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title: "Hospital Aftercare Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-066995"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD"
published: "2026-03-13"
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# Hospital Aftercare Service

Buyer: NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-066995

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## Summary

The NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (BLMK ICB) is planning to award a contract for the provision of a Hospital Aftercare Service under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR), governed by the Health Care Services Regulations 2023. The process is currently in the award stage, with the standstill period initiated following this intention notice, allowing representations by providers until midnight on 25th March 2026. The service focuses on health services and falls under the category of services with a central aim to facilitate early patient discharge and improve independent living through non-medical support. The contract, expected to be directly awarded to an existing provider without a prior competitive call, is valued at £198,271 for a term of one year starting on 1st April 2026, covering the region of Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the healthcare service domain to collaborate and expand their operations within the framework set by BLMK ICB. While the intention is to directly award to Age UK, other suitable SMEs in the health services sector, particularly those focusing on aftercare and home support services, could potentially benefit from similar contracts or partnerships in the future. The procurement method does not involve a competitive tendering process, highlighting a streamlined approach for incumbents or qualified businesses capable of meeting stringent healthcare and independent living service demands. Such contracts can foster growth through enhancing service delivery capacities and participating in community health campaigns.

## Notice

Hospital Aftercare Service.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service has the following objectives:
*Support early facilitated patient discharge from hospital - following an attendance at Accident and Emergency; an acute inpatient stay or a planned surgical procedure.
*Offer flexible, tailored levels of support once the patient returns home, which promotes and sustains independent living. 
*Offers non-medical interventions to patients following discharge from hospital to enable them to remain at home and prevent readmission due to lack of basic home support. 
*Help to reduce further hospital readmissions by supporting those people who have recently been discharged from hospital to receive longer term support when required. 
*To provide a programme of reablement focusing on skills for individual's daily living, that enables them to live more independently and reduce the need for ongoing support.
*Facilitates service user access into other voluntary and community based services that enables them to feel socially active and improves their capacity for independent living.
*Support annual health and social care campaigns such as reducing excess winter deaths, including seasonal flu vaccination campaign
*Improve patient experience and levels of confidence.

The expected outcomes of the Hospital Aftercare Service are:
*Clients report that their confidence to remain at home and live independently has increased
*That clients report good service satisfaction after a period of intervention from the service.
*A reduction in the number of bed days required by clients accessing the service
*A reduction in the use of hospital transport home following discharge
*An increase in the numbers of early facilitated patient discharges from hospital
*To maintain or reduce the percentage of patients that have a re-admission to hospital.

BLMK ICB are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C for the following: 

Hospital Aftercare Service

The contract is for a period of 1 year from 1st April 2026. 

The expected lifetime value of the contract is PS198,271.

### 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. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by midnight 25th March 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded: this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Any written representations should be sent to agem.blmkicb.tntracker@nhs.net.

The BLMK ICB Chiefs (Executives) gave approval of this in September 2025 at the scheduled Chiefs (Executives) Meeting. Conflicts of interests have been managed in line with the ICB's Conflicts of Interest and Standards of Business Conduct Policy.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022878-2026 |
| 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 | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 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 | £198,271 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS BEDFORDSHIRE, LUTON AND MILTON KEYNES INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | BEDFORDSHIRE |
| Post town | Stevenage |
| Postcode | SG17 5TQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH25 Central Bedfordshire |
| Local authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Electoral ward | Shefford |
| Westminster constituency | Hitchin |
| Delivery location | TLH25 Central Bedfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AGE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 13 Mar 2026 at 11:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022878-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.bedfordshirelutonandmiltonkeynes.icb.nhs.uk/
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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