Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+)

Staffordshire County Council

This public procurement record has 14 releases in its history.

Award

23 Sep 2026 at 13:53

Award

23 Sep 2026 at 13:43

Award

21 Sep 2026 at 11:55

Award

21 Sep 2026 at 11:42

TenderUpdate

01 Jul 2026 at 11:56

Award

09 Jan 2026 at 14:59

TenderUpdate

24 Nov 2025 at 12:19

Award

29 Oct 2025 at 12:58

Award

07 Aug 2025 at 14:07

TenderUpdate

01 Apr 2025 at 10:54

Award

15 Nov 2024 at 10:04

Award

31 Oct 2024 at 09:50

Award

23 Jul 2024 at 15:50

Tender

28 Jun 2024 at 08:12

Summary of the contracting process

Staffordshire County Council commissioned supported living services for people aged 16 and over with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and/or mental health conditions. Providers are also expected to consider reasonable adjustments for people with sensory impairments, physical disabilities or acquired brain injury. The services support people in Staffordshire. The procurement was run through the Council’s Light Touch Regime Dynamic Purchasing System, with individual competitions for contracts under the arrangement. This is health and social care provision, rather than a supply of goods or construction work, and is relevant to providers able to deliver personalised supported living for people with these needs.

The procurement is complete and contracts were awarded through a restricted-procedure competition under the dynamic purchasing system. The competition deadline was 30 June 2025. The overall estimated procurement value was £93.86 million; the reported contract values are separate: Affinity Trust, £77,224.08, signed 31 March 2024 and £12,616.80, signed 31 July 2026; AppleTree (Cheadle) Ltd, £54,111.86, signed 30 June 2024; Access Hope Ltd, £80,177.76, signed 30 September 2024; Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Ltd, £44,661.43, signed 31 December 2024; ECHO Supported Living Services Ltd, £266.28, signed 19 January 2025; CareTech Community Services Ltd, £178.84, signed 30 April 2025; Achieve Together Ltd, £65,944.75, signed 1 July 2026 and £22,859.54, signed 31 July 2026; and 1 Step Beyond Support Ltd, £9,529.25, signed 31 July 2026. Price was the stated award criterion; suppliers were assessed against economic and technical selection criteria.

This procurement demonstrates demand from Staffordshire County Council for supported living services for people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health conditions, including provision that can make reasonable adjustments for sensory impairments, physical disabilities and acquired brain injury. Credible providers need to show they can meet the service specification and the dynamic purchasing system’s terms, and satisfy economic and technical selection requirements. The awards went to a mix of established larger organisations and smaller providers, indicating that both scale and specialist local delivery have featured among successful suppliers. Providers should be able to price competitively, since price was the stated award criterion, while evidencing the operational capability to support people with the specified needs. The arrangement used individual competitions under a dynamic purchasing system, so experience in responding to that route is relevant to competing for comparable future requirements from this Council.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+)

Notice Description

Call For Competitions made under the Light Touch Regime Dynamic Purchasing System (LTR DPS) IA949 Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+). Quarterly report of contract awards between 1st April to 30th June 2026. Details of the awards can be found at: https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/business/selling-council/contract-award-notices/supported-living-award-notices

Lot Information

Lot 1

Staffordshire County Council (the Council) has put in place a Light Touch Regime Dynamic Purchasing System (LTR DPS) arrangement for the provision of Supported Living Services for Individuals with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Conditions and/or Mental Health Conditions (aged 16+). Suppliers will also be expected to consider reasonable adjustments to also enable the needs of clients with Sensory Impairments, Physical Disabilities and Acquired Brain Injury. The Council has received applications to join the DPS from Suppliers and has awarded successful Suppliers onto the DPS. Invitations to Tender for Call For Competition Contracts under the DPS commenced on 1st October 2019. This Contract Award Notice relates to Call For Competition Contracts which have been awarded under the DPS Agreement with effect from 1st April 2026 to 30th June 2026 (inclusive).

Options: The initial period is 1.9.2019 to 30.9.2021 with 2 x 12 month options to extend - therefore options may be taken up for the period 1.10.2021 to 30.9.2022 and 1.10.2022 to 30.9.2023. The options will be exercised at the discretion of the County Council and the Council reserves the right to further extend the LTR DPS in line with public contract regulations. The original OJEU Notice Reference published in 2019 was 2019/S 145-357356. A Corrigendum was issued in November 2023 OJEU Notice Reference 2023/S 227-715092 which stated: The initial period is 1.9.2019 to 30.9.2021 with 2 x 12 month options to extend - therefore options may be taken up for the period 1.10.2021 to 30.9.2022 and 1.10.2022 to 30.9.2023 and 01.10.23 - 30.06.2024.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-047331
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090146-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£93,860,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£93,860,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£367,565 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
30 Jun 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Staffordshire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
STAFFORD
Postcode
ST16 2DH
Postcode Area
Stoke-on-Trent
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG24 Staffordshire CC
Delivery Location
TLG24 Staffordshire CC

Local Authority
Stafford
Electoral Ward
Forebridge
Westminster Constituency
Stafford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
8
Supplier Names

Affinity Trust

AppleTree (Cheadle) Ltd

Access Hope Ltd

Community Homes Of Intensive Care & Education (CHOICE) Limited

ECHO Supported Living Services LTD

CareTech Community Services Limited

Achieve together Limited

1 Step Beyond Support LTD

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