Official UK procurement notice
Carers Support Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract will be for the delivery of Carers Support Services within the city of Coventry to ensure the Councils fulfilment of statutory responsibilities under The Care Act 2014 to support unpaid carers in Coventry. The services delivered under the contract will be for;
Universal Carers Support Services, (Adult) Carers Assessment, Carers Peer Support and
Carers Regulated Support.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,083,235
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2025, 11:39 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2025, 11:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
COV- 22170- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016462- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050631Find a Tender
- Risks
Reference to a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice and the question within this notice:
Has preliminary market engagement been carried out?
Response - No
This must be justified if a preliminary market engagement notice has not been published.
Response - No pre-market engagement notice was published as no specific engagement with the market has been undertaken.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 11:39 BST
- Submission deadline27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent18 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published18 Jun 2025, 11:07 BST
- Award decision expected by23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts392 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2025- Tender notice published23 Apr 2025, 11:39 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published18 Jun 2025, 11:07 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 Jun 2025, 11:07 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carers Trust Heart of EnglandVCSECOV-22170- Carers Support Service1 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: 1 x extension of 3 years. Providing that performance indicators areconsistently met with no performance or quality concerns. | £4,083,235 | 10 Jun 2025standstill to 27 Jun 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUSTContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CARERS TRUST, HEART OF ENGLANDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender