Disability 'Open' Framework for Specialist Residential and Supported Living Services
Description: Tenders are invited from suitably experienced and qualified Service Providers who wish to secure a place on an Open Framework for Supported Living and Residential Services. Spot purchase arrangements may be made either individually or collaboratively by Neath Port Talbot Council, the City and County of Swansea Council, and Swansea Bay University Health Board. Nursing care may be available across each Residential Lot (i.e., 1a, 2a, or 3a). The Framework serves in part to meet West Glamorgan's collective response to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 by supporting individuals in ways that would promote greater independence, choice and control and encourage for some, progression, and recovery and is being procured as a 'light touch' framework and therefore not obliged to follow all the obligations contained within (read more...)
Summary: The Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council is leading a procurement process for a "Disability ‘Open’ Framework for Specialist Residential and Supported Living Services" in collaboration with the City and County of Swansea Council and Swansea Bay University Health Board. This open procedure tender falls under the services category, specifically health and social work services, and is centred in the UK regions of Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. Issued on 9th December 2025, the tender aims to establish a light-touch framework for up to eight years, with an initial framework period of three years. Interested service providers are invited to submit electronic tenders by 2nd February 2026, with any enquiries to be addressed by 26th January 2026. The framework aims to address needs identified by the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, encompassing various lots such as learning disability, mental health, and physical disability services.