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Hospice services for babies, children and young people (BCYP)

NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

16 Sep 2026 at 14:00

Tender Notice
Award

23 Jul 2026 at 15:07

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board commissioned hospice services for babies, children and young people living with life-limiting conditions. The service covers support throughout their lives and at the end of life, providing a variety of care for children and young people and their families. It is a health service procurement, classified under CPV 85100000. Delivery is associated with Nottingham and the surrounding area covered by the ICB. The awarded providers are Cope Children’s Trust and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. The requirement is suited to specialist children’s hospices or other organisations with the clinical, care and end-of-life support capability to serve children and young people with complex, life-limiting conditions.

The procurement has been formally awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, using direct award process C. It was run as a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition notice, so there was no open competition. Cope Children’s Trust received a contract worth £37,683 and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice received a separate contract worth £11,168. Both contracts were signed on 13 July 2026 and are scheduled to provide services from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. The combined requirement was assessed primarily on quality: the existing provider’s performance and likelihood of meeting the proposed standard carried the stated 100 weighting, while value carried a weighting of 0. The contracts include options under the PSR regulations.

This award shows a defined local demand for hospice and end-of-life services for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need to provide sustained support across the child’s life, including end-of-life care, and demonstrate the clinical, safeguarding, family-support and operational capability expected of a specialist children’s hospice. The evaluation strongly favoured quality and continuity: the selected model relied on existing providers that were judged to be performing satisfactorily and likely to meet the proposed service standard. Providers with established children’s hospice delivery, evidence of reliable performance, suitable qualified staff, and the capacity to work across the ICB’s Nottingham-area service footprint would therefore be best placed to compete when this type of requirement returns.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Hospice services for babies, children and young people (BCYP)

Notice Description

Provide a variety of services for BCYP living with a life limiting condition (LLC) throughout their lives and at the end of their lives.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Description of the services to be provided: Provide a variety of services for BCYP living with a life limiting condition (LLC) throughout their lives and at the end of their lives. The ICB is intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is PS48,851 (Rainbows PS37,683 and Bluebell Wood PS11,168) The dates between which the services are intended to be provided are 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027

Options: In line with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

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 Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d234
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087788-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender 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
Large

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
£48,851 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG5 6DA
Postcode Area
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF16 South Nottinghamshire
Delivery Location
TLF14 Nottingham, TLF15 North Nottinghamshire, TLF16 South Nottinghamshire
Local Authority
Gedling
Electoral Ward
Daybrook
Westminster Constituency
Gedling

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Cope Children's Trust

Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice

Further Information

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