Awarded contract

BSOL_1st Care Limited_2026-27_Acorn Care Home_P2/EAB UA

Details

Supplier(s)
1st Care Ltd
Value
£1,285,843
Topic
Residential nursing care services
Published
6 August 2026

Tender description

This urgent contract award is for block and spot purchase care home dementia beds for pathway 2 discharge clients Lot 1: "Services to be provided: Pathway 2 Care Home Beds for clients with dementia This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance Estimated Lifetime Value of the Contract (12 months) is between £297,214 and £1,285,843, dependant on the variable factors such as special observation costs and spot purchase placements. Services are to be provided between 29th July 2026 and 28th July 2027 inclusive."

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date29 July 2026
  2. Completed: Award published6 August 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board commissions health and care services across Birmingham and Solihull, and buys through its own Procurement Collaborative. The Procurement Collaborative oversees procurement decisions across the wider Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System. Corporate functions such as procurement are also delivered under contract by a local Commissioning Support Unit and an NHS trust. Delivery partners, including those for the WorkWell programme, are chosen through open procurement processes. Supplier contracts carry a social value weighting of 20%, double the NHS's national minimum.

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 Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85144100 · Residential nursing care services

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