Official UK procurement notice
Closing the Gap 2 - Ageing Well Support Services
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£500,000≈ £167k / year · £625,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jun 2025awarded 28 Jul 2025
Awarded to AGE UK BERKSHIRE
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis was a service to provide support in the Reading Borough Community for older people and people with dementia with services that will support their mental wellbeing and ability to remain independent for longer.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000
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).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: 100% Quality (includes Social value)
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
- 22 Apr 2025, 13:39 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2025, 09:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
RBC 0002238- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016231- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05059fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 3 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
all submissions must be via Reading Borough Council's In-Tend portal at in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home ↗
Timeline
22 Apr 2025 → 19 Dec 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 13:39 BST
- Clarification questions by26 May 2025, 00:59 BST
- Submission deadline3 Jun 2025, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by9 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Standstill ends18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts360 days ago1 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published311 days ago19 Dec 2025, 09:30 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Apr 2025- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 13:39 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published7 Aug 2025, 12:10 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Aug 2025, 12:10 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published19 Dec 2025, 09:30 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGE UK BERKSHIREVCSEClosing the Gap Ageing Well Support Service1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030Extensions: 2 year | £500,000 | 28 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Closing the Gap 2 - Ageing Well Support Services · AGE UK BERKSHIREVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £500,000
- Period
- 1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2028 · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- RBC have applied a 2 year extension onto this contract. This will be triggered by NLT 30/9/2028 and will be subject to contract management performance metrics being attained throughout the life cycle of the contract.
3 agreed KPIs: Reporting · Audits · Accreditation & Qualification
- Reporting, Regular quarterly reporting to review progression of tasks and compliance
- Audits
- Accreditation & Qualification
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 1 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonAGE UK BERKSHIREVCSE · South East 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
1 commercial party on the notice- AGE UK BERKSHIREAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications all submissions must be via Reading Borough Council's In-Tend portal at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home
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