D3 Tenders | Hospital Aftercare Service

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Notice Title

Hospital Aftercare Service

Notice Description

Hospital Aftercare Service.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The service has the following objectives:
*Support early facilitated patient discharge from hospital - following an attendance at Accident and Emergency; an acute inpatient stay or a planned surgical procedure.
*Offer flexible, tailored levels of support once the patient returns home, which promotes and sustains independent living.
*Offers non-medical interventions to patients following discharge from hospital to enable them to remain at home and prevent readmission due to lack of basic home support.
*Help to reduce further hospital readmissions by supporting those people who have recently been discharged from hospital to receive longer term support when required.
*To provide a programme of reablement focusing on skills for individual's daily living, that enables them to live more independently and reduce the need for ongoing support.
*Facilitates service user access into other voluntary and community based services that enables them to feel socially active and improves their capacity for independent living.
*Support annual health and social care campaigns such as reducing excess winter deaths, including seasonal flu vaccination campaign
*Improve patient experience and levels of confidence.

The expected outcomes of the Hospital Aftercare Service are:
*Clients report that their confidence to remain at home and live independently has increased
*That clients report good service satisfaction after a period of intervention from the service.
*A reduction in the number of bed days required by clients accessing the service
*A reduction in the use of hospital transport home following discharge
*An increase in the numbers of early facilitated patient discharges from hospital
*To maintain or reduce the percentage of patients that have a re-admission to hospital.

BLMK ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C for the following:

Hospital Aftercare Service

The contract is for a period of 1 year from 1st April 2026.

The expected lifetime value of the contract is PS198,271.

Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 25th March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded: this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Any written representations should be sent to agem.blmkicb.tntracker@nhs.net.<br/><br/>The BLMK ICB Chiefs (Executives) gave approval of this in September 2025 at the scheduled Chiefs (Executives) Meeting. Conflicts of interests have been managed in line with the ICB's Conflicts of Interest and Standards of Business Conduct Policy.

Notice Details

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Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-066995
Publication Source: Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022878-2026
Current Stage: Award
All Stages: Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type: Award Notice
Procurement Type: Standard
Procurement Category: Services
Procurement Method: Limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability: Not specified
Awardee Scale: SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions: 85 - Health and social work services
CPV Codes: 85100000 - Health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value: Not specified
Lots Value: Not specified
Awards Value: Not specified
Contracts Value: £198,271 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date: 13 Mar 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline: Not specified
Future Notice Date: Not specified
Award Date: 2 Mar 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period: Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence: Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status: Complete
Lots Status: Cancelled
Awards Status: Active
Contracts Status: Active

Buyer & Supplier

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Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer: NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone: Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality: BEDFORDSHIRE
Postcode: SG17 5TQ
Post Town: Stevenage
Country: England
Major Region (ITL 1): TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2): TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3): TLH25 Central Bedfordshire
Delivery Location: TLH25 Central Bedfordshire
Local Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Electoral Ward: Shefford
Westminster Constituency: Hitchin

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers: 1
Supplier Name: AGE

Further Information

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