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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Hospital Supported Discharge Service

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:28.

Opportunity overview

Community health services - assisted discharge and community support service (for those who have been discharged).

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.

British Red Cross Society

Matched by exact name
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
28 Feb 2025
Award ID
007723-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
RC000070
Location
London, UKI43, EC2Y 9AL, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

Lots

  • The notice relates to an assisted discharge and community support service (for those who have been discharged). In the assisted discharge service, the activities are to ensure safer and faster discharge from an acute hospital e.g. delivering TTA medications, ensuring the property is ready for the patient and escorting the patient home for up to 72 hours. The community support service includes confidence building, shopping, escorting to a social/activity group, completing paperwork, and improving the home environment for up to four weeks. <br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C.<br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £160,000<br/>The expiring contract ends 31 March 2025Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C343098
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 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 14 March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
VI.3

New Value

Text
Additional information received no longer indicates that the primary activity for this service falls within an approved PSR activity therefore this notice is withdrawn and an appropriate procurement route for this service will be used.

Old Value

Text
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.Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 14 March 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.Written representations should be sent to nclicb.nclcontractqueries@nhs.net• The decision to award the contract was made by the Chief Strategy & Population Health Officer.• No declarations of actual, or potential interests by those officers involved in this decision.• The incumbent provider has delivered the following key criteria1: Quality and Innovation with a value of 27% by achieving the contractual KPIs,2: Value with a score of 16% by providing a service that is value for money compared to other providers,3: Integration, collaboration and service sustainability with a value of 16% by collaborative working within the local system,4: Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice with a value of 16% by reducing health inequalities,5: Social Value with a value of 5% by ensuring the provider is meeting London Living Wage (LLW).The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.The authority has selected and weighted the above key criteria in line with the perceived importance of each of the criterion. The provider has been selected based on the combined scores which confirms the providers ability to continue to fulfil the contract in line with PSR - Direct Award Process C.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85323000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Community health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_REPETITION_EXISTING
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The notice relates to an assisted discharge and community support service (for those who have been discharged). In the assisted discharge service, the activities are to ensure safer and faster discharge from an acute hospital e.g. delivering TTA medications, ensuring the property is ready for the patient and escorting the patient home for up to 72 hours. The community support service includes confidence building, shopping, escorting to a social/activity group, completing paperwork, and improving the home environment for up to four weeks. <br/>This notice is an intention to award a contract to the existing provider following direct award process C.<br/>The lifetime value of the contract is £160,000<br/>The expiring contract ends 31 March 2025

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Service delivered in London Borough of Barnet

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI71

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-96566
Name
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI41
Locality
London
Postal Code
N1 1TH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Laycock PDC, Laycock Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
07
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Health

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-133502
Name
British Red Cross Society

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI43
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2Y 9AL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
44 Moorfields, London

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
RC000070
Legal Name
British Red Cross Society
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-128716
Name
NHS London Commercial Hub

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
E15 1DA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
UNEX Tower 5 Station Street

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS London Commercial Hub

Award information

Award 1
Id
007723-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-133502
Name
British Red Cross Society

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
007723-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
007723-2025-1
Date Signed
28 Feb 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI41 · N1 1TH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI71

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04e91c-2025-03-12T08:58:39Zcompiled ·