Official UK procurement notice
CHC Nursing Home Beds Preferred Provider List- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB
Authority: NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) (formerly<br/>CCG) is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers of CHC Nursing<br/>Homes Beds (“the service”), to be delivered across the population of Bedfordshire, Luton and<br/>Milton Keynes.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
All professional and/or trade registrations is specified within the tender documentation.
- Economic & financial standing
Financial standing requirements for the Procurement are outlined within Document 1 - ITT Process Overview, Section 27.5.1 Financial Standing
Minimum: Financial standing requirements for the Procurement are outlined within Document 1 - ITT Process Overview, Section 27.5.1 Financial Standing - Technical & professional ability
All technical capacity and its evaluation criteria are specified within the tender documentation.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £0 (twice the annual value).
Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
No decision dates published to compare.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14%
2–329%
4–614%
7+43%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate0%
Within ±2%100%
Above estimate0%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8510No real estimate
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid21%
2–314%
4–622%
7+44%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 53 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS TrustWorked for this buyer | Community Services for Bedfordshire and Lutonnotice published Jan 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £426m7 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | 33% below n=1 | |
| £20m23 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 3 live · £4.5bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £47m13 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £16m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 | |
| £45m26 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 11 live · £26m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 | |
| £2.0m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £321k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Jul 2022, 16:12 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Mar 2023, 17:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Mar 2030 – …
- Authority reference
C153293- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009218- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03532dFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com)Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2030, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Mar 2030, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
29 Mar 2023 → 31 Mar 2030 · 5 dates- Notice published29 Mar 2023, 17:38 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Submission deadline28 Mar 2030, 16:00 GMT
- Bids opened28 Mar 2030, 16:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until31 Mar 2030, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated29 Mar 2023, 17:38 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.4 | NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) (formerly CCG) is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers of CHC Nursing Homes Beds (“the service”), to be delivered across the population of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The aim of commissioning Continuing Healthcare (CHC) nursing home beds is to provide safe and appropriate care in a f… | NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) (formerly CCG) is inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers of CHC Nursing Homes Beds (“the service”), to be delivered across the population of Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes. The aim of commissioning Continuing Healthcare (CHC) nursing home beds is to provide safe and appropriate care in a f… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICBContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Arden & GEM Commissioning Support UnitMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
- NHS Arden and GEM CSUMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria