Community Healthcare Service contract modification | NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 12:55.

Opportunity overview

The investment provides short term bridging capacity delivered by Care Assistants to support Pathway 1 discharges from JPUH and GYW community hospitals. This capacity enables medically optimised patients to return home on the day they are ready, by providing up to 72 hours of safe, short term support until NCC/SCC reablement teams commence care. The service offers: • Flexible single assist and double assist Care Assistant capacity 1 x Double Assist Team (2 Care Assistants) 1 × Single Assist Teams (1 Care Assistant) • 7 day a week coverage, 7am until 10pm • Rapid mobilisation and responsive workforce • Daily coordination with acute discharge teams and social care This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.

Awarded to

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East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Matched by number

Contract value: £270.9m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 12 Jul 2026
Award ID: 095130-2026-C438588-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 07573080
Location: Lowestoft, UKH15, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

Additional capacity required for P1 discharges. The investment provides short term bridging capacity delivered by Care Assistants to support Pathway 1 discharges from JPUH and GYW community hospitals. This capacity enables medically optimised patients to return home on the day they are ready, by providing up to 72 hours of safe, short term support until NCC/SCC reablement teams commence care. The service offers: • Flexible single assist and double assist Care Assistant capacity 1 x Double Assist Team (2 Care Assistants) 1 × Single Assist Teams (1 Care Assistant) • 7 day a week coverage, 7am until 10pm • Rapid mobilisation and responsive workforce • Daily coordination with acute discharge teams and social careValue not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: C438588
Main Procurement Category: services

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85100000
Description: Health services

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: Additional capacity required for P1 discharges. The investment provides short term bridging capacity delivered by Care Assistants to support Pathway 1 discharges from JPUH and GYW community hospitals. This capacity enables medically optimised patients to return home on the day they are ready, by providing up to 72 hours of safe, short term support until NCC/SCC reablement teams commence care. The service offers: • Flexible single assist and double assist Care Assistant capacity 1 x Double Assist Team (2 Care Assistants) 1 × Single Assist Teams (1 Care Assistant) • 7 day a week coverage, 7am until 10pm • Rapid mobilisation and responsive workforce • Daily coordination with acute discharge teams and social care

Contract period

Starts: 19 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKH15

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id: GB-NHS-T6Y0W

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Id: T6Y0W
Scheme: GB-NHS

Address

Street Address: County Hall, Martineau Lane
Locality: Norwich
Region: UKH15
Postal Code: NR12DH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Email: nsicb.procurement@nhs.net

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.norfolkandsuffolk.icb.nhs.uk/ ↗

Organisation 2

Name: East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
Id: GB-COH-07573080

Identifier

Legal Name: East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
Id: 07573080
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Locality: Lowestoft
Region: UKH15
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board
Id: GB-FTS-179986

Identifier

Legal Name: NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board

Address

Locality: Norwich
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 095130-2026-C438588-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-07573080
Name: East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 095130-2026-C438588-1
Award ID: 095130-2026-C438588-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 13 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85100000
Description: Health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKH15

Value

Amount: 270,855,397
Currency: GBP

Period

Starts: 19 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Amendments

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The investment provides short term bridging capacity delivered by Care Assistants to support Pathway 1 discharges from JPUH and GYW community hospitals. This capacity enables medically optimised patients to return home on the day they are ready, by providing up to 72 hours of safe, short term support until NCC/SCC reablement teams commence care. The service offers: • Flexible single assist and double assist Care Assistant capacity 1 x Double Assist Team (2 Care Assistants) 1 × Single Assist Teams (1 Care Assistant) • 7 day a week coverage, 7am until 10pm • Rapid mobilisation and responsive workforce • Daily coordination with acute discharge teams and social care This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.
Rationale: Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Extension of existing services in the short term until Norfolk and Suffolk County Council re-ablements teams commence care provision.

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Norwich · UKH15 · NR12DH · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKH15

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

095130-2026awardUpdate, contractUpdate · 8 Oct 2026, 11:47

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board has formally modified an active health-services contract with EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C. The modification adds short-term Care Assistant capacity to support Pathway 1 hospital discharges, providing up to 72 hours of support while county-council reablement care begins.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract modification notice (award update and contract update)Evidence: The process description calls this a Provider Selection Regime contract modification notice; release tags are awardUpdate and contractUpdate.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 095130-2026-C438588-1 has status active.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 095130-2026-C438588-1 has status active.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 095130-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078394
First published: 8 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 12:55
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 11 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award for lot 1 is recorded to EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C. The published contract record states it was signed on 13 July 2026 and runs from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Market significance

The notice concerns discharge-support capacity in the Norfolk and Suffolk area and records a contract value of £270,855,397. The source does not state whether this value is wholly attributable to the modification or provide a breakdown of the underlying or amended contract value.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C.

99% confidence

Award 095130-2026-C438588-1 · Lots 1 · £270,855,397 (contract-level value; not separately allocated by supplier or lot) GBP · Active

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The active award names East Coast Community Healthcare CIC as supplier for lot 1. Supplier verification matches company number 07573080 to EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C. The linked contract records £270,855,397.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract modification notice (award update and contract update)

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The process description calls this a Provider Selection Regime contract modification notice; release tags are awardUpdate and contractUpdate.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 095130-2026-C438588-1 has status active.

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 095130-2026-C438588-1 has status active.

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed 13 July 2026

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The contract record gives dateSigned as 2026-07-13.

Contract period

99% confidence

19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027

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The published contract period gives these start and end dates.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published contract value

98% confidence

£270,855,397

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The linked contract has a value of 270855397 GBP.

Value allocation

99% confidence

Contract-level only; no separate lot or modification value published

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No value is supplied for lot 1, the award record, or the amendment.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

13 July 2026

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Contract dateSigned: 2026-07-13.

Notice published

99% confidence

8 October 2026

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Process published_at and release_date are 2026-10-08.

Contract start

99% confidence

19 October 2026

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Lot and contract period startDate: 2026-10-19.

Contract end

99% confidence

31 March 2027

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Lot and contract period endDate: 2027-03-31.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service classification

99% confidence

Health services (CPV 85100000)

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The primary classification is CPV 85100000, Health services.

Lot 1 scope

98% confidence

Additional Care Assistant capacity for Pathway 1 discharges, including one double-assist team and one single-assist team.

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Lot 1 description specifies additional capacity required for P1 discharges and the stated team configuration.

Support model

98% confidence

Up to 72 hours of short-term support, seven days a week from 7am to 10pm, with daily coordination with acute discharge and social-care teams.

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Stated in the lot and amendment descriptions.

Delivery area

96% confidence

UKH15

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The contract item delivery address is recorded as region UKH15.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Regime

99% confidence

Provider Selection Regime (PSR)

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The notice expressly identifies itself as a PSR contract modification notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Procurement Act applicability

99% confidence

The notice states that the Procurement Act 2023 does not apply.

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Explicit statement in the notice description and amendment description.

Modification rationale

99% confidence

Short-term extension of existing services until Norfolk and Suffolk County Council reablement teams commence care provision.

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Published amendment rationale.

Competition information

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Modification

99% confidence

The contract has been formally modified to provide additional short-term discharge-support capacity.

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The notice and amendment description explicitly state that the contract has now been formally modified.

Duration

97% confidence

Approximately 5 months and 13 days, from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.

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Calculated from the published contract dates.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Demand driver

98% confidence

The modification is intended to support medically optimised patients leaving JPUH and GYW community hospitals while reablement provision commences.

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Published lot and amendment descriptions.

Operational requirement

98% confidence

The stated requirement combines rapid mobilisation, flexible single- and double-assist staffing, extended daily coverage and discharge-team coordination.

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Published lot and amendment descriptions.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078394
Analysed: 11 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board

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Named as buyer in the process and party data; GB-NHS identifier T6Y0W.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Norwich, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C. (company number 07573080)

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Verified supplier record matches the supplied GB-COH identifier and company number 07573080.

Supplier location

98% confidence

Lowestoft, United Kingdom

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Supplier party address lists Lowestoft, UKH15, United Kingdom.

Organisation scale

90% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details record scale as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end-date milestone

99% confidence

31 March 2027

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The explicit published contract end date is 2027-03-31.

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

No renewal or extension option is published; the end date is an estimate of the current term's endpoint, not a procurement forecast.

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Information not supplied in the published notice beyond the contract end date.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier naming difference resolved

99% confidence

The source party name is 'East Coast Community Healthcare CIC', while the verified legal company name is 'EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C.'; the verified legal name is used in this analysis.

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Supplier verification matched company number 07573080 and flags a name mismatch.

Value interpretation limitation

99% confidence

A £270,855,397 contract value is published, but the notice does not identify whether it is the value of the modification, the pre-existing contract, or the amended contract total.

View supporting evidence

A value appears only at contract level; no amendment-specific value or value basis is supplied.

Published information gaps

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes award date, procurement method, competition details, individual lot value, pricing breakdown and extension terms.

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Relevant fields are absent or null in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published £270,855,397 value is not identified as amendment-specific, original-contract or amended-total value.
No award date, procurement method, bid count, evaluation details, pricing breakdown, individual lot value or renewal terms are supplied.
The source labels the notice as an award/contract update and modification notice; it does not provide the underlying original award notice or baseline contract terms.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is the supplier for the Community Healthcare Service?

The active award for lot 1 names EAST COAST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE C.I.C., company number 07573080.

What does the modification cover?

It covers additional short-term Care Assistant capacity for Pathway 1 discharges, including up to 72 hours of support before reablement care begins.

When does the published contract run?

The published contract period is 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.

What is the published contract value?

The linked contract records £270,855,397, but the notice does not clarify whether this is the modification value or the amended contract total.

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Community Healthcare Service

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Lots and requirements

Contract period

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Items

Classification

Delivery locations

Value

Period

Amendments

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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