Awarded· 15 Sept 2025
Virtual Reality Pilot as part of NHS England funding to assess whether solutions can be identified to reduce and prevent falls in care home settings
West Northamptonshire Council · West Northamptonshire, East Midlands
West Northamptonshire Council has awarded this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in West Northamptonshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 16 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Virtual Reality Therapies
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 09:04
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 08:57
View notice2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
West Northamptonshire Council has awarded this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in West Northamptonshire. The contract went to Virtual Reality Therapies. It was awarded on 15 September 2025. The awarded value is £20,495. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 30 September 2026. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 16 September 2025. The notice number is 056818-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059af3.
Summary of the contracting process
West Northamptonshire Council has completed a procurement process titled "Virtual Reality Pilot as part of NHS England funding to assess whether solutions can be identified to reduce and prevent falls in care home settings." This initiative, in collaboration with NHS England, will see the implementation of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in selected care settings in Northamptonshire to aid in falls prevention.
The procurement falls under the services category and involves a direct method without competition, emphasizing community health services (CPV code: 85323000). The awarded contract, valued at £20,495, is set to commence on 1st October 2025 and conclude on 30th September 2026, covering locations within the UKF24 region of the United Kingdom.
This tender offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in innovative healthcare technologies, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) focused on virtual reality applications within the healthcare industry.
The notice in full
The proposal outlines a targeted, evidence-informed pilot programme to implement immersive Virtual Reality (VR) technology in two care settings in Northamptonshire, Thackley Green Reablement Centre (North Northants Council) and Southfields Residential Care Home (West Northants Council), as part of an NHS England-funded Falls Prevention initiative.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 30 Sep 2025 to 30 Sep 2026 (1 year)
- Awarded to
- Virtual Reality Therapies
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Awards value
- £20,495
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 056818-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059af3
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Town
- Northampton
- Postcode
- NN1 1ED
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Northampton North
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- West Northamptonshire
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- West Northamptonshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Northampton, NN1 1ED · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Virtual Reality Therapies
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £20,495
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056818-2025
- Transparency notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056809-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-059af3 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
Who won the Virtual Reality Pilot as part of NHS England funding to assess whether… contract?
West Northamptonshire Council awarded the contract to Virtual Reality Therapies on 15 September 2025. It is due to end on 30 September 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Virtual Reality Pilot as part of NHS England funding to assess whether… contract worth?
The awarded value is £20,495. The contract runs from 30 September 2025 to 30 September 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Virtual Reality Pilot as part of NHS England funding to assess whether…?
West Northamptonshire Council, based in West Northamptonshire, East Midlands.
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