Official UK procurement notice
Support to the Own Bed Instead Service
Authority: NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Own Bed Instead Service will provide a genuine alternative to intermediate care admission for people who can be managed in the community and early supported discharge for others. The service will also care for residents in the community who require a period of reablement support and assessment to prevent hospital admission.
The service will be integrated and will create a culture of enablement and independence to provide time limited, outcome focused domicillary support for people who are certified as medically fit and whose assessed level of rehabilitation need can be safely and effectively provided for within the persons own home through a co-ordinated enhanced community health and social care response.
The OBI team will be multidisciplinary, comprising Registered General Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Support Workers, Day and Night Time Carers, Floating Support and Social Care support (including joint equipment stores, Community Alarms, Telecare, STAR Fast Response Team, Enablement, Third Sector and Night Sitting).
The OBI co-ordination and process will be managed by the existing services via joint health and social care staff.
The service will be operational from 08.00-20.00hrs, seven days a week. A 24-hour telephone support system will also be available to patients who require advice or assistance from a qualified nurse via ICARES and SPA
The ICB intends to award this contract via Direct Award Process C. The total contract value is £16,420.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Community Beds, Support to the own bed instead serviceAwarded
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
- 12 Feb 2025, 13:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Feb 2025, 13:32 GMT
- Authority reference
BC HC 016- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004729- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de1eFind 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) 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.
Representations should be sent to: [email protected]
The decision to award the contract was made by the ICB Contracts Team and the Lead Commissioner
No conflicts of interest were identified in reaching the decision to award this contract.
This decision has been made as per the Black Country ICB Governance Process. This services has been fully assessed against the key criteria to determine that the provider is satisfying and will continue to satisfy the contract for the period of the contract award.
Publisher note: 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. Representations should be sent to: [email protected] The decision to award the contract was made by the ICB Contracts Team and the Lead Commissioner No conflicts of interest were identified in reaching the decision to award this contract. This decision has been made as per the Black Country ICB Governance Process. This services has been fully assessed against the key criteria to determine that the provider is satisfying and will continue to satisfy the contract for the period of the contract award.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agewell | £16,420 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 004729-2025-1 · Agewell
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2024
- Value
- £16,420
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AgewellAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.