Official UK procurement notice
Home Improvement Agency · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBristol City Council (BCC) and Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) council (the Customer) are commissioning this Home Improvement Agency (HIA) service.
The overall aim of the HIA service is to enable mainly older adults and disabled people throughout Bristol and B&NES to continue to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible, in their own homes.
There are four key elements to this service:
- Outcome focused aids, housing maintenance and adaptation services to enable people to live independently at home
- Hospital Discharge services to enable people to be discharged from hospital
- Information, advice and signposting services
- Hoarding support services (Bristol only)
CPV: Health services · Home-help services · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,759,007
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 award criteria (2)
- Price: Price weighting is 25%
- Quality: Quality weighting is 58% Social Value weighting is 17%
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. 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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Mar 2025, 09:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Dec 2025, 10:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
DN772241- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036896- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04eda3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Mar 2025 → 29 Dec 2025 · 9 dates- Planning notice published17 Mar 2025, 09:32 GMT
- Market engagement28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
A soft market test will be run to review requirements and ensure they're realistic for our budget. For the market test, we will issue an Early Engagement Notice complete with a questionnaire for suppliers alongside an outline of our requirements to provide the suppliers with context as to what we're asking for and why. We will also be utilising an outside organisation called Foundations to assist us with circulating the notice link and documents to help increase interest levels.
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts384 days ago1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent383 days ago2 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends371 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published295 days ago29 Dec 2025, 10:53 GMT
Notice history
16 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Mar 2025, 09:32 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published20 Mar 2025, 09:39 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:49 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £3,265,4862 Jul 2025, 15:49 BSTwas £5,759,008
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST2 Jul 2025, 15:49 BST
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 15:57 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 4 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST2 Jul 2025, 15:57 BST-2 days · was 6 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 16:29 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published18 Jul 2025, 15:46 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £5,759,00718 Jul 2025, 15:46 BSTwas £3,265,486
- Contract award notice published2 Oct 2025, 09:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Oct 2025, 09:47 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Dec 2025, 10:53 GMTUK7
Published amendments (3)
Additional CPV codes added.
amended dates
The estimated contract value was updated to include the optional extensions.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-07: 2 releases · 2 Jul 2025, 2 Jul 2025
- 2025-03: 2 releases · 17 Mar 2025, 20 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WE Care & Repair LimitedSMEVCSEDN772241 - Home Improvement Agency1 Nov 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030Extensions: Extensions are optional and will be let on a 1+1 basis | £4,609,430 | 2 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Home Improvement Agency · WE Care & Repair LimitedSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 5 Dec 2025
- Value
- £4,609,430
- Period
- 5 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions to be let on a 1+1 basis, from 2028 - 2030
9 agreed KPIs: Number of Information and Advice responses resolved · Number of Hoarding Support Service Information and Advice responses resolved · Number of Handyperson Enquiries resolved …
- Number of Information and Advice responses resolved, Defined as a completed resolution to a query for Information and Advice from the initial point of contact through to full successful recorded resolution. Does not include web hits.
- Number of Hoarding Support Service Information and Advice responses resolved, Defined as a completed resolution to a query related to the Hoarding Support service from the initial point of contact through to full successful recorded resolution. Does not include web hits.
- Number of Handyperson Enquiries resolved, Defined as a completed resolution to a query related to a Handyperson job from the initial point of contact through to full successful recorded resolution. Does not include web hits.
- Number of Independent Living Handyperson Jobs completed, Defined as providing a completed handyperson independent living job to a service user. This may include but is not limited to installing grab rails, supplying and fitting a keysafes, minor household repairs, hanging doors and repairing window handles, gutter clearing, assembling flat-pack furniture.
- Number of Integrated Casework and technical support cases completed, Defined as completed casework job in relation to the following: 1. LA grant funded work including Disabled Facilities Grants (DFG) 2. Lendology CIC loan funded work 3. Fully client funded work
- Number of Project Managed Home Improvement Cases completed, Defined as completed casework job in relation to the following, but not limited to: Lendology Home Loan drawdown, essential repairs or improvement grants and DAA cases. Agency fees can be charged on Lendology Loans.
- Number of Home from Hospital Discharge related Handyperson Jobs completed, Defined as providing a completed Home from Hospital Handyperson job to a service user. Such as, but not limited to installation of grab rails, mop-stick handrails to stairs, key safes installation, external kee clamp rails, furniture moves, installing OT supplied equipment, installing furniture raisers, removing trip hazards. It is not expected that the provider will charge clients for Hospital related Handyperson
- Number of Home from Hospital Cases completed, Defined as providing a completed Home from Hospital Casework job to a service user, to support safe discharge from hospital. This will predominantly include the deep cleaning of homes, decluttering of homes, and clearance cases, and in some cases the eradication of pests, to ensure people can retrun home from hospital into a safe and hygienic environment that will support recovery.
- Number of Hoarding Support Cases completed, Defined as providing a completed Hoarding Support service for a service user. Providing person centred 1-2-1 support for motivated homeowners and private tenants who need practical and emotional support for help with hoarding, empowering people to clear their possessions. This will include visiting clients in their homes to deliver practical and therapeutic support, suggesting methods for organising and disposing of possessions where agreed, with some decluttering support.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonWE Care & Repair LimitedSMEVCSE · South West England
- did not win24-7 Locks Secure Horizon LtdSME · West Midlands
- did not winBLOSSOMS TRADING LIMITED T/A CLARITY HOMECARESME · South East England
- did not win4Q HEALTHCARE LTDSME · North East England
- did not winCREATIVE SUPPORT LIVING CICSME · South West England
- did not winEVRICARE SOLUTIONS LTDSME · Greater London
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
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bath & North East Somerset CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- 24-7 Locks Secure Horizon LtdBidder / tenderer
- 4Q HEALTHCARE LTDBidder / tenderer
- BLOSSOMS TRADING LIMITED T/A CLARITY HOMECAREBidder / tenderer
- CREATIVE SUPPORT LIVING CICBidder / tenderer
- EVRICARE SOLUTIONS LTDBidder / tenderer
- WE Care & Repair LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender 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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender