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27 Aug 2026 at 13:19

Tender

17 Aug 2026 at 13:12

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02 Jul 2026 at 11:44

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26 Nov 2025 at 11:13

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15 Jul 2025 at 10:41

Summary of the contracting process

Walsall Council is buying health and social work services for adults through one contract covering ICS Pathway 1 Services and a Community Reablement Service in Walsall. The work supports people to regain or maintain independence after hospital discharge, avoid hospital admission, or manage a decline in functional ability at home. It includes short-term, intensive, therapy-led and multidisciplinary support, interim social support while longer-term care is arranged, and preventative community reablement delivered with the Council’s therapy team. Providers will work towards user-defined goals, daily living skills, choice, control and wellbeing, using technology where appropriate. Referrals will come from integrated care staff, hospitals, Council Adult Social Care teams and the customer experience centre. The procurement is for health and social work services (CPV 85000000).

The process has reached tender: Walsall Council invited offers through an open procedure. It is a light-touch services procurement above the relevant threshold, with a closed framework for up to four appointed suppliers; call-off arrangements are set out in the tender documents. Electronic submission is allowed in English. Enquiries had to be submitted by 4 September 2026 at 23:59, and offers by 18 September 2026 at 12:00. Evaluation was based on quality at 90% and social value at 10%. The contract is due to run from 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2032, with two extensions of three years and two years, allowing it to run until 31 January 2037. Its estimated value is £65,000,000 excluding VAT, or £78,000,000 including VAT, subject to client need and service volume.

This opportunity suits providers of adult social care, reablement, intermediate care, therapy-led support and community-based health and social work services. Strong candidates will be able to deliver integrated multidisciplinary services across hospital discharge, admission avoidance and community settings, including support for people who have reached their reablement potential or are awaiting longer-term care. Relevant capability includes assessing individual needs, agreeing and delivering personalised goals, promoting independence in daily activities, managing changing needs between reablement and social pathways, and working effectively with Council therapy and Adult Social Care teams. Providers should also be able to use technology to support outcomes and demonstrate strong service quality and social value. The contract is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

WP4051 ICS Pathway 1 Services and a Community Reablement Service

Notice Description

"Reablement is a strengths-based, person-centred approach that promotes and maximises independence and wellbeing. It aims to ensure positive change using user-defined goals and is designed to enable people to gain, or regain, their confidence, ability, and necessary skills to live as independently as possible, especially after an illness, deterioration in health or injury. Reablement focuses on enabling people to do things for themselves rather than having things done for them. Reablement will be achieved by working in partnership with individuals to support them to undertake tasks themselves, promoting choice, control, and functional ability rather than providing task-based care. Reablement in the Borough will be aided by technology to deliver positive outcomes for each Service User, ensuring their support is effective, innovative, and tailored to their individual needs. There are two types of Reablement Pathways. 1) ICS Pathway 1 Services All Referrals to Pathway 1 Reablement service will be made by appropriate ICS staff. Individuals may be residing in acute hospitals, both inside and outside the borough, or in their own homes. (but only for the purposes of permitting the Referral of Adults who are ordinarily resident in the Borough). Pathway 1 Reablement provides short-term, intensive, therapy-led support following hospital discharge or admission avoidance. Delivered through an integrated multidisciplinary approach, it focuses on helping people regain skills, achieve personal goals, and undertake daily activities independently wherever possible. Pathway 1 Social provides short-term interim support for individuals who do not require Reablement, have reached their Reablement potential, or are awaiting longer-term care arrangements or other appropriate services. It ensures continuity of care while longer-term solutions are put in place, and service users may move between the Reablement and Social pathways as their needs change. 2) Community Reablement Pathway Referrals into the Community Reablement Service will be made via the Council's customer experience centre/operational teams in Adult Social Care. Community Reablement provides preventative, short-term support for people living in the community who are experiencing a decline in their functional ability. Delivered through a partnership between the Council's therapy team and the Provider, it aims to restore independence, improve wellbeing, and reduce the need for ongoing care and support. This is a cost and volume contract therefore the value of the total contract value may change, dependant on client need. "

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Two extension facilities of 3 years and 2 years (36 months and 24 months)

Planning Information

''This market sounding questionnaire is being undertaken by Walsall Council to obtain the views from potential bidders on the procurement process and possible future strategy for the following services: ● Community Reablement ● ICS Pathway 1 Reablement Please find questionnaire to be completed at the link above".

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055f1c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081748-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

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
£65,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£65,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Aug 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
18 Sep 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
15 Dec 20264 months to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
2036-08-01

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Walsall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WALSALL
Postcode
WS1 1TP
Postcode Area
Walsall
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG38 Walsall
Delivery Location
TLG38 Walsall

Local Authority
Walsall
Electoral Ward
St Matthew's
Westminster Constituency
Walsall and Bloxwich

Further Information

Notice Documents

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