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# 2223-0001 Nursing Care Home Beds

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2223-0001-nursing-care-home-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-034d39). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for Nursing Care Home Beds. Islington Council is ambitious about excellent nursing home provision to meet the needs of residents who cannot remain in their own homes or in other accommodation-based services. Islington council is seeking to procure a block of at least eighteen (18) older people’s nursing home beds, with the flexibility to meet the Council’s vision to increase capacity to procure up to a further 18 beds as required (36 in total) in a care home/care homes based in the borough, rated at least ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC.) Potential providers must be aware that TUPE may or may not apply to this service. The contract period will be for 48 months from an estimated start date of 1 December 2022 with option to extend up to a further 24 months.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Islington Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-islington-ons-e09000019)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 July 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034d39`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2223-0001-nursing-care-home-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-034d39#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FProjectManagement%2FProjectDashboard%3FprojectId%3Dc3c623ba-c6f7-ec11-8116-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2223-0001-nursing-care-home-beds-ocds-h6vhtk-034d39#participate

## Description
Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for Nursing Care Home Beds.
Current status / Background
Islington Council is ambitious about excellent nursing home provision to meet the needs of residents who cannot remain in their own homes or in other accommodation-based services. The Council is keen to work with providers that offer high quality, personalised, enabling care and support.  Our aim is that nursing homes are well-connected, at the heart of communities, active contributions to social value, and offer exciting employment opportunities.
The Council holds block contracts for nursing care beds, however demand for in-borough placements out strips supply.  In light of this the Council is seeking to maintain and expand the availability of in-borough nursing care beds block provision.
The requirement
Islington council is seeking to procure a block of at least eighteen (18) older people’s nursing home beds, with the flexibility to meet the Council’s vision to increase capacity to procure up to a further 18 beds as required (36 in total) in a care home/care homes based in the borough, rated at least ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC.)
To ensure a high quality offer, the council is seeking to procure provision only in homes rated ‘Good’ or above by the CQC.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The requirement
Islington council is seeking to procure a block of at least eighteen (18) older people’s nursing home beds, with the flexibility to meet the Council’s vision to increase capacity to procure up to a further 18 beds as required (36 in t...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018066-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-01T14:47:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T11:50:33.295Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034d39