Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- NHS Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Cedar Care Homes Ltd
- Value
- £951,225.60
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Residential nursing care services (CPV 85144100)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 027656-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Mar 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board have awarded a time limited contract for the provision of 12 P3 Pathway Discharge to Assess Beds to Cedar Care Homes Ltd under urgent circumstances. These beds will be delivered at Oakhill Mansions operated by Cedar Care Homes Ltd The system is facing an immediate and unplanned capacity shortfall from April 2026 and creates a direct and imminent risk to patient safety and system flow, which could not reasonably have been fully mitigated through earlier procurement action given the reliance on transformation programmes that were, at the time, expected to reduce demand within the existing contracted capacity. Pathway 3 (P3) beds form part of the Discharge to Assess (D2A) model and are intended for individuals who are medically optimised for discharge from acute hospital settings but have complex, high-level care needs that cannot be safely met in their own home environment at the point of discharge. P3 beds are …
About the supplier
Cedar Care Homes Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03585946).