e969
CPV code
85323000 - Community health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb) is based in Lewes. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Lewes
Town
Brighton
Postcode
BN7 2FZ
Electoral ward
Lewes Bridge
Constituency
Lewes
Delivery area
Brighton and Hove
Region
South East
Sub-region
East Sussex CC
Area
Surrey, East and West Sussex
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb)
Category
Services
Contact
Stuart Meredith
Address
Lewes, BN7 2FZ · South East · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Impact Initiatives
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia

Who won the Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia contract?

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb) awarded the contract to Impact Initiatives on 3 March 2025.

How much is the Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia contract worth?

The contract value is £133,875.

Who is the buyer for Ageing Well - Psychosocial Support For People Living With Dementia?

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board (icb), based in Lewes, South East. The named contact is Stuart Meredith.

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