Closed tender

NHS Sussex ICB Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP)

Details

Buyer: NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 1 April 2025
Submission: 13 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NHS Sussex ICB opened the NHS Sussex Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for new applicants. Applications were open from Tuesday 1 April 2025 through CarePulse eProcurement (https://sussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk/) and closed at 5:00 pm on 13 May 2025. Applications were evaluated between 14 May 2025 and 8 July 2025. Successful Providers have been added to the NHS Sussex Nursing Home AQP list, which the ICB uses as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) placements for adults. Lot 1: NHS Sussex ICB opened the NHS Sussex Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP) contract for new applicants. This contract covers the provision of nursing home services for adults in CQC registered Nursing Homes and is applicable to Providers with nursing homes in West Sussex, East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, or the surrounding area. Applications were open from Tuesday 1 April 2025 through CarePulse eProcurement (https://sussex-nhaqp-2025.carepulse.co.uk/) and closed at 5:00 pm on 13 May 2025. Applications were evaluated between 14 May 2025 and 8 July 2025. Successful Providers have been added to the NHS Sussex Nursing Home AQP list, which the ICB uses as the primary route for commissioning NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) placements for adults. This notice relates to an existing service; the contract commenced on 1 December 2024. The Providers listed in this notice are new Providers joining this contract for the first time. The procurement is conducted under the Provider Selection Regime Competitive Process. The contract does not guarantee any volume of activity or payment to the Provider. There is no minimum number of packages that the Provider can expect to receive through the contract. Evalucom Consulting Ltd are managing the procurement process on behalf of NHS Sussex ICB Commissioning Authority. The award decision was made by NHS Sussex ICB Commissioning Authority. If you have any questions or require more information, please email Sussex.NursingHomeAQP@evalucom.co.uk.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published1 April 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date13 May 2025

About the buyer

NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board planned and bought health and care services for East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove. Some contracts were awarded directly under that regime. Brighton and Hove City Council co-commissioned one lot of a mental health support contract with the board. The board merged with NHS Surrey Heartlands on 1 April 2026 to form NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board.

Healthcare services were commissioned under the Provider Selection Regime.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nhs-sussex-integrated-care-board.gov