Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Nursing Care Beds (Gold Care)
Authority: London Borough of Bromley (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council proposes to enter into block contract arrangements with an incumbent provider - Gold Care, for the provision of 10 nursing care home beds at Burrows House, converting existing spot arrangements into block provision. The contracts will support the placement of adults requiring both short-term and long-term care, including Discharge to Assess (D2A), respite care and longer-term nursing and residential placements, enabling the Council to discharge its statutory duty under the Care Act 2014. The proposed block contract will ensure service continuity, operational efficiency and better meet current and anticipated demand for Nursing Care.
CPV: Health services · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jun 2026, 09:58 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 16:39 BST
- Authority reference
DN818446- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098657- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06af60Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Responded to formal market engagement and completed expression of interest requests.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Jun 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published138 days ago8 Jun 2026, 09:58 BST
- Market engagement120 days ago26 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
Suppliers interested in participating in the event should complete the MS Forms using the link below: forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx ↗
If interested suppliers are unable to access this link, a further link can be found attached to the opportunity on Proactis, reference DN818446, and suppliers should access the form via this link.
- Latest notice published5 days ago19 Oct 2026, 16:39 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 37 days1 Dec 2026
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jun 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jun 2026, 09:58 BSTUK2
- Transparency notice published19 Oct 2026, 16:39 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete19 Oct 2026, 16:39 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Oct 2026, 16:39 BST
- Contract signature expected25 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTDSMEProvision of Nursing Care Beds - Direct Award of Block Contracts1 Nov 2026 – 25 Oct 2027 · up to 25 Oct 2029Extensions: Extensions will be at the sole discretion of the Council and will be dependent upon supplier performance, maintenance of a CQC rating of Good and continued demand for the service. | £1,893,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender