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title: "Next Step service - Home from Hospital Service"
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buyer: "Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust"
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# Next Step service - Home from Hospital Service

Buyer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e87e1db7-d727-4b95-bb81-4281598e6bb3

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## Summary

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust procured the Next Step service, a Home from Hospital Service providing community health support after hospital discharge. The requirement falls within discharge-to-assess services, supporting patients as they move from hospital into the community and receive appropriate care and assessment at home. Delivery is in London, including the area covered by postcode SE1 9RT. This is a healthcare services opportunity rather than a goods or construction contract. The procurement was made through the NHS SBS Framework for Patient Discharge and Mental Health Step Down Beds (Care) Services, specifically its Lot 1 for Discharge to Assess Services. The named supplier is the British Red Cross Society.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to the British Red Cross Society on 17 October 2025. The award value is £610,000, and the awarded contract runs from 17 October 2025 to 20 October 2026. The tender recorded a value of £203,702.40 and a minimum value of £610,000. It used a selective procedure as a call-off from a framework agreement, rather than an open standalone tender. The tender submission deadline was 25 November 2024 at 12 noon. The contract was evaluated within the framework and Lot 1 route for discharge-to-assess services. The buyer is Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and the award is active.

This award indicates demand from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust for organised, community-based support that helps people leave hospital and receive assessment and care outside an acute setting. The successful supplier was the British Red Cross Society, suggesting that credible competitors need established capability in patient discharge, home-from-hospital support and community health delivery. They would also need to operate within the requirements of the NHS SBS care framework and its discharge-to-assess lot, with the systems, safeguarding arrangements and workforce needed to support patients reliably across London. The buyer’s stated suitability assessment did not identify this requirement as specifically suited to SMEs or voluntary, community and social enterprises, so scale and framework access are important commercial considerations.

## Notice

This was awarded under the NHS SBS Framework for Patient Discharge and Mental Health Step Down Beds (Care) Services, under Lot 1: Discharge to Assess Services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5420fd0a-f54f-4b6c-8a2c-a0fdbfa5163c |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Nov 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | 17 Oct 2025 - 20 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £203,702 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £610,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 4YB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Chaucer |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | British Red Cross Society |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 11 Aug 2026 at 12:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5420fd0a-f54f-4b6c-8a2c-a0fdbfa5163c

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5420fd0a-f54f-4b6c-8a2c-a0fdbfa5163c
  11th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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