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Extra Care Housing Care and Support Services

Somerset County Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

04 Apr 2025 at 09:15

Award Notice
Tender

02 Aug 2024 at 13:08

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Somerset County Council has completed the procurement process for Extra Care Housing (ECH) Care and Support Services, with contracts awarded in three lots: East & South, West, and North of Somerset. This tender falls under the health and social work services industry category and aims to support adults with health and social care needs, focusing on maintaining their independence. The contracts, valued at £12,000,000 each, were signed on 31st March 2025 following a restricted procedure. The awarded contracts are to Way Ahead Care and Agincare UK, covering multiple ECH units across Somerset.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses within the care and support services sector, particularly those experienced in providing health and social care services. Companies like Way Ahead Care and Agincare UK, which specialise in large-scale care services, have successfully secured these contracts, demonstrating capabilities in delivering high-quality care and support. Interested businesses should have robust operational frameworks to support varied levels of dependency needs and the ability to foster community-based independent living. The procurement method highlights selective procurement processes, underscoring the importance of meeting stringent quality, social value, and price criteria.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Extra Care Housing Care and Support Services

Notice Description

ECH is specialist independent living housing option for adults with health and social care needs. It is targeted at people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities or ill mental health. The aim is to create a community within Extra Care where people stay independent as long as possible, with their front door but have access to care and support. To achieve this, the aspiration is to accommodate people with a mix of care and support needs with approximately one third of occupiers having a high dependency care need, one third having medium dependency care needs and one third should have low dependency or support needs.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - East & South

Extra Care Housing in the East and South of Somerset.

Renewal: There is an option to extend by mutual agreement for up to a further 24 months.

Lot 2 - West

Extra Care Housing in the West of Somerset

Renewal: There is an option to extend by mutual agreement for up to a further 24 months.

Lot 3 - North

Extra Care Housing in the North of Somerset

Renewal: There is an option to extend by mutual agreement for up to a further 24 months.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-048726
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012961-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
£35,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£12,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Apr 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

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

Locality
TAUNTON
Postcode
Not specified
Postcode Area
Not specified
Country
Not specified
Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
TLK23 Somerset CC
Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

Way Ahead Care

Agincare UK Ltd

Further Information

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