Official UK procurement notice
WCC Care Home Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed Block Contracts
Authority: Warwickshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWarwickshire County Council is seeking bids for care home block contracts for Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Bed block contracts, commissioned for patients whose discharge from hospital is being led by Adult Social Care (currently short stay social care assessments beds and moving on beds).
Pathway 2 Residential Short Stay Beds provide short-term residential care for people who are medically optimised for discharge from hospital but are unable to return home, therefore requiring a short stay in a care home setting to support their recovery and time for assessment for future needs. People will stay in the service until their assessment and ongoing arrangements have been determined.
Moving On Beds: are for people that are medically fit for discharge and can return home but require further support and time before this can take place. People that use a MOB typically return home once environmental or social issues are resolved and have an average length of stay of 6 weeks.
D2A Short Stay Beds: are for people that are medically fit for discharge whose needs have increased since their admission to hospital meaning they are unable to return to their normal place of residence. They require assessment and time to recover to understand their future requirements, whether this is to return home or to go into long term care. People that use a D2A Short Stay Bed have an average length of stay of 4 weeks.
The Council is seeking to award approximately 52 D2A short stay beds and 8 Moving on beds across three Place areas in Warwickshire, these being North Warwickshire, Rugby and South Warwickshire.
- How the procedure runs: This procedure will be conducted in 7 stages. These stages are described in more detail in the tender documents: Conditions of Participation, Stage 1 Mandatory Questions, Stage 2 Cost, Stage 3 Quality, Stage 4 Presentations/clarification meeting, Stage 5 Award Stage, Stage 6 Tie Break. Applicants may be excluded at these stages.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£28,981,475
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 (2)
- Quality (Non-cost): 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Cost: 20% with pass/fail threshold.
- Quality (Non-cost): 80% with pass/fail threshold.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
- Last source update
- 11 May 2026, 10:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
WAR-0053- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-026629- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05496eFind a Tender
- How it runs
This procedure will be conducted in 7 stages. These stages are described in more detail in the tender documents:
Conditions of Participation, Stage 1 Mandatory Questions, Stage 2 Cost, Stage 3 Quality, Stage 4 Presentations/clarification meeting, Stage 5 Award Stage, Stage 6 Tie Break.
Applicants may be excluded at these stages.
- Risks
The satisfactory performance of the contracts may be jeopardised by the following risks, which by their nature, are unable to be addressed in the contract as awarded:
- The changing needs and requirements of the Council and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers.
- Increases or decreases in funding - such as reductions or additions in budget allocations as part of the Council's budget setting processes, or as a consequence of additional funding streams (or removal of existing funding streams) which were unknown at the time of awarding the contract, but which are provided to increase the volume and scope of services delivered.
- Changes in legislation or national guidance.
- Changes arising from the Local Government Reorganisation.
- Changes within the NHS.
- The identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract e.g. same service requirements for younger adults.
- Opportunities offered by emerging/new technologies.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Warwickshire County Council will be using its new e-tendering system (In-Tend Warwickshire County Council) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for the portal is:
in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/… ↗
Registration and use of our portal is free. When registering you will be re-directed to the In-Tend sell2midlands site. If you already registered and have issues logging in then you may need to re-set your password. You will need to select "Log in to portal" next to Warwickshire County Council.
All correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be via the portals' correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with the portal, please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
Providers must register on In-Tend and log in to our portal to express an interest in this project and to be able to correspond with us about this procurement.
Timeline
16 Jun 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published16 Jun 2025, 15:13 BST
- Market engagement30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
The Council would be grateful if you could complete sections 6 and 7 of the market testing questionnaire that can be downloaded via CSW-jets and respond by 30 June 2025 at 12 Noon. You should submit your completed questionnaire by uploading in Word.doc format via CSW Jets.
Contact Details and Anticipated Timescales:
If you have any questions regarding this Market testing exercise, then please submit queries via CSW Jets. The Clarification deadline is Monday 23rd June 2025 at 12 Noon.
- Tender notice published218 days ago24 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMT
- Clarification questions by203 days ago8 Apr 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline194 days ago17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published170 days ago11 May 2026, 10:46 BST
- Award decision expected by106 days ago13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Jun 2025, 15:13 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published24 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £28,981,47524 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMT
- Status changed to active24 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMT
- Deadline published: 17 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST24 Mar 2026, 10:08 GMT
- Procurement termination notice published11 May 2026, 10:46 BSTUK12
- Status changed to complete11 May 2026, 10:46 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 8 May 2026 | CancelledThe procurement is being terminated due to a change in our requirements. This procurement will be re-run under a new OCID number. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender