Official UK procurement notice
Level 2B neuro rehabilitation beds
Authority: NHS SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLevel 2b Residential Neurological Rehabilitation Service provides rehabilitation for people with more complex neurological disease or injury. This centres around enabling people to achieve optimal functional levels, managing residual impairments of neurological damage and achieving the best possible quality of life within their local community following discharge. This will be achieved through the application of a holistic person-centred approach to rehabilitation which is integrated seamlessly with all other health, social care and voluntary services.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of six level 2B residential beds providing neurological rehabilitation…Awarded
Provision of six level 2B residential beds providing neurological rehabilitation service for people with more complex neurological disease or injury to address immediate risks to safety and quality of care.
The service will commence on 5th January 2026 to 4th July 2026 with an option to extend to 4th January 2027.
NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board are awarding the contract named within this notice due to an urgent circumstance which is outlined within the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
The ICB may wish to introduce additional services during the lifetime of the contract ("Contract modifications"). Such contract modifications will be contemplated where additional requirements are similar and or complementary to the services already included in the Specification, at any given time. Such expansion would be by the addition of services commissioned by the Authority as named in the Contract Notice. To this end, after the award of contract, there is a possibility that the contract may be varied as allowable in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
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
- 16 Jun 2023, 09:46 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jan 2026, 12:04 GMT
- Authority reference
C283429- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001423- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under 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. This award is being made urgently and the reason for the urgency was not foreseen by the ICB for the reasons outlined within this notice. This award is being made in order to prevent risk to patient and public safety, and the ICB is not able to satisfy the requirements of regulations 6 - 13 for the reasons outlined below.
Following the existing providers confirmed closure from mid January 2026, urgent action is required to secure interim Level 2b neurorehabilitation capacity. The closure removes Suffolk's only nursing registered Level 2b facility able to manage this complexity. Emergency provision will therefore be required to ensure continuity of care, with interim capacity secured through alternative providers while a full procurement process is progressed.
To ensure continuity of care and mitigate risk to patients, we propose emergency procurement of six beds split across two providers.
The award was approved on 19th December 2025 by the Suffolk and North East Essex ICB Clinic Executive Committee. No conflicts of interest, or potential conflicts of interest, were declared by any decision makes.
Publisher note: The contract will be awarded for three years with a possible extension of up to two further years. Contract values stated in the notice are for the full five years. The financial values will be subject to standard inflationary uplifts in line with national contract net of any efficiencies, which will be agreed between Commissioner and Provider. These will be dealt with as Contract Variations in accordance with the NHS Standard Contract Terms and Conditions. The Authority deems any such variations are not substantial or material changes, as they occur due to external causes beyond the Authority's control, including changes in contract value driven by changes in patient volume. The Authority will publish appropriate Notices accordingly to communicate any such future changes to the market, once final. Please note that the services and associated specification and prices commissioned within this contract may be subject to review and change, any changes will be through a variation to the contract in accordance with Regulation 72 (1) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Additionally, the contract may also be amended in terms of the original services supplied, where, following assessment it is identified that it is logical for additional services to be delivered in conjunction with this contract and by the provider, both in terms of actual service delivery and to avoid duplication of costs.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marbrook CentreSME | £456,144 † | — | Awarded |
| PJ Care Ltd | £655,200 † | — | Awarded |
| Sue Ryder | £5,154,336 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Level 2B neuro rehabilitation beds · The Marbrook CentreSME
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £456,144
- Status
- active
Contract 001423-2026-2 · PJ Care Ltd
- Signed
- 19 Dec 2025
- Value
- £655,200
- Status
- active
Contract 017125-2023-1 · Sue Ryder
- Signed
- 16 Jun 2023
- Value
- £5,154,336
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care BoardReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Marbrook LimitedAwarded supplier
- PJ Care LtdAwarded supplier
- Sue RyderAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.