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Intermediate Care Pathway 2 - bed based

Buyer: Somerset Council →

BuyerSomerset Council
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£14,000,000
Published15 Jul 2026

What is being bought

For the purpose of this model the term 'intermediate care' is used to describe services in the community that provide short term period of stabilisation, assessment, and reablement with the view to maximising a person's independence and, where possible, keep them at home. The Pathway 2 model is supported within a Nursing Home setting. Intermediate care services can either: a) provide support to people who are medically optimised following an acute episode of care: or b) provide support to people in the community who are in danger of needing an acute episode of care if an intermediate health or reablement intervention is not provided. This is referred to in this document as 'diversion', as it diverts people away from needing an acute hospital.

Delivery location

UKK23 · UKK23 · UKK23 · UKK23

Categories

Residential nursing care services 85144100Rehabilitation services 85312500Residential nursing care services 85144100

Lot details

Lot 1 - Intermediate Care Pathway 2

For the purpose of this model the term 'intermediate care' is used to describe services in the community that provide short term period of stabilisation, assessment, and reablement with the view to maximising a person's independence and, where possible, keep them at home. The Pathway 2 model is supported within a Nursing Home setting. Intermediate care services can either: a) provide support to people who are medically optimised following an acute episode of care; or b) provide support to people in the community who are in danger of needing an acute episode of care if an intermediate health or reablement intervention is not provided. This is referred to in this document as 'diversion', as it diverts people away from needing an acute hospital. Additional information: Somerset Council requires a Nursing Home in the Glastonbury area within a 2 mile radius of West Mendip Community Hospital with a capacity of up to 10 beds, provided within one unit that is set up and staffed with a skilled reablement workforce as well as working alongside a Multi-Disciplinary Team co located within the unit.

Statusplanned

Lot 2 - Intermediate Care Pathway 2

For the purpose of this model the term 'intermediate care' is used to describe services in the community that provide short term period of stabilisation, assessment, and reablement with the view to maximising a person's independence and, where possible, keep them at home. The Pathway 2 model is supported within a Nursing Home setting. Intermediate care services can either: a) provide support to people who are medically optimised following an acute episode of care; or b) provide support to people in the community who are in danger of needing an acute episode of care if an intermediate health or reablement intervention is not provided. This is referred to in this document as 'diversion', as it diverts people away from needing an acute hospital. Additional information: Somerset Council requires a Older People Mental Health Dementia Nursing care home in the Martock area with a capacity of 6 beds, and provided within one unit that is set up and staffed with a skilled reablement workforce as well as working alongside a Multi-Disciplinary Team co located within the unit.

Statusplanned

Lot 3 - Intermediate Care Pathway 2

For the purpose of this model the term 'intermediate care' is used to describe services in the community that provide short term period of stabilisation, assessment, and reablement with the view to maximising a person's independence and, where possible, keep them at home. The Pathway 2 model is supported within a Nursing Home setting. Intermediate care services can either: a) provide support to people who are medically optimised following an acute episode of care; or b) provide support to people in the community who are in danger of needing an acute episode of care if an intermediate health or reablement intervention is not provided. This is referred to in this document as 'diversion', as it diverts people away from needing an acute hospital. Additional information: Somerset Council requires a Nursing care home in the Yeovil area and within a 2 mile radius of Yeovil District Hospital with a capacity of up to 10 beds, provided within one unit that is set up and staffed with a skilled reablement workforce as well as working alongside a Multi-Disciplinary Team co located within the unit.

Statusplanned

Lot 4 - Intermediate Care Pathway 2

For the purpose of this model the term 'intermediate care' is used to describe services in the community that provide short term period of stabilisation, assessment, and reablement with the view to maximising a person's independence and, where possible, keep them at home. The Pathway 2 model is supported within a Nursing Home setting. Intermediate care services can either: a) provide support to people who are medically optimised following an acute episode of care; or b) provide support to people in the community who are in danger of needing an acute episode of care if an intermediate health or reablement intervention is not provided. This is referred to in this document as 'diversion', as it diverts people away from needing an acute hospital. Additional information: Somerset Council requires a Nursing care home in the Taunton area within a 2 mile radius of Musgrove Park Hospital, with a capacity of up to 20 beds, provided within one unit that is set up and staffed with a skilled reablement workforce as well as working alongside a Multi-Disciplinary Team co located within the unit.

Statusplanned

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Rehabilitation servicesNot published
2Residential nursing care servicesNot published
3Residential nursing care servicesNot published
4Residential nursing care servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Residential nursing care services (85144100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8523,4391 median · 27.4 average (12,203 of 23,439 with a bid count)1.9 average (13,329 of 23,439 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer1918.5 median · 18.5 average (2 of 19 with a bid count)8 average (5 of 19 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKK231271 median · 31.3 average (71 of 127 with a bid count)1.8 average (77 of 127 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5565 median · 406 average (11 of 556 with a bid count)7.1 average (11 of 556 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£9,108,393 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £14,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06cbdb
Latest release ID066715-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 15 2026 11:19:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£14,000,000
Tender lots in source4
Tender items in source4
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Jul 2026planning066715-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
15 Jul 2026 · 066715-2026 · planning
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