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The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 19:45.

Opportunity overview

Due to a temporary closure of some mental health beds within Leicestershire Partnership Trust we are looking to contract 5 acute mental health beds from another provider within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV85110000 — Hospital and related services

Lots

  • The trust has determined that whilst some urgent renovation work to our inpatient mental health estate is undertaken and completed, 5 additional acute mental health beds need to be contracted for a period of 3 months. This will support the trust in being able to admit patients who require an acute mental health bed and will also support with the trust being able to step patients down from our psychiatric intensive care unit to improve flow across our entire bed base. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health programme expressed the ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements for non-specialist acute care by 2021. To ensure that the trust continues to deliver on this ambition set by NHS England, the provider of these 5 beds needs to be within the geographical boundary of Leicestershire and Rutland so that patients remain in their local area and therefore allowing the maintaining of relationships with family, carers and friends.as part of delivering on this ambition. NHS providers and commissioners are required to report the use of non-specialist services acute care via the Mental Health Specialist Data Set (MHSDS). In identifying a suitable provider, the practice within the trust which has been agreed and established through the trusts Bed Management Standard Operating Procedure states when considering the use of additional beds the trust will only place patients in providers with a latest CQC rating of "Good". This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process; and the contract value is (estimated) £300,000.00 This is a new contract and new provider The contract will be in place for 3 months September - December 2025Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-049b96
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a PSR intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services PSR Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provision of PCR2015 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 27th September 2024. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. 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 contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process. Start and end dates of the contract 27/09/2024 -26/12/2024 lifetime value of the contract £300,000.00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85110000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Hospital and related services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The trust has determined that whilst some urgent renovation work to our inpatient mental health estate is undertaken and completed, 5 additional acute mental health beds need to be contracted for a period of 3 months. This will support the trust in being able to admit patients who require an acute mental health bed and will also support with the trust being able to step patients down from our psychiatric intensive care unit to improve flow across our entire bed base. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health programme expressed the ambition to eliminate inappropriate out of area placements for non-specialist acute care by 2021. To ensure that the trust continues to deliver on this ambition set by NHS England, the provider of these 5 beds needs to be within the geographical boundary of Leicestershire and Rutland so that patients remain in their local area and therefore allowing the maintaining of relationships with family, carers and friends.as part of delivering on this ambition. NHS providers and commissioners are required to report the use of non-specialist services acute care via the Mental Health Specialist Data Set (MHSDS). In identifying a suitable provider, the practice within the trust which has been agreed and established through the trusts Bed Management Standard Operating Procedure states when considering the use of additional beds the trust will only place patients in providers with a latest CQC rating of "Good". This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process; and the contract value is (estimated) £300,000.00 This is a new contract and new provider The contract will be in place for 3 months September - December 2025

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Most Suitable provider process with regard to key criteria
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF22

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-117056
Name
Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKF22
Locality
Glenfield, Leicester
Postal Code
LE38RA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Room 170, Penn Lloyd Building, County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust
No Identifier Rationale
partnership

Contact

Name
Jevgenija Zulfugarova
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-Companies House
Name
RUSHCLIFFE INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS (KEGWORTH) LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKF2
Locality
Kegworth
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Mill Lodge Hospital Mill Lane Kegworth DE74 2EJ

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
Companies House
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
RUSHCLIFFE INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS (KEGWORTH) LIMITED
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-124511
Name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Leicester

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Leicester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Leicester

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
029722-2024-1
Title
The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-Companies House
Name
RUSHCLIFFE INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS (KEGWORTH) LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
029722-2024-1
Title
The Provision of Block Booking Beds for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Status
active
Award ID
029722-2024-1
Date Signed
17 Sept 2024, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Glenfield, Leicester · UKF22 · LE38RA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF22

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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