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title: "Patient Discharge Bridging Service"
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# Patient Discharge Bridging Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/patient-discharge-bridging-service-ocds-h6vhtk-060083). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust: "Patient Discharge Bridging Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-sussex-healthcare-nhs-trust-nhs-rxc)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Home medical treatment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060083`

## 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/patient-discharge-bridging-service-ocds-h6vhtk-060083#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice.<br/><br/>A Patient Discharge Bridging Service for ESHT. The service supports patients who are medically optimised for discharge and do not meet the criteria to remain in hospital, but whose long-term local authority care package is not yet in place.<br/><br/>The aim of the supply of care service is to enable timely, safe discharge from hospital, reduce unnecessary delays, improve patient flow, and ensure continuity of care until statutory services assume responsibility. Working collaboratively with ESHT, Local Authorities, and community partners to ensure safe handover and continuity of care and ensuring our teams are integrated into the ESHT teams to ensure that happens.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Service summary:<br/>•	Provide same-day or within-24-hour home-based support to enable timely and safe discharge from hospital.<br/>•	Deliver personal care and daily living support to eligible patients until their care is formally handed over to Adul...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000874-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **MINERVA NURSING LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170677`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000874-2026-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 07/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031570-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-07T14:27:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T20:45:38.395Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060083