Official UK procurement notice
WP4051 ICS Pathway 1 Services and a Community Reablement Service
Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement description"Reablement is a strengths-based, person-centred approach that promotes and maximises independence and wellbeing. It aims to ensure positive change using user-defined goals and is designed to enable people to gain, or regain, their confidence, ability, and necessary skills to live as independently as possible, especially after an illness, deterioration in health or injury. Reablement focuses on enabling people to do things for themselves rather than having things done for them.
Reablement will be achieved by working in partnership with individuals to support them to undertake tasks themselves, promoting choice, control, and functional ability rather than providing task-based care.
Reablement in the Borough will be aided by technology to deliver positive outcomes for each Service User, ensuring their support is effective, innovative, and tailored to their individual needs.
There are two types of Reablement Pathways.
- ICS Pathway 1 Services
All Referrals to Pathway 1 Reablement service will be made by appropriate ICS staff. Individuals may be residing in acute hospitals, both inside and outside the borough, or in their own homes. (but only for the purposes of permitting the Referral of Adults who are ordinarily resident in the Borough).
Pathway 1 Reablement provides short-term, intensive, therapy-led support following hospital discharge or admission avoidance. Delivered through an integrated multidisciplinary approach, it focuses on helping people regain skills, achieve personal goals, and undertake daily activities independently wherever possible.
Pathway 1 Social provides short-term interim support for individuals who do not require Reablement, have reached their Reablement potential, or are awaiting longer-term care arrangements or other appropriate services. It ensures continuity of care while longer-term solutions are put in place, and service users may move between the Reablement and Social pathways as their needs change.
- Community Reablement Pathway
Referrals into the Community Reablement Service will be made via the Council's customer experience centre/operational teams in Adult Social Care.
Community Reablement provides preventative, short-term support for people living in the community who are experiencing a decline in their functional ability. Delivered through a partnership between the Council's therapy team and the Provider, it aims to restore independence, improve wellbeing, and reduce the need for ongoing care and support.
This is a cost and volume contract therefore the value of the total contract value may change, dependant on client need. "
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Aug 2036, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Places
- up to 4 suppliers
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
Published description of the framework
The call off procedure is detailed in the tender documentation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£65,000,000
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)
- Quality
- Social Value
- “WP4051 ICS Pathway 1 Services and a Community Reablement Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Aug 2036
- First published
- 15 Jul 2025, 10:41 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 16:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
WP4051- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078122- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055f1cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Jul 2025 → 1 Feb 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published15 Jul 2025, 10:41 BST
- Market engagement321 days ago10 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
''This market sounding questionnaire is being undertaken by Walsall Council to obtain the views from potential bidders on the procurement process and possible future strategy for the following services:
- Community Reablement
- ICS Pathway 1 Reablement
Please find questionnaire to be completed at the link above".
- Tender notice published71 days ago17 Aug 2026, 13:12 BST
- Clarification questions by53 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 16:45 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends5 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 19 days16 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Next notice expectedin 48 days15 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 95 days1 Feb 2027
Notice history
12 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published15 Jul 2025, 10:41 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Nov 2025, 11:13 GMTUK2
- Pipeline notice published2 Jul 2026, 11:44 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published17 Aug 2026, 13:12 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Aug 2026, 13:12 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Aug 2026, 13:12 BST
- Deadline published: 18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST17 Aug 2026, 13:12 BST
- Tender notice published27 Aug 2026, 13:19 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Sept 2026, 16:06 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST14 Sept 2026, 16:06 BST+14 days · was 18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 16:45 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST1 Oct 2026, 16:45 BST+21 days · was 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (2)
The notice has been changed to reflect that up to four suppliers will be appointed.
Tender submission deadline amended.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2026-08: 1 release · 17 Aug 2026
- 2026-07: 1 release · 2 Jul 2026
- 2025-11: 1 release · 26 Nov 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 15 Jul 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender