Awarded· 17 Mar 2025
HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · South Norfolk, East
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in South Norfolk.
Source: Find a Tender, published 17 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 11:29
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About this tender
In brief
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has awarded HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in South Norfolk. The contract went to Homelink Healthcare. It was awarded on 17 March 2025. The contract value is £790,400.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 17 March 2025. The notice number is 009607-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04edb7.
Summary of the contracting process
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has initiated an intention to award notice under the Provider Selection Regime for the HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service. This contract, aimed at delivering health services directly to patients' homes, falls within the East of England region (UKH15). The procurement process is in the award stage, with the standstill period beginning right after this notice's publication.
The contract is for a period of 12 months, starting from 31 March 2025 to 27 March 2026. This is a services contract valued at £790,400 and managed through a Direct Award Process without prior competition due to the continuation of existing services under regulated conditions. Companies that can offer 24/7 clinical on-call services and strong account management will find this contract particularly suited to their capabilities.
The procurement process favouring existing successful providers also highlights the importance of demonstrating proven service quality and continuity.
The notice in full
NHS sub-contract for the provision of clinical services to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
HomeLink Healthcare shall provide clinical care to patients in the NNUH Virtual ward in the place they call home.
The service will be managed from a base within NNUH to allow for close communication with the virtual ward. The visits will be delivered by a multi-disciplinary field team, supported and managed by a HomeLink Clinical Lead based in the East of England and an Associate Clinical Lead based on site at NNUH.
The Service will comprise:
1. Delivery of the pre-agreed number of visits to patients' homes, including nursing and residential homes
2. A 24-hour, 7 day a week, clinical 'on-call' service
3. Clinical oversight
4. Account Management
Interventions delivered include but are not limited to:
* Wound Care including wounds requiring negative pressure pumps
* Stoma Care
* IV Antibiotics
* Assistance with Medication
* Bloods
* Bridging Package of Care
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
This contract is being awarded to an existing provider under the Provider Selection Regime following Direct Award Process C, for a period of 12 months commencing 31/03/2025 until 27/03/2026.
The service will be managed from a base within NNUH to allow for close communication with the virtual ward. The visits will be delivered by a multi-disciplinary field team, supported and managed by a HomeLink Clinical Lead based in the East of England and an Associate Clinical Lead based on site at NNUH.
The Service will comprise:
1. Delivery of the pre-agreed number of visits to patients' homes, including nursing and residential homes
2. A 24-hour, 7 day a week, clinical 'on-call' service
3. Clinical oversight
4. Account Management
Interventions delivered include but are not limited to:
* Wound Care including wounds requiring negative pressure pumps
* Stoma Care
* IV Antibiotics
* Assistance with Medication
* Bloods
* Bridging Package of Care
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Homelink Healthcare
- 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
- £790,400
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
- 009607-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04edb7
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- South Norfolk
- Town
- Norwich
- Postcode
- NR4 7UY
- Electoral ward
- Cringleford
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Delivery area
- Norwich and East Norfolk
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Breckland and South Norfolk
- Area
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Nathan Griffen
- Phone
- +44 1603288274
- Address
- Norwich, NR4 7UY · East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Homelink Healthcare
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service
Who won the HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service contract?
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded the contract to Homelink Healthcare on 17 March 2025.
How much is the HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service contract worth?
The contract value is £790,400.
Who is the buyer for HomeLink Healthcare NNUH Virtual Ward Service?
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in South Norfolk, East. The named contact is Nathan Griffen, on +44 1603288274.
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