Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 23 Jun 2025, 19:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Continuing Health Care (CHC) Reports and Advocacy Service

Official notice

Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG2)

Published estimate£450,000≈ £225k / year · £540,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 22 Jul 2025awarded 13 Oct 2025

Awarded to Disability Positive

Contract term 2 yrsends 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of services of a provider ('Provider') of specialist Continuing Health Care (CHC) advocacy and legal representation to act on behalf of adults, with Council funded care services (and/or their nominated representatives) and secure eligibility for National Health Service (NHS) funded CHC. The Service will also include appealing against an Individual's existing CHC funding being withdrawn following review.

An initial potential 20 (twenty) existing cases have been identified for consideration for review, future volume could be anywhere between 1 to 5 cases per month.

CPV: Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£450,000

Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensionsValue: £450,000 exc. VAT · £540,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible

Extensions: Extensions will be utilised based on the availability of financial budget and the satisfactory performance of the supplier in line with the contact terms and conditions.

85300000 Social work and related services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Award Criteria will be based on Price 60% - Quality 40% Price will be evaluation based on a submitted fixed tender price. Quality will be broken down as : Service Delivery Model = 15% Management and Staffing = 5% Practice and Procedures = 3% Communication and Information = 5% Performance Management = 4% Implementation = 5% Service Feedback and Improvement 3% Please see full breakdown of the process of acceptance and consideration of the tender submission detailed in the ITT Procurement Pack,

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: 23 Jun 2025, 19:58 BST
Last source update: 28 Oct 2025, 15:53 GMT
Authority reference: IA3532
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-034538
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Social work and related services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055218 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

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Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 22 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

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Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 28 Oct 2025 · 5 dates

Tender notice published
23 Jun 2025, 19:58 BST
Clarification questions by
14 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission deadline
22 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Contract starts386 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published359 days ago
28 Oct 2025, 15:53 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025

Tender notice published
23 Jun 2025, 19:58 BST
UK4
Contract details notice published
28 Oct 2025, 15:53 GMT
UK7
Status changed to complete
28 Oct 2025, 15:53 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Disability PositiveSME	£450,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Continuing Health Care (CHC) Reports and Advocacy Service · Disability PositiveSME
Signed
13 Oct 2025
Value
£450,000
Period
13 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2027 · up to 30 Sept 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Extensions will be utilised based on the availability of financial budget and the satisfactory performance of the supplier in line with the contact terms and conditions.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Staffordshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZDG-2995-QQMD 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,, Stafford, West Midlands, ST16 2DHContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

DISABILITY POSITIVEAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04050994GB-PPON: PGML-6746-YZVP Sension House, Denton Drive, Northwich, North West, CW9 7LUContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender28 Oct 2025, 15:53 GMT
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender23 Jun 2025, 19:58 BST