Official UK procurement notice
Bath and North East Somerset ASC Step Up and Step Down Services
Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBath & North East Somerset has awarded the Contract for the provision of Adult Social Care Step Up and Step Down Services. The procurement is run in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, Light Touch Regime (LTR) above-threshold, one stage tender.
The Step-up and Step-Down (SUSD) Accommodation Service will provide accessible short-term accommodation (6 units in total) and the associated wellbeing, financial and housing related support, working alongside the Local Authority as care provider, to enable enhanced care and support to individuals before returning home from hospital, and crisis response to enable admission avoidance.
- No preliminary market engagement: Market engagement commenced under the previous regime. A PIN was published under PCR15 and early market engagement commenced. The reference of the PIN is 20240911-000010 A Planned Procurement Notice (UK3) was published (2025/S 000-014128) and a final engagement session was held, confirming the Council's intentions.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,405,380
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 (3)
- Quality: 60%
- Contract Price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Contract Price: Economic See published Invitation to Tender and supporting documentation
- Quality: Technical See published Invitation to Tender and supporting documentation
- Social Value: Technical See published Invitation to Tender and supporting documentation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2025, 16:32 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Dec 2025, 06:42 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
DN780122- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036238- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055644Find a Tender
- Risks
The Council has identified certain foreseeable but uncertain risks ("Known Unknowns") within the Tender, including but not limited to the following:
- changes in demand;
- adjustments to public sector funding;
- amendments to laws, regulations, or national policy (e.g., NICE, CQC, Care Act);
- technology failures or integration challenges;
- workforce shortages or recruitment issues;
- health inequality or access barriers; and
- emergencies or civil contingencies
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Contract reference number: DN780122
Timeline
30 Jun 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published30 Jun 2025, 16:32 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Jul 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline30 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends395 days ago26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by391 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published322 days ago9 Dec 2025, 06:42 GMT
- Contract starts299 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jun 2025- Tender notice published30 Jun 2025, 16:32 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2025, 11:19 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2025, 11:19 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Dec 2025, 06:42 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURO CHOICE1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030 · up to 31 Dec 2032Extensions: The contract is for an initial 5-year term, with an optional 2-year extension, subject to performance review and budget approval. | £1,208,256 | 11 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · CURO CHOICE
- Signed
- 4 Dec 2025
- Value
- £1,208,256
- Period
- 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2030 · up to 31 Dec 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract is for an initial 5-year term, with an optional 2-year extension, subject to performance review and budget approval. Please note that the Contract Value published in the Tender Notice (UK4) differs from the figures shown above because it included some headroom, to allow for any possible uplift that might be agreed throughout the contract. This uplift is not guaranteed.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 3 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CURO CHOICEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Contract reference number: DN780122
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Technical specifications Contract reference number: DN780122
- Technical specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender