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title: "Provision of a Stepdown Service with 24hrs Live in Support for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust"
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# Provision of a Stepdown Service with 24hrs Live in Support for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stepdown-service-with-24hrs-live-in-support-ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust: "Provision of a Stepdown Service with 24hrs Live in Support for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,833,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/central-and-north-west-london-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-rv3)
- **Published Value:** £10,833,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 July 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Rehabilitation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI, UKI7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £10,652,230 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stepdown-service-with-24hrs-live-in-support-ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1`

## 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/stepdown-service-with-24hrs-live-in-support-ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/stepdown-service-with-24hrs-live-in-support-ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1#participate

## Description
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is intending to award a contract to commission 30 low to medium Step Down Beds within multiple properties to serve the boroughs of Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. This includes sufficient 24-hour staffing coverage in each property.  The service is commissioned to support acute discharge and reduce delayed discharges with step down placements being time-limited and actively managed to enable services users to move on.<br/>The service is intended to commence on 1 December 2026 for an initial term of five years, with an option to extend the Contract for up to two further periods of 12 months each, giving a maximum potential contract term of seven years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £10,833,000
- **Description:** CNWL is a combined trust that provides services throughout a person’s life, covering community, sexual health, mental health, offender care and addictions services in London, Milton Keynes and beyond. This includes providing mental health care to the...
- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2026 to 30/11/2033

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 093869-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Lifecome Care Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169233`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 093869-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £10,652,230
  - Signed Date: 04/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F093869-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-05T13:21:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T04:17:06.292Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b2f1