PSR - Direct Award C - Provision of Urgent Care Response Services in East Kent
Details
- Topic
- Community health services
- Published
- 17 October 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
Urgent community response teams to provide urgent care to people in their homes which helps to avoid hospital admissions and enable people to live independently for longer. Through these teams, older people and adults with complex health needs who urgently need care, can get fast access to a range of health and social care professionals within two hours. This includes access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy, medication prescribing and reviews, and help with staying well-fed and hydrated. The proposed contract will start on 27th October 2025 and end on 31st March 2026. Lot 1: 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. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR The proposed contract will start on 27th October 2025 and end on 31st March 2026. Additional information: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published17 October 2025Current notice
About the buyer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust delivers community health services across Kent and Medway, procuring as an NHS trust with its own commercial function. Tender opportunities are advertised on the Procontract portal, Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Contracts for health services can be awarded through the Provider Selection Regime as well as competitive tender. The Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025, now governs its procurements. Community services are delivered through a partnership the trust leads with HCRG Care Group and Medway Community Healthcare.
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 Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in software and information systems, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and health and social work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 85323000 · Community health services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@kent-community-health-nhs-foundation-trust.gov |
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