Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Intermediate Care Beds in Northumberland
Authority: Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is carrying out this procurement process to secure the provision of 15 Intermediate Care Beds in Northumberland.<br/><br/>The contract will be for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 3 x 12 month periods.<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. <br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 12 midnight, 11th September 2024 to the email address: [email protected]
CPV: Health services · Rehabilitation hospital services · Residential health facilities services · Residential nursing care services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,500,000
What it takes to wini
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 (9)
- Mobilisation: 2
- Service Objectives: 6
- Access to the Service: 2
- Service Requirements, Quality Standards, Contract Monitoring and Reporting: 5
- Staff Training/Skills: 3
- Business Continuity: 2
- price: 30
- Social Value Improve Health and Wellbeing: 5
- Social Value Net Zero Progress: 5
Published award criteria (14)
- Bed Numbers: Pass/Fail
- CQC Registration: Pass/Fail
- CQC Rating: Pass/Fail
- Location: Pass/Fail
- Requirements of Facilities: Pass/Fail
- Mobilisation: 2%
- Service Objectives: 6%
- Access to the Service: 2%
- Service Requirements, Quality Standards, Contract Monitoring and Reporting: 5%
- Staff Training/Skills: 3%
- Business Continuity: 2%
- Social Value Improve Health and Wellbeing: 5%
- Social Value Net Zero Progress: 5%
- Price: 30
- Suitability
As stated in the ITT Documentation
- Price carries 30 of 60 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Aug 2024, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2025, 11:16 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
NH1640- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007640- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0487b9Find a Tender
Publisher note: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is carrying out this procurement process to secure the provision of 15 Intermediate Care Beds in Northumberland.<br/><br/>The basic and key criteria rationale used was as indicated in the Contract Notice and the Tender documentation<br/><br/>The contract will be for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 3 x 12 month periods.<br/><br/>This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.<br/><br/>This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. <br/>The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 11th September 2024 to the email address: [email protected]<br/><br/>Award Decision Makers included representatives from:<br/><br/>Procurement<br/>Procurement CSR & Policy<br/>Community Services Business Unit<br/>Medicine Business Unit<br/>Finance<br/><br/>No Conflicts of Interest Identified
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2024
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
19 Aug 2024 → 3 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline19 Aug 2024
- Bids opened19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published3 Mar 2025, 11:16 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Aug 2024- Status changed to complete29 Aug 2024, 11:38 BST
- Buyer details updated3 Mar 2025, 11:16 GMT
Published 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 competitive process.Contract Start date is 20…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countrywide Care Homes (2) Ltd | £3,441,428 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 027531-2024-1 · Countrywide Care Homes (2) Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2024
- Value
- £3,441,428
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS TrustReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Countrywide Care Homes (2) LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria