Official UK procurement notice
All-Age Independence and Enablement community support service, proof of concept
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract award for the Swindon All Age Independence & Enablement Service as a proof of concept. The proof of concept service seeks to test whether short term outcome-based community intervention will support people of working age to develop skills that equips them to live as independent a life as possible and would also support Swindon Borough Council (SBC) to fulfil their requirements under the Care Act, 2014.
CPV: Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£158,080
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).
Lot awarding rule: As set out in the tender documents
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
- 14 Aug 2025, 17:07 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Mar 2026, 12:37 GMT
- Authority reference
DN761048- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-048941- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05886aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team [email protected]
RFQ clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal, including the project reference and title clearly in the Subject title, by 30th August 2015, 1400 hrs UK Local time. The Council’s responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically via Messaging in ProContract tender portal.
RFQ Responses are required to be submitted no later than 5th September 2015, 1400 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Please note that this project has been advertised on Find a Tender and Supplying the South West Portal, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN779565
No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the RFQ documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the RFQ documents.
Timeline
14 Aug 2025 → 12 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published14 Aug 2025, 17:07 BST
- Clarification questions by30 Aug 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline5 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts357 days ago3 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published228 days ago12 Mar 2026, 12:37 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025- Tender notice published14 Aug 2025, 17:07 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published12 Mar 2026, 12:37 GMTUK7
- Status changed to complete12 Mar 2026, 12:37 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaringPlus HealthCare Services Limited | £158,080 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
All-Age Independence and Enablement community support service, proof of concept · CaringPlus HealthCare Services Limited
- Signed
- 2 Nov 2025
- Value
- £158,080
- Period
- 3 Nov 2025 – 2 May 2026 · up to 2 May 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- £52,000, total 6-month Proof of Concept £158,080, total with 2 optional 6-month extensions 02/05/2026 6-months 2 options to extend for 6 months each Extension by expressed agreement: Extension 1 03/05/2026-02/11/2026 Extension 2 03/11/2026-02/05/2027 Suppliers should assume contract end date as 02/05/2026, unless extension is mutually and expressly agreed.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CaringPlus HealthCare Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender