Official UK procurement notice
Plymouth Home-Based Intermediate Care
Authority: NHS Devon Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Devon sought to procure a managed Pathway 1 home-based intermediate care support service for Plymouth - to fully manage provision to support circa 60-80 individuals at any one time on our Intermediate Care pathway in the community following a period of acute/medical intervention.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider processAwarded
This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process.
NHS Devon has a requirement for a fully CQC compliant service, with a minimum rating of good, to fully manage provision to support circa 60-80 individuals at any one time on our Intermediate Care pathway in the community following a period of acute/medical intervention. This service will be on a block basis through a set number of hours of delivery and reimbursed at a fixed hourly rate to encompass all costs. Due to operational demand, this service provision will need to remain flexible in response to system needs and may therefore need to be increased against the 60-80 baseline.
The service is designed to support people following:
- Acute hospital stay (step down)
- A bedded Intermediate Care pathway (step-down)
- Deterioration in the community to prevent hospital admission (step up)
Intermediate Care Pathway 1 personal care, rehab and reablement, will be short-term, time-restricted, supporting a goal-based period of care that calls on a mixture of health and social care assessments and interventions to support people to maximise their potential to live as independently as possible by recovering or continuing to improve skills because of those interventions.
The service will operate on a 7-day basis (including bank holidays) between the core operating hours of 7am and 11pm and accepting referrals during this time. The service operates 24/7 'on call' and 'out of hours' cover.
This service will include but is not limited to: people living with frailty, mild cognitive impairment, dementia or delirium, palliative and end of life care needs, mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, obesity (including bariatric patients), younger adults, and people living in an unsafe environment, experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness.
Further information was included in the PIN previously published for this procurement.
The exact pricing arrangements are subject to contract negotiation but the approximate maximum lifetime value including extension is £4.5m
Although elements of this service are existing, as a fully managed service it is a new requirement.
The intended supplier holds other contracts but is new to provision of these arrangements.
The Contract length will be an initial 18 months with an extension option of up to 12 months. Target start date is 01/10/2026 but this may be subject to ammendment.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Aug 2026, 08:59 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2026, 16:57 BST
- Authority reference
QJK_MSP_P1 Plymouth_Jun 26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086126- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e0c8Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 21/08/2026 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
- Review procedure
This notice marks the start of an 8 working day standstill prior to confirmation of contract award which will end at midnight on 21/08/2026.
If wishing to submit representations to the ICB in relation to the execution of this procurement please ensure that the representation meets the criteria set out in the Provider Selection Regime Statutory Guidance set out below.
Representations should be titled as such and include the procurement reference and be emailed to [email protected].
Relevant authorities are only obliged, to respond to representations that meet ALL- the following conditions:
- The representation is received within the first 8 working days following the start of the standstill period
- the representation comes from a provider that might otherwise have been a provider of the services to which the contract relates
- the provider is aggrieved by the decision of the relevant authority
- the provider believes that the relevant authority has failed to apply the regime correctly and sets out reasonable grounds to support its belief
- the representation is submitted in writing (which includes electronically) to the relevant authority within eight working days of the start of the standstill period.
For any more informal queries regarding this procurement please submit them to the same email address but title it Query rather than Representation.
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on 21/08/2026 (8 working days following publication of intention to award notice). This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. The address for submission of formal representations regarding the conduct of this procurement is [email protected] The evaluation was undertaken by a cross-functional team and award decision ratified via the ICB's Procurement Oversight Group. No Conflicts of Interest were identified in relation to this procurement. The evaluation of providers was completed against the 5 key criteria required by the Provider Selection Regime. Particular weighting was given integration with other Plymouth-based services and quality of delivery as factors likely to best support rapid, effective mobilisation of the working and seamless integration of quality services for patients. Value was pass/ fail based on costings of existing delivery in Plymouth. Overall Weightings were: Quality: 30% Integration: 45% Value: Pass/ fail Access/ managing inequalities: 10% Social Value: 15%
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process. The contract …
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NURSE PLUS AND CARER PLUS (UK) LIMITEDVCSE | £4,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 075996-2026-1 · NURSE PLUS AND CARER PLUS (UK) LIMITEDVCSE
- Signed
- 7 Aug 2026
- Value
- £4,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS Devon ICBReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Nurseplus and Carer Plus UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.