Awarded contract

P1 Peripatetic Care support

Details

Buyer: NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
Supplier(s): Abicare Services Ltd
Value: £2,400,000
Topic: Social work and related services
Published: 26 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

NHS Devon sought to procure ongoing provision of peripatetic care support for P1 discharge work in Plymouth Lot 1: Due to lack of capacity in local authority provision, NHS Devon urgently required additional peripatetic support for P1 work with patients being discharged from hospital in Plymouth. An incumbent was already in place and performing well. Due to the urgency of the need the decision was taken to award a short direct award to this provider. The award is for provision of maximum 29 staff and it is anticipated this number will reduce during the course of the contract period. The contract period is 1/10/25 to 31/3/26 with a 6 month extension option.

Timeline

Completed: Award date25 September 2025
Completed: Award published26 September 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Devon Integrated Care Board commissions health and care services across Devon as one of England's NHS integrated care boards, buying through its corporate services team. Procurement of health care services follows the Provider Selection Regime, introduced in 2024. Providers register free on an e-sourcing system to bid for contracts. Route B allows direct award to providers with no existing contract. Specialist services such as dermatology and orthopaedics are commissioned through lead provider frameworks. Non-clinical purchases follow NHS terms and conditions, and clinical contracts use the NHS Standard Contract.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

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

Relevant CPV codes

85300000 · Social work and related services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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