Official UK procurement notice
Care & Support at Home - Mobile Nights
Authority: Wirral Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWirral Council seeks to commission a Care and Support at Home Mobile Nights Service ("the Service") can be broadly defined as a domiciliary home care service that provides social care support for people in their home during the night-time hours (10.00pm - 07:00am), 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The service will deliver both planned and unplanned care, working seamlessly and collaboratively with other services to support people in their own homes, preventing admissions to acute care settings, reducing length of stay in hospital and facilitating hospital discharge. We seek to deliver the service with a provider registered and regulated by CQC.
Registration will include Personal Care and the regulated service structure of the organisation must have a registered Nominated Individual and Registered Manager.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,657,335
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the tender documentation
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: 80%
- Commercial: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: A series of questions designed to assess the service provision proposed and its suitability in relation to the specification provided.
- Commercial: Question designed to assess tenderers commercial proposal
- Social Value: Question designed to assess tenderers capacity and capability in relation to their proposed commitment to Social value
- Economic & financial standing
As stated in the tender documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the tender documentation
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- 4 Mar 2025, 16:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2025, 17:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 21 May 2025
- Authority reference
DN765801- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007925- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e982Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tender submissions must be made via the The Chest portal www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
The tender document and any additional information are accessible via The Chest portal, www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ to participate in this exercise please register your interest in the opportunity.
Should you have any questions relating to the tender document please raise them via the 'messages' section on the portal.
Timeline
4 Mar 2025 → 24 Sept 2025 · 9 dates- Planning notice published4 Mar 2025, 16:59 GMT
- Tender notice published4 Mar 2025, 17:13 GMT
- Clarification questions by26 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent23 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends5 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published393 days ago24 Sept 2025, 17:04 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Mar 2025, 16:59 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Mar 2025, 17:13 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active4 Mar 2025, 17:13 GMT
- Procurement method changed4 Mar 2025, 17:13 GMT
- Deadline published: 3 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST4 Mar 2025, 17:13 GMT
- Contract award notice published26 May 2025, 13:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 May 2025, 13:26 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published24 Sept 2025, 17:04 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-03: 1 release · 4 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Carers (Wirral) Ltd1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 Month Periods 01/09/2028-31/08/2029 01/09/2029-31/08/2030 | £77,000,000ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | 23 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Professional Carers (Wirral) Ltd
- Signed
- 20 Aug 2025
- Value
- £7,700,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2028 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 12 month periods
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8final-stage tenders · 20 at stage one | 7 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonProfessional Carers (Wirral) Ltd · North West England
- did not winADADA LTD. · North West England
- did not winCare Solutions (St Helens) Ltd T/A Together Care · North West England
- did not winComplex Care Professionals Limited · North West England
- did not winHEARTVIEW CARE SERVICES LTD · South East England
- did not winI Care (GB) Limited · North West England
- did not winICare Solutions Wirral Ltd · North West England
- did not winROUTES HEALTHCARE (NORTH) LIMITED · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
8 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- ADADA LTD.Bidder / tenderer
- Care Solutions (St Helens) Ltd T/A Together CareBidder / tenderer
- Complex Care Professionals LimitedBidder / tenderer
- HEARTVIEW CARE SERVICES LTDBidder / tenderer
- I Care (GB) LimitedBidder / tenderer
- ICare Solutions Wirral LtdBidder / tenderer
- Professional Carers (Wirral) LtdAwarded supplier
- ROUTES HEALTHCARE (NORTH) LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender