Notice Information
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Notice Title
Bath and North East Somerset ASC Step Up and Step Down Services
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Notice Description
Bath & North East Somerset intends to award a single provider Contract for the provision of Adult Social Care Step Up and Step Down Services. The procurement is run in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, Light Touch Regime (LTR) above-threshold, one stage tender. The Step-up and Step-Down (SUSD) Accommodation Service will provide accessible short-term accommodation (6 units in total) and the associated wellbeing, financial and housing related support, working alongside the Local Authority as care provider, to enable enhanced care and support to individuals before returning home from hospital, and crisis response to enable admission avoidance. The SUSD Service will provide an easily accessible front door via the Community Wellbeing hub referral process and meet the needs of individuals across the geographical area of B&NES. It will actively engage with health, care and other third sector providers, promoting its services, ensuring that providers are aware of services offered. The service provider will be an active member of the Community Wellbeing Hub and similar local partnerships, to support cross working, referrals and information sharing. The service will be working with a variety of individuals who have experienced medical treatment, or a hospital stay and will be vulnerable and potentially nervous about returning into the community and/or to a different place of residence. The provider will need to understand the complexities of individuals with health and/or social care needs to deliver support in a sensitive way considering individual needs.
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Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: An additional, optional 2-year extension is available beyond the initial term. If the optional extension is taken the contract will expire on 31st December 2032. Any extension is at the Council's discretion and cannot be guaranteed. The Contract Terms include a discretional uplift. The values at V.3 and V.20.3 have been uplifted to allow some headroom for any potential uplifts, which are not guaranteed.
Notice Details
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Notice Details
- Open Contracting ID
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ocds-h6vhtk-055644
- Publication Source
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Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- Current Stage
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Award
- All Stages
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Tender, Award
- Notice Type
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UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
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Standard
- Procurement Category
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Services
- Procurement Method
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Open
- Procurement Method Details
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Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
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SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
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SME
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Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
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85 - Health and social work services
- CPV Codes
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85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
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Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
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£1,405,380 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
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£1,405,380 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
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£1,208,256 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
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Not specified
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Notice Dates
- Publication Date
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17 Sep 20253 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
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30 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
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Not specified
- Award Date
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10 Sep 20254 weeks ago
- Contract Period
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1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
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Not specified
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Notice Status
- Tender Status
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Complete
- Lots Status
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Complete
- Awards Status
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Pending
- Contracts Status
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Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
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Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Contact Name
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Not specified
- Contact Email
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procurement@bathnes.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
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+44 1225477273
- Locality
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BATH
- Postcode
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BA1 5AW
- Post Town
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Bath
- Country
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England
- Major Region (ITL 1)
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TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
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TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
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TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
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TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Local Authority
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Bath and North East Somerset
- Electoral Ward
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Kingsmead
- Westminster Constituency
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Bath
Buyer Location
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Supplier Information
Further Information
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Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057247-2025
17th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036238-2025
30th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
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Notice URLs
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