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Awarded· 25 Feb 2025

Intermediate Care Beds

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board · Sunderland, North East

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded Intermediate Care Beds. It is a contract for reablement in Sunderland.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 11 Mar 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:36

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  2. 2025

    Tender notice updated

    Tender Notice · 09:38

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About this tender

In brief

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has awarded Intermediate Care Beds. It is a contract for reablement in Sunderland. The contract went to Minster Care Management. It was awarded on 25 February 2025. The contract value is £1,232,776.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 11 March 2025. The notice number is 008642-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e7cf.

Summary of the contracting process

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board has completed the tender process for the procurement of Intermediate Care Beds under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) regulations of 2023. This contract, which falls under the health services category (CPV: 85100000), aims to provide short stay community intermediate care beds in single rooms for patients meeting specific criteria.

The service is intended to help either avoid admission to secondary care hospitals or facilitate discharge from acute hospital beds. Located in Sunderland, the contracting authority has officially awarded the contract through Direct Award Process C, with the procurement stage being the award phase. The contract will begin on 1st April 2025 and end on 30th September 2026, with a total value of £821,851.

The notice in full

For patients who meet the access criteria, rather than admit to a secondary care hospital (step up) or to facilitate a discharge from an acute hospital bed (step down), the Responsive Integrated Assessment Care Team (RIACT) will offer a short stay community intermediate care bed (in a single room) within the providers premises.

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Intermediate Care Beds - Darlington The relevant authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider under Direct Award C under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) regulations 2023. The final contract value is still to be finalised as it is dependent on the national NHS planning guidance which is still to be released. As an indication the 2024/25 contract value is PS821,851.

    Contract Start Date: 01 April 2025 Contract End Date: 31 March 2027

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Reablement
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
Minster Care Management
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
Large

Values

Contracts value
£1,232,776

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
008642-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e7cf
CPV code
85100000 - Health services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board is based in Sunderland. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Sunderland
Town
Sunderland
Postcode
SR4 6SJ
Electoral ward
Pallion
Constituency
Sunderland Central
Delivery area
North East (England)
Region
North East
Sub-region
Sunderland
Area
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Category
Services
Address
Sunderland, SR4 6SJ · North East · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Minster Care Management
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 Intermediate Care Beds

Who won the Intermediate Care Beds contract?

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board awarded the contract to Minster Care Management on 25 February 2025.

How much is the Intermediate Care Beds contract worth?

The contract value is £1,232,776.

Who is the buyer for Intermediate Care Beds?

North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, based in Sunderland, North East.

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