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# Adult Unpaid Carer Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-unpaid-carer-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f63). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bedford Borough Council: "Adult Unpaid Carer Support Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,327,352. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bedford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bedford-borough-council-ons-e06000055)
- **Published Value:** £3,327,352 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 September 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,957,720 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-unpaid-carer-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f63#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054f63`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-unpaid-carer-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f63#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbedford%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-unpaid-carer-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054f63#participate

## Description
The overarching purpose of the provision of Carers’ Support Services is to ensure that adult carers who are caring for a family member, friend or neighbour who is ordinarily resident in Bedford Borough & Central Bedfordshire (excluding Luton), are supported to maintain:
•	A positive sense of their own health and wellbeing
•	Themselves in their caring role, in a way that is safe for them.
The Provision of Support Services is for Adult Carers (including Parent Carers caring for people over the age of 18 years old & Parent Carers of children with disabilities under the age of 18.
The Provision of Support Services is for Adult Carers including:
•	Parent Carers caring for people over the age of 24 years old in Bedford Borough
•	All Parent Carers in Central Bedfordshire
This service will provide an early response team to triage carer needs, a higher level support offer for carers assessed as being at level 2 or 3 and Information, Advice & Guidance to level 1 carers who are digitally excluded. The service is expected to work in partnership with other local carers services to ensure carers are able to move seamlessly through and between services and so they do not need to tell their story more than once.
The contract will be for three (3) years with an option to extend for two (2) years in 12-month-instalments.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,327,352

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Adult Unpaid Carers Support Services (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **DISABILITY DIRECT**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-135896`
  - Value: £1,957,720 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 12/12/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Adult Unpaid Carers Support Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,957,720
  - Signed Date: 04/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F045835-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-04T15:11:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T20:06:35.914Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054f63