Awarded· 4 Mar 2025
BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing
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 Live Life Social Prescribing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 19 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Age
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 21:07
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 11:07
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About this tender
In brief
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire. The contract went to Age. It was awarded on 4 March 2025. The contract value is £123,754.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 19 September 2025. The notice number is 058079-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04ed92.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) has announced a contract in the health services sector titled "Live Life Social Prescribing". The contract, part of a service procurement process, aims to provide social support by connecting individuals to community resources, thereby improving health outcomes and reducing dependency on health and social care.
The award process utilised is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, avoiding the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract, valued at £126,415, was formally awarded on 1st April 2025 for one year. Operations will be based in Bedfordshire, UKH25 region, encompassing areas such as Milton Keynes.
Organisations like Age UK, already positioned within the social care sector, can leverage such contracts to expand their service scope and contribute significantly to local health outcomes.
The notice in full
The Social Prescribing service provides social support for individuals by supporting, signposting and connecting people to community groups, activity and provision in the local area. Improving health outcomes by encouraging clients to self-mange their conditions, reducing social isolation and dependence on unplanned use of health and social care services.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The Social Prescribing service provides social support for individuals by supporting, signposting and connecting people to community groups, activity and provision in the local area. Improving health outcomes by encouraging clients to self-mange their conditions, reducing social isolation and dependence on unplanned use of health and social care services.
The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The services are intended to be provided for a period of one year from 01st April 2025.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Age
- 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
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £123,754
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
- 058079-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ed92
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Town
- Luton
- Postcode
- LU1 2LJ
- Electoral ward
- Shefford
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- Delivery area
- Milton Keynes
- 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
- Luton, LU1 2LJ · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Age
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing
Who won the BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing contract?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Age on 4 March 2025.
How much is the BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing contract worth?
The contract value is £123,754.
Who is the buyer for BLMK ICB Live Life Social Prescribing?
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, based in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.
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