Official UK procurement notice
Extra Care Services - Griffin Court, Hebburn
Authority: South Tyneside Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Tyneside Council is seeking a provider to deliver extra care services into Griffin Court Extra Care Scheme in partnership with Karbon Homes who will be the Registered Landlord and will provide housing related support, including an activities program within the Scheme. Housing staff will be present between the hours of 8.30am and 5pm, 7 days per week. The eligibility criteria comprises of adults (18+) with a Care Act eligible need. The Scheme is intended to support people with a range of needs including Physical Disabilities, Dementia, low/moderate Learning Disabilities/Autism and Mental Health. The Scheme is due for completion in October/November 2026, with residents moving into the Scheme from January 27 in a phased manner. The Scheme consists of 95 apartments: 20 two-bed apartments and 75 one-bed apartments (17 will be specialist dementia apartments on the ground floor for which people will require a Community DOLS to reside in with this being a locked door area and people deprived of their liberty).
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jul 2034, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This is a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure and therefore, whilst all the tender documents are published, Tenderers only need to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and return the PSQ documentation by 12-noon 26 June 2026. Between 5 and 7 Tenderers will be short-listed in accordance with the criteria as set out in the PSQ evaluation matrix and outcome letters are expected to be issued to all Tenderers on 6 July 2026. The Tender Documents will be re-issued to the short-listed Tenderers on the 6 July 2026, and tender responses are to be returned by 12-noon 24 July 2026 To be eligible to bid, tenderers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver home care and/or extra care services.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£26,912,279
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Parts 1 and 2 of the PSQ will be initially assessed.
Any Tenderer's submission failing to achieve a 'Pass' for Parts 1 and 2 will result in a failed submission and Part 3 will not be assessed.
Tenderers that Pass Parts 1 and 2 will then have Part 3 (Sections A - G) assessed. Failure to meet the minimum thresholds will result in a failed submission
Tenderers that Pass all elements of Part 3 will be ranked in order of the highest scores achieved and the Council anticipates inviting the highest 5-7 ranked Tenderers to tender.
Any documentation relating to self-certification questions will be requested from the proposed successful tenderer following completion of the tender evaluation process and will be vetted to ensure that it is satisfactory. In the event that the documentation is not found to be satisfactory, that tender submission will be deemed non-compliant and the remaining tenders will be re-evaluated as necessary, including vetting the documentation of the 'revised proposed successful tenderer'.
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 (6)
- Service Model: 20%
- Staffing Model: 20%
- Partnership Working: 20%
- Mobilisation Plan: 20%
- Digital Solutions: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Model
- Staffing Model
- Partnership Working
- Mobilisation Plan
- Digital Solutions
- Social Value
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Parts 1 and 2 of the PSQ will be initially assessed.
Any Tenderer's submission failing to achieve a 'Pass' for Parts 1 and 2 will result in a failed submission and Part 3 will not be assessed.
Tenderers that Pass Parts 1 and 2 will then have Part 3 (Sections A - G) assessed. Failure to meet the minimum thresholds will result in a failed submission
Tenderers that Pass all elements of Part 3 will be ranked in order of the highest scores achieved and the Council anticipates inviting the highest 5-7 ranked Tenderers to tender.
Any documentation relating to self-certification questions will be requested from the proposed successful tenderer following completion of the tender evaluation process and will be vetted to ensure that it is satisfactory. In the event that the documentation is not found to be satisfactory, that tender submission will be deemed non-compliant and the remaining tenders will be re-evaluated as necessary, including vetting the documentation of the 'revised proposed successful tenderer'.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Jul 2034
- First published
- 26 May 2026, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2026, 14:24 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
S9057- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055951- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a3b7Find a Tender
- How it runs
This is a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure and therefore, whilst all the tender documents are published, Tenderers only need to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) and return the PSQ documentation by 12-noon 26 June 2026.
Between 5 and 7 Tenderers will be short-listed in accordance with the criteria as set out in the PSQ evaluation matrix and outcome letters are expected to be issued to all Tenderers on 6 July 2026.
The Tender Documents will be re-issued to the short-listed Tenderers on the 6 July 2026, and tender responses are to be returned by 12-noon 24 July 2026
To be eligible to bid, tenderers must be registered with the Care Quality Commission to deliver home care and/or extra care services.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 May 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 11 dates- Planning notice published150 days ago26 May 2026, 14:16 BST
- Market engagement139 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
South Tyneside Council is holding a Provider Engagement event on 10th June 2026 at 10am - 11am Online (MS Teams).
Details of this event can be found:
open-uk.org/opportunities/overvi… ↗. Opportunity #OPEN20261124
- Tender notice published130 days ago15 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Next notice expected129 days ago15 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by121 days ago23 Jun 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline119 days ago26 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent67 days ago17 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published67 days ago17 Aug 2026, 14:24 BST
- Award decision expected by66 days ago17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends57 days ago26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 70 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 May 2026, 14:16 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Jun 2026, 07:01 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Jun 2026, 07:01 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Aug 2026, 14:24 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Aug 2026, 14:24 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestra Homecare Limited1 Jan 2027 – 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2035Extensions: The option to extend by 2 periods of 1 year each. | £26,912,279 inc. VATten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | 17 Aug 2026standstill to 26 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonVESTRA HOMECARE LTD · North East England
- did not winBOOMERANG HEALTHCARE LTD · North East England
- did not winCOQUET TRUST · North East England
- did not winSPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED · Yorkshire and the Humber
- did not winST. MARTIN'S CARE LIMITED · North 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
5 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- BOOMERANG HEALTHCARE LTDBidder / tenderer
- COQUET TRUSTBidder / tenderer
- SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- ST. MARTIN'S CARE LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- VESTRA HOMECARE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- 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