Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Support to Return Home from Hospital

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£379,167≈ £350k / year · £455,000 inc. VAT0% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Nov 2025awarded 26 Jan 2026
Awarded to Claremont Living Group
Contract term 1 yr 1 moends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Support to Return Home from Hospital service provides support to Birmingham citizens being discharged from hospital or enablement bedded setting, as well as contributing to their timely discharge. Adults who live alone without any other means of support could receive a range of support for up to 6 weeks to enable them to return home and remain there thus also preventing readmissions and strain on other services in the vital period of time post discharge.

This will include delivering the following:

  • Support on the day of discharge for individuals with follow-up support within 72 hours
  • Deliver a basic food parcel
  • Befriending
  • Undertake simple shopping (non-financial)
  • Making sure the home environment is warm, comfortable and safe
  • Supporting to pay bills and make appointments
  • Collecting medication prescriptions or setting up a prescription delivery
  • Practical assistance with accumulated posts, completion of forms, letter writing and posting
  • Helping to find out about and access community activities to keep people connected to their local communities

CPV: Community health services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 1 moPublished value£379,167
Contract period: 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 (1 yr 1 mo)Value: £379,167 exc. VAT · £455,000 inc. VAT

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
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Quality is 60%, Social Value is 20% and Price is 20%

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
Last source update
27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
Authority reference
P1007_2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062904
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a99e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'In-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk.

Deadline to submit your quotation documentation is noon on 7th November 2025

Timeline

7 Oct 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published385 days ago
    7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
  2. Clarification questions by365 days ago
    27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline354 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Latest notice published273 days ago
    27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
  5. Contract starts240 days ago
    1 Mar 2026

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £379,0661 award exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Claremont Living GroupSMESupport to Return Home from Hospital service1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£379,06626 Jan 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 19 at stage one33—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCJJ-4826-QMLZ Council House, 1 Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1BBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Claremont Living Group LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHLC-9142-QPTW 18-21 Summer Hill Terrace, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 3RAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender