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All-Age Continuing Care (AACC) Digital System to NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board

Buyer: NHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD →

BuyerNHS GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published17 Oct 2025

What is being bought

NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) were seeking to secure a Prime Provider who had the capability and capacity to provide a Continuing Healthcare and Nursing Healthcare digital system, in line with the specified requirements. The Commissioner confirmed that whilst they were seeking a Prime Provider, they welcomed partnerships, consortiums and/or sub-contractual models, which was at Bidders' discretion. Services are scheduled to commence on 1st April 2026. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 (three) years, with an option to extend for a further 1 (one) year, plus another 1 (one) year as defined at the sole discretion of the Commissioners. Below is a high-level overview of the requirements to be delivered: The AACC Digital system will need to have the following functionalities and/or mandatory requirements: Case Management functionality including: • Case Management Solution • Communication and Contact Information • Workflow Management • Disputes, Complaints, Appeals and Panels • Previously Unassessed Periods of Care (PUPoC) • Independent Review Process • Safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Referral Management functionality including: • Professional Referrals and Interactions • Referral Management Financial Management including: • Personal Health Budgets (PHBs) • Reimbursements • Regular Processes Reporting including: • Data Extracts and Reporting The AACC Digital system may provide the following functionalities and/or desirable requirements: • Patient Interaction • Commissioning, Provider Marketplace & Provider Portal • Financial Payments TUPE elements do not apply for this procurement opportunity. Total combined maximum contract value, across the full potential term of 5 (five) years including any optional extension years was £600,000 including VAT. A breakdown of all figures and terms were found within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently announced a restructure of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), with the plan for Gloucestershire ICB to initially cluster and then merge with Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB. There is limited information on whether CHC services will remain within ICBs or join another organisation within the wider ICS footprint. When the organisational changes are known the relevant amendments required to the contract will be revised with the successful provider and will be in line with the modification sections of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) regulations The Contracting Authority will observe a 8 working day standstill period starting from the following working day of this notice prior. The Standstill Period will end on 28 October 2025. This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

All-Age Continuing Care (AACC) Digital System

Statuspending
Value£520,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04fb9a
Latest release ID066482-2025
Latest release timestampFri Oct 17 2025 15:39:01 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
17 Oct 2025award, contract066482-2025
18 Jul 2025tender041286-2025
1 Apr 2025planning012365-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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1 Apr 2025 · 012365-2025 · planning
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        "description": "This notice is an information gathering exercise rather than a call for competition in its own right, and therefore publication or response does not commit the Authority or respondents to a future procurement, nor provide any process exemptions or preferential treatment to any parties expressing an interest. The Authority will not be liable for costs incurred by any interested party in participating in this exercise.  \nInterested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.\nOnce you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number), to gain full access to the relevant information and market engagement questionnaire, you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. \nYou will find the project titled: Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Digital System for NHS Gloucestershire ICB - MEE with the Atamis reference C346965.\nIf you are not already registered on the system, you will need to do so before gaining full access to the documentation and to be able to submit your expression of interest for the market engagement event using the correspondence function within Atamis.  \nIt is the Commissioners intent to hold a virtual Market Engagement Event (MEE) at a later date, once expressions of interest have been collated. An invitation to this event will be issued directly to you once you have registered on the Atamis portal.\nAny future tendering process will be conducted in accordance with the requirements and flexibilities provided by the Procurement Act 2023 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025. The Authority will run a transparent process, treating all Bidders equally. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not be bound by the Regulations or any other regulations or legislation except for the specific parts or circumstances that apply to the procurement of these Services."
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