--- title: "To Provide Non-acute intermediate care beds (step-up, step-down & rehabilitation) in Harrow for North West London Integrated Care Board - Request for Information" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NHS NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2025-03-11" --- # To Provide Non-acute intermediate care beds (step-up, step-down & rehabilitation) in Harrow for North West London Integrated Care Board - Request for Information Buyer: NHS NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-7b68a5a5-c7c6-4b6a-af57-25252442e31e.json) ## Summary NHS North West London Integrated Care Board is undertaking a procurement process to re-procure the service for providing non-acute intermediate care beds (step-up, step-down & rehabilitation) in Harrow. This market engagement exercise, titled "To Provide Non-acute intermediate care beds (step-up, step-down & rehabilitation) in Harrow for North West London Integrated Care Board - Request for Information," falls under the industry category of community health services. The process is in the planning stage, and the engagement end date is set for 31st March 2025. The geographical focus is London, with specific postal codes including NW1 5JD. The procurement budget is valued at £15 million GBP. This tender opens opportunities for businesses specialising in nursing and medical care services, especially those capable of providing multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation in community settings. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate. Potential providers will have the chance to shape how the service is commissioned through feedback during this market engagement stage, helping to evolve the care provisions. Businesses that cater to patient rehabilitation, with experience in step-up and step-down care, as well as those with a focus on acute and intermediate care, will find this opportunity particularly advantageous for business growth and community impact. ## Notice North West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) seeks the views of Providers in commissioning for the provision of local community beds (step-up, step-down rehabilitation) for a wide range of conditions which are located in acute, intermediate care and community facilities. The aim of the service is to provide medical, nursing, and therapeutic inpatient rehabilitation for patients that are registered with a North West London GP. The objective is to provide multidisciplinary assessments of patients from the local Trust and discharge patients to the most appropriate setting via the trusted assessor team based at Northwick Park Hospital. In 2017, NHS Harrow borough originally developed a new integrated care pathway for adults and frail elderly people to avoid hospital admissions, support early discharge and promote effective rehabilitation and reablement, wherever possible in a community setting. The main acute hospital, London North West University Hospital Trust, was consistently subject to increasing demands for rehabilitation and acute treatment beds. Since its inception the Intermediate Care Beds has provided a route for patients who have received Acute Care from both elective and non-elective procedures or treatment. Predominantly the Intermediate Care Beds have ensured that patients are not occupying Acute Beds for lengthy periods of time when their onward therapy needs can be met within this current service. As North West London moved to managing their community rehabilitation beds capacity across the system, the beds commissioned by Harrow borough were opened up from patient's with a Harrow GP only, to patient's registered with any North West London GP. NHS NWL ICB and its partners all recognise the need to evolve this service to provide a wider range of nursing care services to patients. The ICB is now exploring the opportunity to re-procure this service and is would very much appreciate the views and feedback from possible providers of the services. North West London Integrated Care Board is therefore undertaking a market engagement exercise via a Request for Information questionnaire (RFI). This is a process designed to help North West London Integrated Care Board (ICB) form a view of the best way to commission the service; it is not the beginning of a tender exercise. A further tender advertisement will be issued at the appropriate time where required. To access the documents and participate, please register and apply via Atamis e-sourcing portal: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome North West London Procurement Services (NWLPS) is a Collaborative Procurement Organisation. The ICB has instructed NWLPS to act as their procurement representative, therefore, any communications during this market engagement stage is on behalf of the ICB. Please complete your responses by 31st March 2025. Thank you for your participation. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47f42b21-33b9-445c-b070-d8b7e2d089bd | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Mar 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 31 Mar 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £15,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS NORTH WEST LONDON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | North West London | | Postcode | NW1 5JD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | Marylebone | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 11 Mar 2025 at 11:44 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47f42b21-33b9-445c-b070-d8b7e2d089bd ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47f42b21-33b9-445c-b070-d8b7e2d089bd 11th March 2025 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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