Official UK procurement notice
Provision of an Out of Hospital Service
Authority: NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (GICB) has undertaken a competitive procurement process to commission an Out of Hospital Service in Gloucestershire.
This service offers short term practical solutions to facilitate a return home from hospital. As well as supporting individuals to adjust and regain confidence as they recover. The service will also offer longer term support through relevant community networks and resources of the provider or by contact with VCS groups and networks.
The service will act as single point of access and triage for assisted discharge support for discharge. It will ensure Service users are settled in safely at home after a spell in hospital and support service users to become independent at home again.
The service should contribute to the reduction of hospital re-admissions.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Mar 2029, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,040,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical / Quality / Service: 80%
- Financial: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical / Quality / Service: Technical / Quality / Service criteria totalling 80%. Details included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.
- Financial: Financial evaluation totalling 20%. Details included in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation and Financial Model Template (FMT).
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Mar 2029
- First published
- 12 May 2025, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2025, 15:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
NGPT 92/2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020413- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0510bcFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Completed ITT bids must be submitted to Paul Wilkinson, Senior Procurement Manager, NHS Gloucestershire ICB at [email protected] no later than noon on Friday 30 May 2025.
Timeline
12 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published12 May 2025, 12:02 BST
- Clarification questions by21 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent31 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published31 Jul 2025, 15:59 BST
- Standstill ends12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts387 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2025- Tender notice published12 May 2025, 12:02 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published31 Jul 2025, 15:59 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete31 Jul 2025, 15:59 BST
- Contract signature expected19 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Red Cross SocietyVCSEOut of Hospital Service1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2029Extensions: Option to extend for two further periods, each of 1-year duration. | £1,952,000 | 30 Jul 2025standstill to 12 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETYAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender