Residential and Nursing Care Beds

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        "startDate": "2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00"
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          "description": "Transparency notice on Find a Tender",
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        {
          "id": "GB-COH-10248411",
          "name": "ACER HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS LIMITED"
        }
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      "title": "Appletree Court Care Home",
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        "postalCode": "HA3 8FL",
        "region": "UKI74",
        "streetAddress": "Forward Drive"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurement@harrow.gov.uk",
        "name": "Lisa Taylor"
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        "locality": "Leeds",
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    "description": "London Borough of Harrow Adult Social Care intends to award a block contract to Acer Healthcare Operations Ltd at Appletree Court Care Home for the provision of Nursing Elderly Mentally Infirm (EMI) and Nursing Dementia beds. This is supported by Better Care Fund (BCF) funding and forms part of the winter admissions to facilitate hospital discharges.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
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    "procurementMethod": "direct",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Direct award",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "Residents are currently residing in the care home, and any transfer of placements at this stage would likely cause disruption and distress, given their specific needs. The current provider is best placed to ensure continuity of care, maintaining established relationships and routines that support residents\u0027 wellbeing. Therefore, at this stage, this provider is the only one who can provide the beds and subsequent services, and as a result, there are no reasonable alternatives.\nSchedule 5(6) of the PA 23 states:\nThe following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-\n(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and\n(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.",
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    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Residential and Nursing Care Beds"
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}