Award

Live Longer Better - Active Lives Torbay 2026

TORBAY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

29 Apr 2026 at 12:01

Planning

12 Mar 2026 at 14:35

Summary of the contracting process

Torbay Council, located in Torquay, United Kingdom, is overseeing the procurement process for the "Live Longer Better – Active Lives Torbay 2026" contract. This initiative focuses on promoting healthy ageing in Torbay, falling under the industry category of health and social work services. The procurement process is currently at the award stage as of 29th April 2026, following a direct award method without competition. The contract is set to commence on 1st May 2026, concluding on 31st March 2027. This contract was initially supported by Devon ICB funding but is now fully financed by Torbay Council's Public Health team, with a gross contract value of £115,440.

Business users can find growth opportunities in this direct award contract, particularly within health and social care sectors, given its focus on healthy ageing. Although the contract was directly awarded to the incumbent supplier, TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD, future opportunities may arise for SMEs and VCSEs to engage with the extended healthy ageing programme expected to commence in 2027. The procurement planning phase underscored a need for creativity and financial viability, so businesses adept at providing innovative solutions in community-based health initiatives could be well-positioned for upcoming tenders. Such enterprises would benefit from developing partnerships with Torbay Council as they seek to fill service delivery gaps and contribute to sustainable community health strategies in Torbay over subsequent years.

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Notice Title

Live Longer Better - Active Lives Torbay 2026

Notice Description

Devon ICB are currently funding the Live Longer Better (LLB) contract alongside Torbay Council's Public Health team, which includes a citizen's activation approach. Public Health have a three-year Service Level Agreement (SLA) (April 2025 - March 2028) currently in place to provide PS35,000 per year contribution to this contract, with an element for Age Friendly work in Torbay. This funds 50% of a post holder, the other 50% being funded via the ICB contract. Upon receiving notice that Devon ICB would not continue funding this project into the new financial year (2026/27), Public Health identified that this would place the existing work programme and SLA at significant risk. To safeguard delivery, a decision was made for Public Health to fully fund the Live Longer Better (LLB) contract. This contract underpins healthy ageing initiatives across Torbay and contributes to reducing demand on adult social care, housing, and health services. Following a recent Expression of Interest (EOI) process, it was considered that procuring the other LLB service elements would provide little creativity or financial return for the awarded supplier and would require the Council's Public Health staff resource to develop and embed. In essence, the procurement process would not benefit a new supplier or the Council at this time, and would instead stunt the service delivery to residents accessing the current LLB, which is currently well received. Therefore, internal approval was granted to reduce the SLA by 12 months, and direct award the remaining contract elements to the incumbent provider in the short term, with both to end in March 2027. This would enable time for a full procurement for Live Longer Better and the resultant integrated contract for all components, which will be awarded for a start date of 01/04/2027..

Planning Information

There is a current existing Service Level Agreement (SLA) to deliver Live Longer Better (LLB) Healthy Ageing provision within Torbay, Torbay Council are taking on responsibility for commissioning the remaining part of a contract that was previously commissioned by another organisation From this Expression of Interest opportunity, Torbay Council is seeking to gauge the level of interest by meeting the presenting gap in service delivery and funding. This includes three components. Please refer to the attached Expression of Interest document for details of the requirements. Providers are required to first, express their interest against this opportunity via this ProContract e-tendering system, then fully complete section D Expression of Interest Response, and return the EOI document. Completed EOI forms must be returned as an attachment through the ‘Messaging’ facility on this ProContract system, by 4:00pm on Monday 30 March 2026. Any organisation expressing an interest in this Expression of Interest (EOI) opportunity, and who submits a completed EOI document, will be automatically taken to the next procurement stage, and therefore should have the organisational capacity and capability to undertake a full procurement exercise, if required. If this is required, it is likely to commence within approximately one month’s time.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-066882
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039166-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£122,400 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£96,200 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Apr 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
13 Apr 2026Expired
Award Date
28 Apr 20264 days ago
Contract Period
30 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TORBAY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TORQUAY
Postcode
TQ1 3DR
Post Town
Torquay
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK42 Torbay
Delivery Location
TLK42 Torbay

Local Authority
Torbay
Electoral Ward
Tormohun
Westminster Constituency
Torbay

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TORBAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Further Information

Notice Documents

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