Official UK procurement notice
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C
Authority: Dorset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Confirmation of Award Notice under PSR23.
For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and
Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract is being awarded using
direct award process C.
The requirements of the Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) scheme is to deliver
short term, enhanced support to individuals following discharge from hospital or to avoid
hospital admission. This takes place in an individual’s own home, in order to bring them
back to their baseline, prior to their illness or crisis to improve their current situation.
Dorset Council has awarded this contract to the existing providers following Direct Award Process C under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
CPV: Home medical treatment services · Rehabilitation services · Services provided by medical personnel
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a Confirmation of Award Notice under PSR23AwardedRenewal
This is a Confirmation of Award Notice under PSR23.
The requirements of the Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) scheme is to deliver short term, enhanced support to individuals following discharge from hospital or to avoid hospital admission. This takes place in an individual’s own home, in order to bring them back to their baseline, prior to their illness or crisis to improve their current situation.
The RCR service falls under the following CPV Codes: 85141000-9 (Services provided by medical personnel), 85141210-4 (Home medical treatment services), and 85312500-4 (Rehabilitation services, but only insofar as such services are provided to individuals to tackle substance misuse or for the rehabilitation of the mental or physical health of individuals).
Dorset Council has awarded this contract via Direct Award Process C under The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, to the 5 providers who currently run this service, to ensure that all 3 areas of Dorset are covered; East/Purbeck, West, and North.
The 5 existing providers are as follows:
- Agincare Live-In Care
Address: Agincare House, Admiralty Buildings, Portland
- Agincare UK
Address: Agincare House, Admiralty Buildings, Portland
- Altogether Care
Address: 21 Glendinning Ave, Weymouth DT4 7QF
- Care South
Address: 39 Commercial Rd, Poole BH14 0HU
- Wisteria Care
Address: Middlefield House, Marlott Rd, Gillingham SP8 4FA
The award decision-makers were the Executive Director of Adults & Housing, in consultation with the Section 151 Officer and the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care.
A conflict of interest assessment was carried out and no conflicts or potential conflicts were identified.
The contract will run for an initial period of 7 months from 11th September 2025 to 31st March
2026. The Contract may be extended by the Council for up to three further terms of 12 months at the discretion of the Council and subject to the continued availability of funding and agreement and satisfactory performance by the Providers. The scope of services during any extension shall remain materially the same, with minor adjustments permissible to reflect evolving service needs.
The estimated total contract value including all extensions is £11.5m.
The award values in this notice are for the initial 7 month contract period until 31.03.2026.
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 sub-criteria (5)
- Quality and Innovation: 20%
- Value: 20%
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 20%
- Social value: 20%
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (6)
- Quality and Innovation: 20
- Value: 20
- Integration, collaboration and service sustainability: 20
- Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 20
- Social value: 20
- There is no cost criterion - set budget: 0
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Aug 2025, 10:46 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2025, 09:45 BST
- Authority reference
DN787447- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057182- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058f14Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
29 Aug 2025 → 17 Sept 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts11 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published17 Sept 2025, 09:45 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2025, 09:45 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agincare Live-In Care | £474,510 † | — | Awarded |
| Agincare UK Ltd | £241,425 † | — | Awarded |
| Altogether Care | £832,500 † | — | Awarded |
| Care South | £141,510 † | — | Awarded |
| Wisteria Care | £158,160 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C · Agincare Live-In Care
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2025
- Value
- £474,510
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C · Agincare UK Ltd
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2025
- Value
- £241,425
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C · Altogether Care
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2025
- Value
- £832,500
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C · Care South
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2025
- Value
- £141,510
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C · Wisteria Care
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2025
- Value
- £158,160
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
5 commercial parties on the notice- Agincare Live-In CareAwarded supplier
- Agincare UKAwarded supplier
- Altogether CareAwarded supplier
- Care SouthAwarded supplier
- Wisteria CareAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.