NHS Sussex ICB Nursing Home Any Qualified Provider (AQP)
A Contract Award Notice
by NHS SUSSEX INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 28 month (est.)
- Value
- £0
- Sector
- HEALTH
- Published
- 21 Oct 2025
- Delivery
- 28 Jul 2025 to 30 Nov 2027 (est.)
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Lewes
2 buyers
1 supplier
- [See Attached] Complementary Information
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.
Total Quantity or Scope
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. … 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.
Award Detail
| 1 | [See Attached] (Complementary Information)
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Renewal Options
The Commissioners may opt to extend the Contract Term by up to 2 years, in accordance with Schedule 1C of the Contract Particulars.
Award Criteria
| Quality criterion are stated only in the procurement documents | 100.0 |
| Price not evaluated; providers confirmed acceptance of the fixed contract rates set out in the contract | _ |
CPV Codes
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Indicators
- Options are available.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This notice follows the contract award notice published on 27 August 2025 (ref. 2025/S 000-051698), and records additional providers that have entered into the contract within the last 30 days. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process to the following providers: ANAVO CARE (HOVE) LTD - First Floor, 15-17 The Crescent, Leatherhead, Surrey, England, KT22 8DY LOTUS CARE 1 LIMITED - Studio 4, 224 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6PJ
Reference
- FTS 067234-2025