Awarded· 18 Dec 2025
BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board · Birmingham, West Midlands
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board has awarded BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC. It is a contract for home care and domiciliary care in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 22 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Oceans Care Services
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:42
View notice
About this tender
In brief
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board has awarded BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC. It is a contract for home care and domiciliary care in Birmingham. The contract went to Oceans Care Services. It was awarded on 18 December 2025. The contract value is £1.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 22 December 2025. The notice number is 085375-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05fb7f.
Summary of the contracting process
The NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) has concluded the procurement process for the provision of domiciliary care services through the award of a contract to Oceans Care Services Ltd. This contract, identified as BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC, addresses community health services within regions UKG31 and UKG32, covering the area of Birmingham.
The procurement was conducted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, and it bypasses the typical requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The process followed was a limited procedure without a prior publication of a call for competition. The contract commenced on 9th December 2025 and will run until 31st March 2027.
Relevant award criteria focused on the quality of 'patient choice', with no specific emphasis on cost considerations. SMEs in the Birmingham area, like Oceans Care Services Ltd, could find this a lucrative market given the possibility of varying contract values based on service demand and delivery, which can facilitate business growth and increased market presence in the community health services sector.
The notice in full
Provision of domiciliary care services to CHC-eligible clients
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
"The service provided under this notice will be for domiciliary care. This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply. The contract is awarded with no guarantee of activity.
The value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. This is a new contract. The contract will run from 9th December 2025 to 31st March 2027."
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Domiciliary care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Oceans Care Services
- 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
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £1
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
- 085375-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05fb7f
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B1 1TT
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- Birmingham, TLG32 Solihull
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Birmingham, B1 1TT · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Oceans Care Services
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC
Who won the BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC contract?
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Oceans Care Services on 18 December 2025.
How much is the BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC contract worth?
The contract value is £1.
Who is the buyer for BSOL_Oceans Care Services Limited_2025-26_IFPCHC?
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board, based in Birmingham, West Midlands.
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