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title: "Community Unit with Nursing (24 beds)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0668f8"
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# Community Unit with Nursing (24 beds)

Buyer: THE ROTHERHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0668f8

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## Summary

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is involved in a procurement process for the provision of a community unit with nursing services, featuring 24 beds. This contract is part of the procurement stage related to the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The procurement involves residential nursing care services, classified under CPV 85144100, and is aimed at supporting individuals requiring intermediate care and reablement. Located in Rotherham, United Kingdom (region UKE31), the contract has been awarded, with the contract starting on 1st April 2026 and lasting until 30th September 2027. The contract value is £1,920,672.

This tender offers significant opportunities for business growth, particularly for businesses in the healthcare services industry, such as nursing and residential care providers. It is well-suited for companies with expertise in delivering short-term care solutions and working collaboratively with health and social care providers to facilitate recovery and independence among patients. The procurement method follows a direct award process through the PSR, especially suitable for businesses that can demonstrate proven capacity, capability, and past performance in similar healthcare services contracts. Established suppliers with strong financial stability and a track record in managing community nursing units would likely succeed in competing for similar future opportunities.

## Notice

Community Unit with Nursing (24 beds)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of a community unit with nursing to support individuals on a short-term basis who either cannot remain at home but do not require consultant led acute care or who are being discharged from acute care but are not yet able to return home. The supplier will work with health and social care providers to support discharge to assess, recovery, rehabilitation and reablement care plans to facilitate independence and enable as many people to return home as is possible. Individual therapy programmes will be formulated with the individual to achieve the following objectives :

* Return home at the earliest opportunity and/or;
* Increase or maintain independence, choice and control and/or;
* Instigate planned treatment and care to manage deterioration in health and wellbeing.

The intention is to award a contract via an existing provider under Direct Award Process C of the Provider Selection Regime.

The lifetime value of the contract is PS1,920,672.00.

The contract is intended to start from 1st April 2026.

### Procurement Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Intention to Award notice. The awarding of this notice 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. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by midnight on Wednesday 25th March 2026. 

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/028809-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Mar 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,920,672 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE ROTHERHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST |
| Locality | ROTHERHAM |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S60 2UD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE34 Rotherham |
| Local authority | Rotherham |
| Electoral ward | Boston Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Rotherham |
| Delivery location | TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ATHORPE HEALTH CARE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85144100 - Residential nursing care services

## Release History

- 29 Mar 2026 at 14:24 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028809-2026
- 12 Mar 2026 at 17:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022580-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.england.nhs.uk/
- https://www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk

## Provenance

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