Notice Information
Notice Title
Residential and Nursing Care Beds
Notice Description
London Borough of Harrow Adult Social Care is awarding a Block Arrangement Contract to Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) at Knights Court Care Home for the provision of Nursing Elderly Mentally Infirm (EMI) and Nursing Dementia beds. This is supported by Better Care Fund (BCF) funding and forms part of the winter admissions to facilitate hospital discharges.
Procurement Information
Residents are currently residing in the care home, and any transfer of placements at this stage would likely cause disruption and distress, given their specific needs. The current provider is best placed to ensure continuity of care, maintaining established relationships and routines that support residents' wellbeing. Therefore, at this stage, this provider is the only one who can provide the beds and subsequent services, and as a result, there are no reasonable alternatives. Schedule 5(6) of the PA 23 states: The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract- (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. It is also noted that additional new beds will be added to the beds that are already in place at Knights Court with MMCG. These additional beds are to remain 'fluid' and accessible in anticipation of hospital discharges. This aligns with the BCF funding initiative where one aim of the funding is to reduce pressures in hospitals. The Council relies on Schedule 5(13) of the PA 23 for the 5 additional new beds as set out below: Where- (a)the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and (b)as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05812d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047576-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £1,443,452 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW
- Contact Name
- Lisa Taylor
- Contact Email
- procurement@harrow.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HARROW
- Postcode
- HA3 8FL
- Post Town
- Harrow
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI7 Outer London - West and North West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI74 Harrow and Hillingdon
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Harrow
- Electoral Ward
- Kenton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Harrow East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047576-2025
11th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045964-2025
5th August 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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