Official UK procurement notice
Continuing Healthcare Activity Support
Authority: NHS KENT AND MEDWAY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionto provide services for the review of continuing healthcare packages and fast track reviews
CPV: Advisory services provided by nurses
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provision of remote and face to face reviews of overdue CHC care packages and Fast…Awarded
The provision of remote and face to face reviews of overdue CHC care packages and Fast Track Reviews
This is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of PSR at a value of circa £464,965
This is a new service to be provided by a new supplier
The contract will run from 15th October 2025 to 14th October 2026.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2025, 16:24 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2025, 16:57 BST
- Authority reference
C381176- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061914- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a746Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Run as a further competition via an accredited framework for All Age Continuing Care for healthcare services.
Countess of Chester, FTS Notice Ref 2023/S 000-027596
Publisher note: 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 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 14th October 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.' Written representations should be sent to bob.murray4@nhs.net The award decision-makers were: Nick Rogers - NHS K&M ICB Business Manager AACC Elizabeth Hall - NHS K&M ICB - Clinical lead AACC Delyth Richardson - NHS C&P ICB Head of Contracts Karen Jackson -KCC Team Manager ASCH; No conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest were declared The key themes have been included within the specification and criteria laid out in the tender documents, being: Quality and Innovation Value Integragtion, Collabortaion and Sustainability Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilittaing choice Social Value Quality was weighted at 60% and Value (cost) at 40% include a statement explaining the relative importance of the key criteria that the relevant authority used to make a decision, the rationale for the relative importance of the key criteria, and the rationale for choosing the provider with reference to the key criteria. A breakdown of all scores and justifications has been shared with all bidders The successful bidder was awarded on the basis of submitting the most advantageous tender in accordance with the scoring methodology.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DateAdditional Information -- end of standstill · VI.3 | 14 Oct 2025 | 15 Oct 2025 | +1 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UB HealthcareSME | £464,965 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Continuing Healthcare Activity Support · UB HealthcareSME
- Signed
- 2 Oct 2025
- Value
- £464,965
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- NHSEReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UB HealthcareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.