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# NHS Sussex ICB Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-sussex-icb-nursing-home-any-qualified-provider-aqp-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec84). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "NHS Sussex ICB Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 May 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: sussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board-nhs-qnx)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 May 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £0 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ec84`

## 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/nhs-sussex-icb-nursing-home-any-qualified-provider-aqp-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec84#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-sussex-icb-nursing-home-any-qualified-provider-aqp-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec84#participate

## Description
NHS Sussex ICB opened the NHS Sussex Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for new applicants.
Applications were open from Tuesday 1 April 2025 through CarePulse eProcurement (https://sussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk/) and closed at 5:00 pm on 13 May 2025. Applications were evaluated between 14 May 2025 and 8 July 2025. 
Successful Providers have been added to the NHS Sussex Nursing Home AQP list, which the ICB uses as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) placements for adults.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** NHS Sussex ICB opened the NHS Sussex Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for new applicants.
This contract covers the provision of nursing home services for adults in CQC registered Nursing Homes and is applicable to Providers with nur...
- **Contract Period:** 27/07/2025 to 30/11/2027

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** 040171-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **See Section VI: Complementary information**

  - Value: £0 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 051698-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **See Section VI: Complementary information**

  - Value: £0 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 067234-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **See Section VI: Complementary information**

  - Value: £0 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** 040171-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £0
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

- **Contract:** 051698-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £0
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

- **Contract:** 067234-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £0
  - Signed Date: 14/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029843-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-31T14:21:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T07:44:55.227Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ec84