AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
London Borough of Bromley has published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD for 10 nursing care home beds at Burrows House. The award record remains pending and shows a future signature date, so the supplied data does not evidence a signed or active contract.
Published outcomeOne pending award is recorded for GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD, covering lot 1.
Market significanceThe arrangement would convert existing spot purchasing into block provision for nursing, discharge-to-assess, respite and longer-term placements.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · Shared award value: £1,893,000 excluding VAT; £2,271,600 including VAT GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 names GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD as supplier and gives amount £1,893,000 and amountGross £2,271,600. Supplier identity is verified against Companies House number 10555677.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceTransparency notice on Find a Tender
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The process and award document identify the publication as a transparency notice (UK5).
Award status
99% confidencePending
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Award 1 is explicitly marked "pending".
Signature status
98% confidenceNot evidenced as signed
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A future signature milestone is scheduled for 25 October 2026; no signed-contract field or completed signature milestone is supplied.
Contract start status
98% confidencePlanned start: 1 November 2026
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Award 1 contract period has startDate 2026-11-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidence£1,893,000
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Award 1 value.amount is 1893000 GBP.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£2,271,600
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 2271600 GBP.
Process-level maximum value
90% confidence£596,000
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The process-level value_max field is 596000 GBP.
Value reconciliation
99% confidenceInconsistent published values; no single value selected
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The process-level maximum (£596,000) differs from award 1's net and gross values (£1,893,000 and £2,271,600).
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement notice
99% confidence8 June 2026
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Release history records preliminary market engagement notice 053631-2026 published on 2026-06-08.
Transparency notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Award document 098657-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-19.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence25 October 2026
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Award milestone futureSignatureDate is due 2026-10-25.
Planned initial contract period
99% confidence1 November 2026 to 25 October 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate and endDate specify these dates.
Maximum possible end date
99% confidence25 October 2029
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Award 1 contractPeriod maxExtentDate is 2029-10-25.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceBlock provision for 10 nursing care home beds at Burrows House
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The notice description states that the Council proposes block arrangements for 10 beds at Burrows House.
Placement types
98% confidenceShort-term and long-term care, including discharge to assess, respite, nursing and residential placements
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These placement types are listed in the notice description.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1; no published lot title or description
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Award 1 is related to lot 1, whose title and description are null.
Service classifications
99% confidenceHealth services; social work and related services; other community, social and personal services
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Award item classifications list CPV 85100000, 85300000 and 98000000.
Delivery area
93% confidenceBromley (UKI61)
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Award delivery address region is UKI61; the buyer is located in Bromley.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement route
99% confidenceDirect award
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The tender procurementMethod and procurementMethodDetails are "direct" and "Direct award".
Regime
99% confidenceLight-touch regime
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Tender specialRegime lists lightTouch.
Published rationale
98% confidenceSupplier responded to formal market engagement and completed expression-of-interest requests
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This is the stated procurementMethodRationale.
Rationale classification
97% confidenceSingle supplier—technical reasons
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The tender lists procurementMethodRationaleClassifications id "singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons".
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied
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No bid count, bidder list, evaluation scores or ranking is included in the supplied notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidence1 November 2026 to 25 October 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies these dates.
Extension provision
99% confidencePotential extensions to a maximum end date of 25 October 2029
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Award 1 hasRenewal is true and maxExtentDate is 2029-10-25.
Extension conditions
98% confidenceAt the Council's sole discretion, dependent on supplier performance, maintaining a CQC rating of Good, and continued demand
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The renewal description states these conditions.
Signature milestone
99% confidenceScheduled for 25 October 2026
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The award milestone is type futureSignatureDate with scheduled status.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Purchasing model change
99% confidenceProposed conversion of existing spot arrangements to block provision
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The notice description explicitly describes this conversion.
Capacity signal
99% confidence10-bed nursing-care block requirement
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The notice specifies 10 nursing care home beds.
Commercial certainty
98% confidenceLimited until signature and value reconciliation
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The award is pending with a future signature date, and supplied process and award values conflict.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract status
99% confidenceThe record is displayed as awarded and published as a transparency notice, but award 1 is pending and signature is scheduled in the future; it should not be treated as a concluded or active contract.
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Process display_status is awarded; award status is pending; futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-10-25.
Value inconsistency
99% confidencePublished process-level maximum value (£596,000) conflicts with the award-level values (£1,893,000 excluding VAT; £2,271,600 including VAT).
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Process value_max and award 1 value fields differ.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal supplier identity is available.
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Supplier verification completed through company-number match to Companies House number 10555677.
Unpublished information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, evaluation results, lot title, lot description, individual lot value, detailed pricing and signed-contract evidence.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award is pending and the supplied record does not evidence a signed, concluded or active contract.
- Published values conflict: process-level maximum is £596,000 while award 1 reports £1,893,000 excluding VAT and £2,271,600 including VAT.
- No bid count, evaluation methodology, scores, pricing breakdown or award decision date is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
- The source describes an incumbent provider as Gold Care but does not explicitly explain the relationship between that trading reference and GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
London Borough of BromleyGCH (NORTH LONDON) LTDnursing care bedsBurrows Housedirect awarddischarge to assessadult social care
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named for the Bromley nursing care beds award?
GCH (NORTH LONDON) LTD, verified against company number 10555677, is named on the pending award.
Has the contract been signed?
The supplied data does not evidence signature. The award is pending and a signature date is scheduled for 25 October 2026.
What is the planned contract term?
The initial period is stated as 1 November 2026 to 25 October 2027, with a possible maximum end date of 25 October 2029.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.