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Warwickshire Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts

Warwickshire County Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

28 Aug 2026 at 10:17

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

17 Aug 2026 at 15:09

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

11 May 2026 at 12:23

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Warwickshire County Council procured residential care home block contracts for Pathway 2 short-stay beds, supporting people who are medically fit for discharge from hospital but cannot yet return home. The service covers social care assessment beds, moving-on beds and discharge-to-assess beds. Residents receive short-term residential care while they recover, environmental or social issues are resolved, and their longer-term care or support needs are assessed. Moving-on placements typically support people returning home, while discharge-to-assess placements support people whose needs have increased during hospital admission. Delivery is across North Warwickshire, Rugby and South Warwickshire. This is a social care and related services requirement, including the operation of suitable residential care home placements for adults leaving hospital.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. It used an accelerated competitive flexible procedure under the light-touch regime, with conditions of participation, mandatory questions, cost, quality, presentations or clarification, award and tie-break stages. One lot was awarded on 4 August 2026 following 13 valid final-stage bids. Quality accounted for 80% and cost for 20%, both subject to pass/fail thresholds. The award and contract value is £28,981,475 excluding VAT and £34,777,770 including VAT. The contract was signed on 27 August 2026 and runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2031, with extensions permitted up to 30 September 2036. Seven suppliers were awarded: Butts Croft Limited; Simply Care Group UK Ltd; Runwood Homes Limited; Serene Care Ltd; St Mary's Nursing Home Limited; Te Hira Care Home Limited; and WCS Care Group Limited.

This award demonstrates sustained demand from Warwickshire County Council for residential care homes able to support hospital discharge and short-term recovery. A credible future provider would need an operational care home setting, appropriately trained staff, reliable arrangements for assessment and rehabilitation support, and the capacity to manage residents whose needs may change before longer-term arrangements are agreed. Experience with discharge-to-assess, moving-on or comparable short-stay residential services would be directly relevant. The competition attracted both large providers and smaller care businesses, with eight SMEs reaching the final stage and one voluntary, community or social enterprise. Providers should therefore be able to evidence consistent quality, safe service delivery, flexible capacity across Warwickshire and effective coordination with adult social care and health services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Warwickshire Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts

Notice Description

This was a retender of WCC Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts (OCID ocds-h6vhtk-05496e/ Ref' WAR-0053) which has been terminated. Warwickshire County Council is seeking bids for care home block contracts for Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed block contracts, commissioned for patients whose discharge from hospital is being led by Adult Social Care (currently short stay social care assessments beds and moving on beds). Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Beds provide short-term residential care for people who are medically optimised for discharge from hospital but are unable to return home, therefore requiring a short stay in a care home setting to support their recovery and time for assessment for future needs. People will stay in the service until their assessment and ongoing arrangements have been determined. Moving On Beds: are for people that are medically fit for discharge and can return home but require further support and time before this can take place. People that use a MOB typically return home once environmental or social issues are resolved and have an average length of stay of 6 weeks. D2A Short Stay Beds: are for people that are medically fit for discharge whose needs have increased since their admission to hospital meaning they are unable to return to their normal place of residence. They require assessment and time to recover to understand their future requirements, whether this is to return home or to go into long term care. People that use a D2A Short Stay Bed have an average length of stay of 4 weeks. The Council is seeking to award approximately 52 D2A short stay beds and 8 Moving on beds across three Place areas in Warwickshire, these being North Warwickshire, Rugby and South Warwickshire.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The Council expects to be flexibly purchasing up to 9 Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Beds at any one time in addition to the 60 block beds, although the number of flexible beds that WCC are able to purchase is subject to change during the life of this contract. Any other additional services as required by the specification.

Renewal: The initial contract term will be for 5 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 60 months (60 months being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-069598
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082058-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£28,981,475 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£28,981,475 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£28,981,475 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
£28,981,475 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
29 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
4 Aug 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

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

Locality
WARWICK
Postcode
CV34 4SA
Postcode Area
Coventry
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Delivery Location
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Local Authority
Warwick
Electoral Ward
Warwick Saltisford
Westminster Constituency
Warwick and Leamington

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
7
Supplier Names

Butts Croft Limited

SIMPLY CARE GROUP UK LTD (Morar Care Home Stratford LTD - Morar Living - Trinity Manor)

Runwood Homes Ltd

SERENE CARE LTD

ST MARY'S NURSING HOME LIMITED

Te Hira Care Home Ltd

WCS Care Group Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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