--- title: "Plymouth Home Based Intermediate Care (HBIC) - Personal Care, Rehabilitation & Reablement (Managed Service)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD" published: "2026-06-30" --- # Plymouth Home Based Intermediate Care (HBIC) - Personal Care, Rehabilitation & Reablement (Managed Service) Buyer: NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bf7f.json) ## Summary NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is spearheading a procurement process for a managed Pathway 1 home-based intermediate care support service in Plymouth. The service, focusing on personal care, rehabilitation, and reablement, is intended to benefit approximately 60-80 individuals concurrently, following medical intervention. This community health service contract aims to deliver around 180 direct care hours daily. Core operations run seven days a week throughout the year. The procurement is currently in the tender update stage, with expressions of interest required before 9 am on 14th July 2026. The project is primarily situated in the UKK41 region, with a keen emphasis on local integration and community health services. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses that operate within the health services industry, particularly those already integrated into the Plymouth community. Organisations with a CQC rating of 'Good' or higher, a registered base within Plymouth, and a history of delivering reablement care as part of hospital discharge are particularly well-suited. The selection process under the Provider Selection Regime prioritises local integration and quality, offering growth potential for businesses capable of delivering a flexible and responsive service. This initiative should appeal to health service providers with a focus on innovation in care methodologies and effective collaboration with established health and social care partners. ## Notice NHS Devon is seeking to procure a managed Pathway 1 home-based intermediate care support service for Plymouth - to fully manage provision to support circa 60-80 individuals at any one time on our Intermediate Care pathway in the community following a period of acute/medical intervention. The service will deliver 180 direct care hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year This service will: * Promote faster recovery from illness * Prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions and premature admissions to long-term care * Support timely discharge from hospital * Maximise independent living. The service focusses on personal care and rehab and reablement interventions, which will be provided to the person to help them rehabilitate, re-able and recover as much as possible from the event that led to their acute inpatient/virtual ward stay (or to prevent a hospital admission) and maximise their independence, delivered in their own home. The optimum average length of stay on the service will be 17 days. ### Lot Information Lot 1 A full specification is available on request from the ICB email address provided in this notice. NHS Devon has a requirement for a fully CQC compliant service, with a minimum rating of good, to fully manage provision to support circa 60-80 individuals at any one time on our Intermediate Care pathway in the community following a period of acute/medical intervention. This service will be on a block basis through a set number of hours of delivery and reimbursed at a fixed hourly rate to encompass all costs. Due to operational demand, this service provision will need to remain flexible in response to system needs and may therefore need to be increased against the 60-80 baseline. The service is designed to support people following: * Acute hospital stay (step down) * A bedded Intermediate Care pathway (step-down) * Deterioration in the community to prevent hospital admission (step up) Intermediate Care Pathway 1 personal care, rehab and reablement, will be short-term, time-restricted, supporting a goal-based period of care that calls on a mixture of health and social care assessments and interventions to support people to maximise their potential to live as independently as possible by recovering or continuing to improve skills because of those interventions. The service will operate on a 7-day basis (including bank holidays) between the core operating hours of 7am and 11pm and accepting referrals during this time. The service operates 24/7 'on call' and 'out of hours' cover. This service will include but is not limited to: people living with frailty, mild cognitive impairment, dementia or delirium, palliative and end of life care needs, mental health conditions, learning disabilities, autism, obesity (including bariatric patients), younger adults, and people living in an unsafe environment, experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness. The objectives of the service are: * Enable same day discharge or admission once referral criteria are met * Embed rehab and reablement principles throughout delivery * Deliver personalised, strength based goal planning * Support flow across acute, community, and home settings * Reduce acute length of stay and re admissions The service will ensure oversight from registered therapists and nurses to provide specialist and bespoke interventions and manage complexity, with protocols in place for delegation, accountability and supervision. The service will maximise the use of skilled support workers and other staff and volunteers with direction, advice and oversight from registered therapists and nurses. The provider will work in full collaboration with the Livewell Southwest DTA Team to support the person to achieve their rehab and reablement goals. Referrals into the Home Based Intermediate Care (HBIC) will be made via: - The Integrated Hospital Discharge Team - Livewell Southwest DTA Team - CCRT / UCR - or other agreed system partners as determined by the Commissioner The provider will * Accept referrals 7 days per week including weekends and Bank Holidays * Respond to all referrals within 2 hours (08:00-16:00, with an on-call arrangement to consider urgent referrals, 7 days/week) * Work flexibly to support same day admission or discharge wherever possible. * Daily slot based model to support hospital flow (number of daily slots and any variation to be agreed with commissioner in advance) * Only decline referrals where the person's needs fall outside the scope of this specification * The Provider must not introduce additional access thresholds or eligibility criteria beyond those set out in the specification. Additional information: This service is seen as an essential element in the delivery of rehab and reablement so will need to work collaboratively with other teams across health and social care including (but not limited to): * Livewell Southwest Discharge to Assess (DTA) Team * Acute and Community Discharge Teams * Urgent Community Response / CCRT * GPs and District Nursing * Adult Social Care Brokerage * Voluntary and Community Sector system partners * Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (once established) Integration with local services and delivering social value locally are deemed central to this procurement and, as such, the ICB will only be considering providers with an existing CQC registered base in Plymouth and who are already commissioned to deliver domiciliary care by Plymouth City Council ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061117-2026 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Jun 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 6 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD | | Locality | EXETER | | Post town | Exeter | | Postcode | EX2 5AZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon | | ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC | | Local authority | Exeter | | Electoral ward | Priory | | Westminster constituency | Exeter | | Delivery location | TLK41 Plymouth | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85312500 - Rehabilitation services - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 30 Jun 2026 at 10:07 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061117-2026 - 29 Jun 2026 at 16:12 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060933-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://onedevon.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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