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BLMK ICB Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Rehabilitation Service - Bedfordshire

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 08:23.

Opportunity overview

Acquired brain injury rehabilitation services across Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire.

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.

Headway Bedford

Match pending…
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Aug 2025
Award ID
052841-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Bedford, UKH24, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • The lead commissioner for this service is BLMK ICB. Acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation services are provided in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire local authority areas. ABI rehabilitation services aids the long term rehabilitation of patients who have suffered brain injury. The service provides continued rehabilitation for patients following discharge from the ABI, Neuro-Rehab Teams or other health professional services, allowing patients to achieve their potential. This could be a return to employment, accessing work, education, or volunteering, accessing social support or transferring to day care more appropriate to the patients need. The services available as part of rehabilitation can include Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Cognitive Group or individual Sessions, Computing, Art, Digital photography, Counselling Psychology, Art Psychotherapy, Cooking, The Community Brain Injury Advice team (CBIA) and organised outings. <br/><br/>The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £371,662. The services are intended to be provided for a period of 2 years from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.Value 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
ocds-h6vhtk-05916a
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 midnight of 11th September 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health 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 lead commissioner for this service is BLMK ICB. Acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation services are provided in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire local authority areas. ABI rehabilitation services aids the long term rehabilitation of patients who have suffered brain injury. The service provides continued rehabilitation for patients following discharge from the ABI, Neuro-Rehab Teams or other health professional services, allowing patients to achieve their potential. This could be a return to employment, accessing work, education, or volunteering, accessing social support or transferring to day care more appropriate to the patients need. The services available as part of rehabilitation can include Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Cognitive Group or individual Sessions, Computing, Art, Digital photography, Counselling Psychology, Art Psychotherapy, Cooking, The Community Brain Injury Advice team (CBIA) and organised outings. <br/><br/>The ICB are intending to award a contract to an existing provider following direct award process C and the approximate lifetime value of the contract is £371,662. The services are intended to be provided for a period of 2 years from 01st April 2026 to 31st March 2028.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
Type
cost
Description
100

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Service across Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire LA areas.

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH24

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-154335
Name
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH25
Locality
Bedfordshire
Postal Code
SG17 5TQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands

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 Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-159414
Name
Headway Bedford

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH24
Locality
Bedford
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Headway Bedford
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-118033
Name
NHS England

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Leeds
Postal Code
LS1 4AP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
7&8 Wellington Place

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
NHS England

Award information

Award 1
Id
052841-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-159414
Name
Headway Bedford

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
052841-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
052841-2025-1
Date Signed
13 Aug 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bedfordshire · UKH25 · SG17 5TQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH24

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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