Awarded· 12 Aug 2025
BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · Central Bedfordshire, East of England
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Headway Bedford
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:31
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire. The contract went to Headway Bedford. It was awarded on 12 August 2025.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 September 2025. The notice number is 052841-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05916a.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board is pursuing an award for the Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service in Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire. Governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, this procurement is a limited procedure without a preceding call for competition, specifically under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
The publication on 1st September 2025 initiates a standstill period allowing providers to make representations until 11th September 2025. The planned contract for Headway Bedford, awarded in August 2025, spans two years from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028 and holds a value of £371,662.
The direct award process favours existing providers, yet the structured nature of the tender demands a high standard of service provision, paving the way for competent partners to explore service augmentation or alliances.
The notice in full
Acquired brain injury rehabilitation services across Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The lead commissioner for this service is BLMK ICB. Acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation services are provided in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire local authority areas. ABI rehabilitation services aids the long term rehabilitation of patients who have suffered brain injury.
The service provides continued rehabilitation for patients following discharge from the ABI, Neuro-Rehab Teams or other health professional services, allowing patients to achieve their potential. This could be a return to employment, accessing work, education, or volunteering, accessing social support or transferring to day care more appropriate to the patients need.
The services available as part of rehabilitation can include Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Cognitive Group or individual Sessions, Computing, Art, Digital photography, Counselling Psychology, Art Psychotherapy, Cooking, The Community Brain Injury Advice team (CBIA) and organised outings.
The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS371,662. The services are intended to be provided for a period of 2 years from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Headway Bedford
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 052841-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05916a
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Town
- Stevenage
- Postcode
- SG17 5TQ
- Electoral ward
- Shefford
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- Delivery area
- Bedford
- Region
- East of England
- Sub-region
- Central Bedfordshire
- Area
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Headway Bedford
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
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Questions about BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire
Who won the BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire contract?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Headway Bedford on 12 August 2025.
Who is the buyer for BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, based in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
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