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title: "BSOL_Understanding Care (Warwickshire) Limited_2024-25_IFPCHC"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-054702"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2025-06-11"
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# BSOL_Understanding Care (Warwickshire) Limited_2024-25_IFPCHC

Buyer: NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054702

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## Summary

The NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board has awarded a contract to Understanding Care (Warwickshire) Limited for providing domiciliary care services, classified under community health services. This follows the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, excluding the applicability of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract process was a direct award without prior publication of a call for competition, and the contract, valued at a baseline figure of £1 GBP (subject to activity), will run from 24th February 2025 to 31st March 2027. The procurement focuses on quality criteria centered around patient choice, and no cost-related criteria were applied in the decision-making process. Award details indicate that the service delivery is intended for the regions UKG31 and UKG32 covering areas around Birmingham.

This tender offers significant opportunities for growth, especially for SMEs capable of delivering high-quality domiciliary care services. Given the focus on community health, businesses specialising in healthcare provision and patient management systems could leverage this opportunity. The awarding of the contract to Understanding Care (Warwickshire) Limited, a company identified as an SME, underscores the potential for smaller, agile firms to penetrate the market by demonstrating superior service quality and patient care. Engaging in such tenders can enhance reputation and credibility, leading to further opportunities in public sector procurement.

## Notice

Domiciliary Care Services

### Lot Information

Lot 1

"The service provided under this notice will be for domiciliary care. This contract award has been made following Direct Award Process B under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) do not apply. The contract is awarded with no guarantee of activity. The value will vary dependent on the activity delivered. This is a new contract. The contract will run from 24th February 2025 to 31st March 2027."

### 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 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031654-2025 |
| Notice type | Award 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B1 1TT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG31 Birmingham, TLG32 Solihull |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | UNDERSTANDING CARE (WARWICKSHIRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 11 Jun 2025 at 15:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031654-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.birminghamsolihull.icb.nhs.uk/

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