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Enhanced Assessment Nursing Beds Service (Complex and Non-Complex Dementia)

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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PlanningUpdate

19 Aug 2026 at 15:17

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

21 May 2025 at 13:59

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is planning an enhanced assessment nursing beds service for people with complex and non-complex dementia in Sandwell. The service is intended to prevent hospital admission or help people leave hospital through a rapid, coordinated response operating seven days a week. It will provide 24-hour nursing and care support, together with agreed multidisciplinary team support, for individuals awaiting NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment and the arrangement of long-term care. This is a health and social work service, covering nursing provision, dementia care, hospital discharge support and coordination with wider health and care professionals. Delivery is expected within Sandwell, for the Council’s local population and hospital pathways.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the Council has stated an intention to procure, but has not issued an invitation to tender. One planned lot is intended. The Council’s earlier stated approach was an open procedure, and its latest planning update says it anticipates using a competitive flexible procedure. The Council expects the next notice to be published by 26 October 2026. The anticipated contract period is 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2029, with a possible renewal extending the arrangement to 30 June 2030. The service is being treated as a light-touch regime procurement and is above the relevant threshold. The lot is planned rather than awarded.

The service is likely to suit providers that can deliver round-the-clock nursing and care for people living with complex or non-complex dementia, including organisations experienced in enhanced assessment beds, hospital admission avoidance and discharge facilitation. Strong candidates will need to organise a rapid, coordinated response seven days a week and provide reliable multidisciplinary support alongside nursing and care staff. Experience supporting people while NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments and longer-term care arrangements are resolved will be relevant. The Council has identified the lot as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Providers in those sectors can prepare by reviewing their dementia care, nursing, discharge coordination and partnership-delivery capabilities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Enhanced Assessment Nursing Beds Service (Complex and Non-Complex Dementia)

Notice Description

The Enhanced Assessment Beds Service has as its primary function the prevention of admission to hospital or facilitation of discharge from hospital through a rapid, co-ordinated response and by operating 7 days a week. The Service provides 24-hour nursing, care support and agreed multidisciplinary team support to individuals awaiting CHC assessment and long-term care provision. Please note that this is a UK1 Pipeline Notice. This is not a PIN or call for pre-market engagement/competition. As this is a pipeline notice, there is not guarantee that a tender opportunity will result from this. Should a tender opportunity materialise, further notices will be published in relation to this. The information in this UK1 Pipeline Notice is purely for information, and no further details are available at this stage. Please do not contact the DIO contracting authority regarding this UK1 Pipeline Notice. Further details will be provided in a future tender notice if the opportunity progresses. (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT A LIVE TENDER OPPORTUNITY)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051adb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079102-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
26 Oct 20262 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jul 2027 - 30 Jun 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
OLDBURY
Postcode
B69 3DE
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG37 Sandwell
Delivery Location
TLG37 Sandwell
Local Authority
Sandwell
Electoral Ward
Oldbury
Westminster Constituency
West Bromwich

Further Information

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