Awarded· 10 Jun 2025
Hospital Navigator Scheme
Slough Borough Council · Slough, South East
Slough Borough Council has awarded Hospital Navigator Scheme. It is a contract for other health and social care in Slough.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Jun 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Aik Saath
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:32
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About this tender
In brief
Slough Borough Council has awarded Hospital Navigator Scheme. It is a contract for other health and social care in Slough. The contract went to Aik Saath. It was awarded on 10 June 2025. The contract value is £68,500.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 18 June 2025. The notice number is 033466-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-054f5d.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process involves the Slough Borough Council as the buying organisation, focusing on the "Hospital Navigator Scheme" within the services industry category, specifically under hospital and related services. The main location for the contract is in Slough, specifically at Wexham Park Hospital in the UKJ11 region.
The purchasing process has reached the award stage with the contract intended to be awarded on the 1st of July, 2025, ending by the 31st of March, 2028. This intention to award notice follows the Provider Selection Regime under the Health Care Services Regulation 2023, operating outside the scope of the Procurement Act 2023.
The procurement method used is a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, starting with a standstill period that concludes on the 30th of June, 2025. The service aims to stabilise individuals, reduce vulnerability and emergency re-attendances, and contribute towards community empowerment. Organisations with expertise in managing healthcare navigation and support services, especially those experienced in engaging with vulnerable young individuals, could significantly benefit.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can provide innovative solutions for reducing dependency on public health systems and enhancing life chances for at-risk populations are particularly well-suited to compete.
The notice in full
The Hospital Navigator Scheme (HNS) involves a Hospital Navigator co-ordinator to work with a team of volunteers who are based in the Emergency Department (ED) - for Slough at Wexham Park Hospital. The Navigators engage with children and young people who present for emergency treatment - either as a direct experience of violence, or the possible root causes of violence, such as substance abuse or mental health crisis'.
The Navigator connects with the vulnerable young people which can lead to ongoing support beyond the hospital to obtain necessary specialist input from community services
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).
High level outcomes which the service is expected to make direct contribution to: 1) To stabilise individuals and reduce their reliance upon the local public health systems 2) To improve individuals engaged life chances and reduce vulnerability towards violence 3) To reduce the number of re-attendances to ED 4) To reduce the cost to the Multi -agency partnership area in each of the 9 areas - terms Health, social care, police, local authority, education.
5) Members of the community feel empowered to be part of the solution to serious violence in their area Contract Start Date: 1st July 2025 Contract End Date: 31st March 2028
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Aik Saath
- 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
- £68,500
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
- 033466-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054f5d
- CPV code
- 85110000 - Hospital and related services; 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services; 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Slough
- Town
- Slough
- Postcode
- SL1 2EL
- Electoral ward
- Herschel Park
- Constituency
- Slough
- Delivery area
- Berkshire
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Berkshire East
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Slough Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Ankur Patel
- Phone
- +44 1753475111
- Address
- Slough, SL1 2EL · South East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Aik Saath
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Hospital Navigator Scheme
Who won the Hospital Navigator Scheme contract?
Slough Borough Council awarded the contract to Aik Saath on 10 June 2025.
How much is the Hospital Navigator Scheme contract worth?
The contract value is £68,500.
Who is the buyer for Hospital Navigator Scheme?
Slough Borough Council, based in Slough, South East. The named contact is Ankur Patel, on +44 1753475111.
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