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Awarded· 1 Jun 2025

East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board · Windsor and Maidenhead, South East

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board has awarded East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB. It is a contract for nursing care and nursing home in Windsor and Maidenhead.

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

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    See Section Vi: Complementary Information

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:56

    View notice
  3. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 08:16

    View notice
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About this tender

In brief

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board has awarded East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB. It is a contract for nursing care and nursing home in Windsor and Maidenhead. The contract went to See Section Vi: Complementary Information. It was awarded on 1 June 2025.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 July 2025. The notice number is 036282-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-052aeb.

Summary of the contracting process

The NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board has concluded the procurement process for the East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract, which falls under the health and social work services category. This process was managed by Evalucom Consulting Ltd on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB and involved the commissioning of NHS Continuing Healthcare placements for adults in Berkshire.

Applications for this contract were open from 3 February 2025 until 17 March 2025 on the CarePulse eProcurement system. As of the latest update, a contract was awarded to multiple providers including ABBEY CHASE RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING HOMES LIMITED, BUPA CARE HOMES, and others, on 2 June 2025.

This contract is carried out without a prior publication of a call for competition, being an award procedure wherein providers confirmed acceptance of pre-set contract rates.

The notice in full

The NHS Frimley ICB Commissioning Authority opened the East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for applications. Applications were open from 3 February 2025 through the CarePulse eProcurement system (eastberkshire-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk) and closed at 5:00 pm on 17 March 2025. Successful Providers will be added to the East Berkshire Nursing Home AQP list.

The AQP list will be used by the NHS Frimley ICB as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare placements for adults. The contract notice previously published on FTS is: 2025/S 000-003414 This procurement has been carried out by Evalucom on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) is solely facilitating this publication on behalf of Evalucom.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    The NHS Frimley ICB Commissioning Authority opened the East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for applications. Applications were open from 3 February 2025 through the CarePulse eProcurement system (https://eastberkshire-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk) and closed at 5:00 pm on 17 March 2025. The contract award process is a competitive process conducted in accordance with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).

    Successful Providers will be added to the NHS East Berkshire Nursing Home AQP list. This AQP list is used by the ICB as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) placements for adults. The services will be delivered in CQC registered Nursing Homes.

    The Contract does not guarantee any volume of activity or payment to the Provider. There is no minimum number of packages that the Provider can expect to receive through the contract. Evalucom Consulting Ltd are managing the procurement process on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB Commissioning Authority.

    If you have any questions or require more information, please email the Evalucom team at: EastBerkshire.NursingHomeAQP@evalucom.co.uk. The contract notice previously published on FTS is: 2025/S 000-003414 This procurement has been carried out by Evalucom on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) is solely facilitating this publication on behalf of Evalucom.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Nursing Care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
See Section Vi: Complementary Information
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

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
036282-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052aeb
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board is based in Windsor and Maidenhead. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Town
Slough
Postcode
SL4 3DP
Electoral ward
Old Windsor
Constituency
Windsor
Delivery area
Berkshire
Region
South East
Sub-region
Berkshire East
Area
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Contact
Milica Babic
Address
Windsor, SL4 3DP · South East · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
See Section Vi: Complementary Information
Awardee scale
SME
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 East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB

Who won the East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB contract?

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to See Section Vi: Complementary Information on 1 June 2025.

Who is the buyer for East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB?

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board, based in Windsor and Maidenhead, South East. The named contact is Milica Babic.

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