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Awarded· 12 Aug 2025

BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service

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 Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    Oakleaf Care (hartwell

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:25

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About this tender

In brief

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board has awarded BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Central Bedfordshire. The contract went to Oakleaf Care (hartwell. 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 052880-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05917d.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) is in the process of awarding a contract for the "BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service" under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This contract process is part of a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) and falls outside the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The industry category is health services, specifically focusing on specialised rehabilitation for patients with complex brain injury or stroke needs. The contract is intended to be awarded to the existing provider, Oakleaf Care (Hartwell) Limited, without prior publication of a call for competition, covering services from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2028 in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes.

The process is currently at the award stage, with an important standstill period for representations ending at midnight on 11th September 2025.

The notice in full

Provision of specialised rehabilitation for patients with highly complex acquired brain injury or stroke needs.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Provision of Specialised' rehabilitation services, which provide for patients with highly complex rehabilitation needs following illness or injury that are beyond the scope of their local general and specialist services.

    BLMK is intending to award the contract to the current provider as it is one of a few providers who can support the cohort of patients. The required remains unchanged and the current provider is meeting all contractual requirements.

    The ICB are intending to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C on a Cost per case basis. The dates between which the service is intended to be provided are 01.04.2026 - 31.03.2028.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Oakleaf Care (hartwell
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
052880-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05917d
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board is based in Central Bedfordshire. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Town
Stevenage
Postcode
SG17 5TQ
Electoral ward
Shefford
Constituency
Hitchin
Delivery area
Luton
Region
East of England
Sub-region
Central Bedfordshire
Area
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Country
England
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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
Oakleaf Care (hartwell
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 BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service

Who won the BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service contract?

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Oakleaf Care (hartwell on 12 August 2025.

Who is the buyer for BLMK Specialised Acquired Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation Service?

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, based in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

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