Awarded· 16 Sept 2024
The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust · Blaby, East Midlands
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has awarded The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. It is a contract for other health and social care in Blaby.
Source: Find a Tender, published 23 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (kegworth
2024
Award notice published
Award Notice · 14:10
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 11:45
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About this tender
In brief
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has awarded The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. It is a contract for other health and social care in Blaby. The contract went to Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (kegworth. It was awarded on 16 September 2024.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 23 July 2025. The notice number is 042346-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-049b96.
Summary of the contracting process
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, located in Glenfield, Leicester, UK, has awarded a contract for the provision of block booking beds to address the temporary shortage of mental health beds in its facilities. The trust is seeking to contract five acute mental health beds from another provider within Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, due to urgent renovation work.
The procurement category falls under hospital and related services, with the procurement method being limited through the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The contract's lifespan is set from September to December 2024, with a total estimated value of £300,000. Representations by providers were required by 27th September 2024, marking the start of a standstill period prior to the formal award.
Furthermore, this contract may serve as a stepping stone for providers looking to establish long-term partnerships with regional NHS trusts.
The notice in full
Due to a temporary closure of some mental health beds within Leicestershire Partnership Trust we are looking to contract 5 acute mental health beds from another provider within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The trust has determined that whilst some urgent renovation work to our inpatient mental health estate is undertaken and completed, 5 additional acute mental health beds need to be contracted for a period of 3 months.
This will support the trust in being able to admit patients who require an acute mental health bed and will also support with the trust being able to step patients down from our psychiatric intensive care unit to improve flow across our entire bed base. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health programme expressed the ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements for non-specialist acute care by 2021.
To ensure that the trust continues to deliver on this ambition set by NHS England, the provider of these 5 beds needs to be within the geographical boundary of Leicestershire and Rutland so that patients remain in their local area and therefore allowing the maintaining of relationships with family, carers and friends.as part of delivering on this ambition.
NHS providers and commissioners are required to report the use of non-specialist services acute care via the Mental Health Specialist Data Set (MHSDS). In identifying a suitable provider, the practice within the trust which has been agreed and established through the trusts Bed Management Standard Operating Procedure states when considering the use of additional beds the trust will only place patients in providers with a latest CQC rating of "Good".
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process; and the contract value is (estimated) PS300,000.00 This is a new contract and new provider The contract will be in place for 3 months September - December 2025
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (kegworth
- 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
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
- 042346-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049b96
- CPV code
- 85110000 - Hospital and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Blaby
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE3 8RA
- Electoral ward
- Glenfield Faire
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Delivery area
- Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Leicestershire CC and Rutland
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Jevgenija Zulfugarova
- Address
- Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (kegworth
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Who won the The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust contract?
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust awarded the contract to Rushcliffe Independent Hospitals (kegworth on 16 September 2024.
Who is the buyer for The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust?
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, based in Blaby, East Midlands. The named contact is Jevgenija Zulfugarova.
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