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Awarded· 5 Aug 2025

Residential and Nursing Care Beds

London Borough of Harrow · Harrow, Greater London

London Borough of Harrow has awarded Residential and Nursing Care Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Harrow.

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

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Award notice published

    UK5 - Transparency Notice · 08:25

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  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 10:16

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  3. 2025

    Contract starts

  4. Next

    2027

    Contract ends

    2 years after it starts

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About this tender

In brief

London Borough of Harrow has awarded Residential and Nursing Care Beds. It is a contract for other health and social care in Harrow. The contract went to Acer Healthcare Operations. It was awarded on 5 August 2025. The awarded value is £624,000. The contract runs from 31 August 2025 to 31 August 2027. It lasts 2 years.

It is run as a direct award. The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 11 August 2025. The notice number is 047575-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05812b.

Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Harrow has completed a procurement process for a contract under the title "Residential and Nursing Care Beds," focusing on the health and social work services industry category. This procurement involved a direct award, part of the council’s Adult Social Care initiative, to ACER Healthcare Operations Limited for services at Appletree Court Care Home.

The procurement falls under the light touch regime and is financially supported by the Better Care Fund to facilitate winter hospital discharges. The total contract value, set at £748,800 gross, will run from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027, with an award notice completed on 11 August 2025.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) might benefit from understanding potential future procurement opportunities within the sub-central government sector, particularly in light of continuity of care prioritisation.

The notice in full

London Borough of Harrow Adult Social Care is awarding a Block Arrangement Services Contract to Acer Healthcare Operations Ltd at Appletree Court Care Home for the provision of Nursing Elderly Mentally Infirm (EMI) and Nursing Dementia beds. This is supported by Better Care Fund (BCF) funding and forms part of the winter admissions to facilitate hospital discharges.

Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.

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Key facts

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

Contract

Service
Other
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
31 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2027 (2 years)
Suitable for
Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Awarded to
Acer Healthcare Operations
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement method
Direct
Procedure
Direct award
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Awards value
£624,000

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Complete
Awards
Pending

Not stated in the notice: contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
047575-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05812b
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

London Borough of Harrow is based in Harrow. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Harrow
Town
Harrow
Postcode
HA3 8FL
Electoral ward
Kenton West
Constituency
Harrow East
Region
Greater London
Sub-region
Harrow and Hillingdon
Area
Outer London - West and North West
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
London Borough of Harrow
Category
Services
Contact
Lisa Taylor
Address
Harrow, HA3 8FL · Greater London · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Acer Healthcare Operations
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
£624,000
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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 Residential and Nursing Care Beds

Who won the Residential and Nursing Care Beds contract?

London Borough of Harrow awarded the contract to Acer Healthcare Operations on 5 August 2025. It is due to end on 31 August 2027, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.

How much is the Residential and Nursing Care Beds contract worth?

The awarded value is £624,000. The contract runs from 31 August 2025 to 31 August 2027 (2 years).

Who is the buyer for Residential and Nursing Care Beds?

London Borough of Harrow, based in Harrow, Greater London. The named contact is Lisa Taylor.

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