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title: "The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-049b96"
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buyer: "LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST"
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# The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Buyer: LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049b96

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## Summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, located in Glenfield, Leicester, UK, has awarded a contract for the provision of block booking beds to address the temporary shortage of mental health beds in its facilities. The trust is seeking to contract five acute mental health beds from another provider within Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, due to urgent renovation work. The procurement category falls under hospital and related services, with the procurement method being limited through the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The contract's lifespan is set from September to December 2024, with a total estimated value of £300,000. Representations by providers were required by 27th September 2024, marking the start of a standstill period prior to the formal award.

The awarded contract presents significant opportunities for healthcare service providers, particularly those specialising in mental health, within the region of Leicestershire and Rutland. Businesses capable of meeting CQC ratings of "Good" and situated within this geographical area are particularly well-suited to compete, ensuring patients remain close to their communities while the renovations are underway. The trust's commitment to maintaining local patient care and reducing out-of-area placements aligns with strategic healthcare delivery goals, offering growth opportunities for providers that meet the trust's high standards of quality. Furthermore, this contract may serve as a stepping stone for providers looking to establish long-term partnerships with regional NHS trusts.

## Notice

Due to a temporary closure of some mental health beds within Leicestershire Partnership Trust we are looking to contract 5 acute mental health beds from another provider within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The trust has determined that whilst some urgent renovation work to our inpatient mental health estate is undertaken and completed, 5 additional acute mental health beds need to be contracted for a period of 3 months. This will support the trust in being able to admit patients who require an acute mental health bed and will also support with the trust being able to step patients down from our psychiatric intensive care unit to improve flow across our entire bed base. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health programme expressed the ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements for non-specialist acute care by 2021. To ensure that the trust continues to deliver on this ambition set by NHS England, the provider of these 5 beds needs to be within the geographical boundary of Leicestershire and Rutland so that patients remain in their local area and therefore allowing the maintaining of relationships with family, carers and friends.as part of delivering on this ambition. NHS providers and commissioners are required to report the use of non-specialist services acute care via the Mental Health Specialist Data Set (MHSDS). In identifying a suitable provider, the practice within the trust which has been agreed and established through the trusts Bed Management Standard Operating Procedure states when considering the use of additional beds the trust will only place patients in providers with a latest CQC rating of "Good". This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process; and the contract value is (estimated) PS300,000.00 This is a new contract and new provider The contract will be in place for 3 months September - December 2025

### Procurement Information

This is a PSR intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services PSR Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of PCR2015 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 27th September 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042346-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Sep 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST |
| Locality | GLENFIELD, LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | RUSHCLIFFE INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS (KEGWORTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85110000 - Hospital and related services

## Release History

- 23 Jul 2025 at 11:45 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042346-2025
- 17 Sep 2024 at 14:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029722-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/

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