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Published 20 Feb 2025, 08:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Home Care Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£395,000,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 9 Apr 2025awarded 23 Sept 2025
Awarded to Applewood Support Limited +9 more10 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Council (WCC) is seeking tenders for their Home Care services. The service will be tendered under 2 lots:

1 Domiciliary Care Services

2 Community Recovery Services

CPV: Health and social work services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£395,000,000 together)
Lot #1Domiciliary CarePublished value£361,000,000

The aim of this service will be to deliver outcome based, personalised care to customers who have social care needs and may also have health care needs, to enable them and their informal carers to have choice and control over the support they receive, promoting independence while supporting them to achieve positive outcomes in all aspects of their life.

Further details are provided in the Service Specification Additional information: The initial contract term will be for 4 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 72 months (72 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.

Delivery: West Midlands · Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council but also may be outside the boundaries.
Lot #2Community Recovery Service (CRS)Published value£34,000,000

To deliver CRS The Provider will also need to have been successful in being awarded a Domiciliary Care Contract under Lot 1 of this procurement exercise to ensure that they have met the Council's criteria to deliver these services. This also helps ensure a CRS provider can balance their activity across the council-purchased domiciliary care market and CRS and ensure that they are fully integrated in the Council's approach.

The Community Recovery Service (CRS) is to support people home from an Acute Hospital setting to enable them to access short-term (up-to 6 weeks) domiciliary care support that will be delivered with a view to reducing their care needs and promoting independence as far as possible, to reduce the level of support needed for long-term services. Additional information: The initial contract term will be for 4 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 72 months (72 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant.

Delivery: West Midlands · Generally within the County Council boundaries of Warwickshire County Council but also may be outside the boundaries.

What it takes to win
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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 more
Shortlisting
All as detailed in the tender documentation. The Council will undertake its financial assessment of the tendering organisation (and if considered necessary by the Council, any partners within a consortium bid) based on its own evaluation of the Tenderers most recent 2 years accounts (or if 2 years accounts are not available, equivalent evidence which confirms financial viability). The assessment of accounts will be supported by an independent credit reference report from Creditsafe where this is available. The Council may also impose a Bond or Performance Guarantee on the successful Tenderer

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Feb 2025, 08:56 GMT
Last source update
16 Oct 2025, 11:09 BST
Authority reference
CSW - 18165
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065837
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e494 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council and partners, potential changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers. These changes may include (but are not limited to): - • Increases or decreases in funding - this will usually be due to reductions or additions in budget allocations as part of the Council and partners' budget setting processes, It may also be as a consequence of additional funding streams which were unknown at the time of awarding the contract but which are provided to increase the volume of services delivered. • • Changes in legislation that may for example require the inclusion of new customer groups • The identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract . Opportunities offered by emerging/ new technologies • Ongoing performance monitoring indicating a change required in allocations made for each service element from the overall funding amount.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
9 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

9 Apr 2025 → 16 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
  2. Notice published376 days ago
    16 Oct 2025, 11:09 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Oct 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Oct 2025, 11:09 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    16 Oct 2025, 11:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 23
Awarded value Not summedeach provider’s award repeats the list or panel total
Bids received 309
Contracts signed 20latest 23 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Not linked to a lot10 awards
Applewood Support Limited£15,700,000 †—Awarded
Facilitate Care Services Limited£15,700,000 †—Awarded
FirstCare (GB) Ltd£19,950,000 †—Awarded
Full Care Solutions Ltd£15,700,000 †—Awarded
Generations Care Ltd£15,700,000 †—Awarded
GG Total Care Ltd t/a Caremark Redditch & Bromsgrove£19,950,000 †—Awarded
House of Care Services Ltd£15,700,000 †—Awarded
Mobile Care Services Ltd£15,700,000 †—Awarded
ORBIS CARE LIMITED£15,700,000 †—Awarded
PLAN-IT HOMECARE LIMITED£15,700,000 †—Awarded

13 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

  • Contract 065837-2025-1 · Applewood Support Limited

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-10 · Facilitate Care Services Limited

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-11 · FirstCare (GB) Ltd

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-12 · Full Care Solutions Ltd

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-13 · Generations Care Ltd

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-14 · GG Total Care Ltd t/a Caremark Redditch & Bromsgrove

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-15 · House of Care Services Ltd

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-16 · Mobile Care Services Ltd

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-17 · ORBIS CARE LIMITED

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-18 · PLAN-IT HOMECARE LIMITED

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-19

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-2

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-20

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-21

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-22

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-23

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-3

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-4

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-5

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £15,700,000
    Status
    active
  • Contract 065837-2025-6

    Signed
    23 Sept 2025
    Value
    £19,950,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
309bids · 309 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Warwickshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Shire Hall, Warwick, West Midlands, CV344SAContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

23 commercial parties on the notice
Show 13 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.