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title: "Dementia Care Block Contracts"
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# Dementia Care Block Contracts

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dementia-care-block-contracts-ocds-h6vhtk-02c268). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Reading Borough Council: "Dementia Care Block Contracts". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Aug 2021, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Reading Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/reading-borough-council-ons-e06000038)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 August 2021 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £37,717,710 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dementia-care-block-contracts-ocds-h6vhtk-02c268#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c268`

## 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/dementia-care-block-contracts-ocds-h6vhtk-02c268#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Freadingbc%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dementia-care-block-contracts-ocds-h6vhtk-02c268#participate

## Description
The Council currently has 1 block contract for Nursing Dementia Care. This contract is used for the majority of placements the Council makes for people with Nursing Dementia needs in the borough. This contract will expire shortly, therefore in order to ensure that supply matches the continued demand for nursing dementia care home placements (and to assist with speedy hospital discharges) the Council wants to commission new block contracts securing 30 nursing dementia beds in total. The Council is undertaking a full compliant open tender exercise in order to put a longer-term contract in place that will deliver best value for money for the Council and its users.  The block contracts will be for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 4 years (2+2).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The Council currently has 1 block contract for Nursing Dementia Care. This contract is used for the majority of placements the Council makes for people with Nursing Dementia needs in the borough. This contract will expire shortly, therefore in order ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Dementia Block Bed (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `023956-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Dementia Block Bed (active)
  - Award id: `023956-2021-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Florence Care Reading Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-29706`
  - Value: £37,717,710 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Dementia Block Bed (active)
  - Signed Value: £37,717,710
  - Signed Date: 23/09/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023956-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-27T13:41:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:22:05.368Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c268