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# Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lincolnshire-admission-avoidance-aa-discharge-support-ds-and-urgent-care-response-ucr-serv-ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust: "Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £5,672,580. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lincolnshire-community-health-services-nhs-trust-nhs-ry5)
- **Published Value:** £5,672,580 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,672,580 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b`

## 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/lincolnshire-admission-avoidance-aa-discharge-support-ds-and-urgent-care-response-ucr-serv-ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D57d9e415-ee25-ec11-810e-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lincolnshire-admission-avoidance-aa-discharge-support-ds-and-urgent-care-response-ucr-serv-ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b#participate

## Description
The aim of this procurement activity was to source suitable, capable, quality provision of health care and support services for patients across Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands of England, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The service was procured by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) Lincolnshire Procurement Service on behalf of and for the lead commissioner and contracting authority: Lincolnshire Community Health Services (LCHS); working in collaboration with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), and in partnership across Integrated Care System (ICS) health and social care partner organisations.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust issued an Invitation to Tender in connection with the competitive procurement of Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART). Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is “the Contracting Authority” to this Tender and resulting contract. Lincolnshire County Council are an additional named user of the service. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust are acting as the agent of the Contracting Authority in all matters relating to this procurement.
This service contract was offered with a maximum prospective budget of £1,134,516.00 per annum. This service contract is for a maximum potential duration of 5 years, 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years further, in line with the procurement commercial schedules.
The service and contract will commence on the 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 for the term of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 2 years (12 or 24 months). The total maximum opportunity is therefore up to five years with a maximum end date of 31 March 2027. The maximum prospective value of contact terms is therefore £5,672,580.00 over 5 years.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £4,114,765

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 31/03/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART) (active)
  - Award id: `004514-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Age UK Lincoln and South Lincolnshire**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-44397`
  - Value: £5,672,580 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Lincolnshire Admission Avoidance (AA), Discharge Support (DS) and Urgent Care Response (UCR) Service to be delivered by a Hospitals Admissions Avoidance Response Team (HART) (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,672,580
  - Signed Date: 07/02/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004514-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-17T11:53:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:56:24.389Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d41b