Official UK procurement notice
Healthy Households Support Service
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHospitals continue to see, in line with the national picture a surge in demand leading to hospital corridors being transformed into temporary bed space with a knock-on effect to supporting appropriate but speedy discharge of patients who were medically fit. In a response to the system wide pressure Cheshire East Council directed its Community Connectors to work collaboratively with the two NHS trusts at Leighton and Macclesfield Hospital and its Adult Social Care Team to reduce the impact on these two areas. This service specification covers all service users of the Cheshire East Council Community
Support Connectors Hospital Discharge and Adult Social Care workstreams. All service users will be adults (18+), be Cheshire East residents who are patients at Leighton or Macclesfield Hospital, or for Adult Social Care Referrals, fall in the scope of Cheshire East Councils Adult Social Care team. The core service provision required as part of this commission are as follows:
- Provide dedicated additional capacity to support Cheshire
East Council's Community Support Connectors Team and its partners in admission avoidance, discharge and wrap around support to people leaving hospital, for 7 days.
(Wrap around support refers to a holistic, person-centred approach that coordinates multiple services around an individual's needs-covering areas like housing, health, education, and emotional wellbeing-to ensure consistent, tailored support.)
- Provide wrap around support to people known to Cheshire East Councils Adult Social Care teams for 7 days in conjunction with Cheshire East Council's Community Support Connectors Team
and its partners.
- The service will be available across Cheshire East Monday to Friday during business hours. Whilst demand may require resource diverting to a targeted area, it is expected that capacity and availability will be equitable across the entirety of Cheshire
East.
- No preliminary market engagement: No market engagement carried out
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£836,725
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance requirements for this contract on award are as follows: -
Employer’s Liability Insurance = £10million. Is required in respect of each and every claim.
Public Liability Insurance = £10million. Is required in respect of each and every claim
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must answer Yes to point 1 below and 3 other points to pass this section.
Essential Project Specific Requirements;
- Supported people accessing Adult Social Care first points of contact or being discharged from hospital.
- Transported patients from hospital to their place of residence.
- Transported people to appointments.
- Removed large items from the persons residence e.g. sofa, bed, table
- Repositioned household items in the persons residence e.g. sofa, bed, table
In order to pass, the Supplier must demonstrate:
- At least one contract performed in the past 3 years that demonstrates relevant experience which includes 4 out of 5 of the characteristics outlined above in Essential Project Specific Requirements; one of which must be experience supporting people accessing Adult Social Care first points of contact or being discharged from hospital.
OR
- If you cannot provide at least one example of previous contracts that are relevant to our requirement, in no more than 500 words (Arial, font size 12), please provide an explanation for this and how you meet the conditions of participation relating to technical and professional ability (e.g., your organisation is a new start-up or you have provided services in the past but not under a contract).
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)
- Delivery: 40%
- Partnership working: 20%
- Recruitment & Training: 10%
- Value for money: 10%
- Price: 10%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivery
- Partnership working
- Recruitment & Training
- Value for money
- Social Value
- Price: Price is evaluated as pass/fail and 10%
- Economic & financial standing
Insurance requirements for this contract on award are as follows: -
Employer’s Liability Insurance = £10million. Is required in respect of each and every claim.
Public Liability Insurance = £10million. Is required in respect of each and every claim
- Technical & professional ability
Bidders must answer Yes to point 1 below and 3 other points to pass this section.
Essential Project Specific Requirements;
- Supported people accessing Adult Social Care first points of contact or being discharged from hospital.
- Transported patients from hospital to their place of residence.
- Transported people to appointments.
- Removed large items from the persons residence e.g. sofa, bed, table
- Repositioned household items in the persons residence e.g. sofa, bed, table
In order to pass, the Supplier must demonstrate:
- At least one contract performed in the past 3 years that demonstrates relevant experience which includes 4 out of 5 of the characteristics outlined above in Essential Project Specific Requirements; one of which must be experience supporting people accessing Adult Social Care first points of contact or being discharged from hospital.
OR
- If you cannot provide at least one example of previous contracts that are relevant to our requirement, in no more than 500 words (Arial, font size 12), please provide an explanation for this and how you meet the conditions of participation relating to technical and professional ability (e.g., your organisation is a new start-up or you have provided services in the past but not under a contract).
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 09:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
C3534- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062913- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a9a4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the Chest at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗
Project Reference: DN791905
You must registered on the Chest. Registration is free at procontract.due-north.com/register ↗
Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published385 days ago7 Oct 2025, 14:39 BST
- Clarification questions by361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline354 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent317 days ago15 Dec 2025
- Award decision expected by312 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends292 days ago8 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published215 days ago26 Mar 2026, 09:20 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Tender notice published7 Oct 2025, 14:39 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Dec 2025, 11:46 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Dec 2025, 11:46 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Mar 2026, 09:20 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST PAUL'S CENTREVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 months optional extensions to be exercised at the discretion of the Council | £836,549 | 15 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Healthy Households Support Service · ST PAUL'S CENTREVCSE
- Signed
- 11 Mar 2026
- Value
- £836,549
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Jan 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There are 2 x 12 months optional extensions to be exercised at the discretion of the Council
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 2 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ST PAUL'S CENTREAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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