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Published 2 Jun 2025, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) for NHS Frimley ICB

Official notice

Authority: NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)

Awarded value£0published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 2 Jun 2025no call for competition

Awarded to See Section VI: Complementary information

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The NHS Frimley ICB Commissioning Authority opened the East Berkshire Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for applications.

Applications were open from 3 February 2025 through the CarePulse eProcurement system (eastberkshire-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk ↗) and closed at 5:00 pm on 17 March 2025.

Successful Providers will be added to the East Berkshire Nursing Home AQP list. The AQP list will be used by the NHS Frimley ICB as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare placements for adults.

The contract notice previously published on FTS is: 2025/S 000-003414

This procurement has been carried out by Evalucom on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) is solely facilitating this publication on behalf of Evalucom.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East · Berkshire

Extensions: The Commissioners may opt to extend the Contract Term by up to 2 years, in accordance with Schedule 1C of the Contract Particulars.

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 Jun 2025, 15:56 BST
Last source update: 1 Jul 2025, 09:16 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-036282
Classification (CPV): Health and social work services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052aeb Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: A Prior Information Notice (PIN) and Contract Notice for this procurement were published on Find a Tender by Evalucom:
F01: Prior Information Notice
Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-000780
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04cee4
Published 10 January 2025, 10:00 am
F02: Contract notice
Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-003414
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04cee4
Published 3 February 2025, 9:46am
This procurement has been carried out by Evalucom on behalf of NHS Frimley ICB. NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) is solely facilitating this publication on behalf of Evalucom.

Publisher note: This notice is an intention to award to the following providers: ABBEY CHASE RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING HOMES LIMITED ARIA HEALTHCARE GROUP LTD BUPA CARE HOMES (AKW) LIMITED BUPA CARE HOMES (ANS) LIMITED BURNHAM LODGE LIMITED CARE UK CARE SERVICES LIMITED CHANDOS LODGE CARE HOMES LTD FOXLEIGH GROVE NURSING HOME HARWOOD HOUSE LIMITED MARULA LODGE LIMITED MMCG (2) Limited NELLSAR LIMITED OXFORD HOUSE CARE LIMITED PRESSBEAU LIMITED SSL ASCOT OPCO LTD SURREY HILLS & HEIGHTS DEMENTIA CARE CENTRE LIMITED THE FREMANTLE TRUST THE PAVILION CARE CENTRE LIMITED THE SUMMERS CARE CENTRE LTD THEIR PERFECT CARE LIMITED VALORUM CARE LIMITED WHITEGATES CARE CENTRE LIMITED WINDSAR CARE LIMITED WINDSOR CLINICAL AND HOME CARE SERVICES GROUP LTD

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1)

This notice serves as a contract award to the following providers: ABBEY CHASE RESIDENTIAL AND NURSING HOMES LIMITED ARIA HEALTHCARE GROUP LTD BUPA CARE HOMES (AKW) LIMITED BUPA CARE HOMES (ANS) LIMITED BURNHAM LODGE LIMITED CARE UK CARE SERVICES LIMITED CHANDOS LODGE CARE HOMES LTD FOXLEIGH GROVE NURSING HOME HARWOOD HOUSE LIMITED MARULA LODGE LIMITED MMCG (2) Limited NELLSAR LIMITED OXFORD HOUSE…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £01 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 26

Contracts signed 1latest 2 Jun 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
See Section VI: Complementary informationSME	£0 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 029254-2025-1 · See Section VI: Complementary informationSME
Signed
2 Jun 2025
Value
£0
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
26bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth GB-NHS: QNQ King Edward VII Hospital St Leonards Road, Windsor, South East, SL4 3DPContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

See Section VI: Complementary informationAwarded supplier Berkshire, South East

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.