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title: "Provider Panel for Intermediate Care Plus Beds (Spot Purchase)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035b3e"
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# Provider Panel for Intermediate Care Plus Beds (Spot Purchase)

Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035b3e

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## Summary

The Durham County Council has awarded contracts for a Provider Panel for Intermediate Care Plus Beds through an open tender process. The procurement aimed to secure services for health and social work services within County Durham. The contracting method utilised was an open procedure, and multiple suppliers have been awarded contracts with a total value exceeding £75 million. The contract was signed on 27th September 2022.

This tender presents growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social work services, particularly those able to provide Intermediate Care Plus Beds. Organisations interested in becoming part of the Provider Panel for the County Durham area should monitor future panel openings. The awards have been granted to a range of suppliers, from residential care homes to healthcare service providers, reflecting the diverse scope of the contract.

## Notice

This contract ("the Contract") is for a Provider Panel for Intermediate Care Plus (IC+) Beds within County Durham via a spot contract arrangement. Please refer to ITT document 2 for full details of the contract specification. This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Tough Regime). This contract is to be a Provider Panel Agreement to provide (on a non-exclusive basis as called off from time to time) Intermediate Care Plus (IC+) Beds within County Durham via a spot contract arrangement within County Durham for Durham County Council ("the Contract"). This Provider Panel will be a panel which will be opened as and when required, at the sole discretion of the Council, whereby organisations that wish to apply to become a member of the panel can do throughout the lifetime of the panel. Please access the NEPO Procontract Portal reference DN622550 and access the tender documents for free for full details of the specification and tender criteria. If you have any problems accessing the documents via the system please contact the NEPO helpdesk as detailed below. The E-tendering System Support is provided for Providers by the NEPO portal administration organisation Proactis. Please use the method below that is appropriate to the issue that you are experiencing. * Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System (http://proactis.kayako.com (http://proactis.kayako.com)) - To be used by Suppliers for non-time critical issues i.e.password resets / account queries, finding information, accessing the tender, etc. * Email (ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com) - To be used in same way as ticketing system.

### Lot Information

Lot 1 For Nursing and Residential Beds with various IC+ bed functionality

Lot 1 For Nursing and Residential Beds for all types of IC+ bed functionality as detailed in the tender documents

Lot 2 For Residential Beds - Time to Think only.

For Lot 2, Providers must have the ability to offer the Residential Bed - Time to Think bed functionality as detailed in the tender documents

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027102-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £82,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Post town | Durham |
| Postcode | DH1 5UQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Neville's Cross |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | TLC14 Durham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 19 |
| Supplier names | AKARI CARE; ASCOT CARE LANGLEY HOUSE; ASCOT CARE NORTHEAST; BONDCARE/SHAFTESBURY CARE GRP LIMITED T/A REDWORTH HOUSE CARE HOME; ELBA CARE LTD - DIVINE CARE CENTRE; GAINFORD CARE HOMES; HC ONE NO 2; HC-ONE; HILL CARE SERVICES; MARTON CARE HOMES; MERICOURT LIMITED / FOUR SEASONS (NO 9; MERICOURT LIMITED / FOUR SEASONS HOMES NO 4; MERICOURT LIMITED / TAMARIS HEALTHCARE (ENGLAND; MERICOURT LIMITED/ALLIANCE CARE (TRENDLEWOOD; OBJECTQUEST LTD TA BETHANY HOUSE; SANCTUARY CARE; TRIMS GYM; WEST HOUSE CARE HOME; YOUR CARE FIRST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 27 Sep 2022 at 16:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027102-2022
- 12 Aug 2022 at 08:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022245-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://proactis.kayako.com
- http://www.durham.gov.uk
- http://www.nepo.org

## Provenance

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