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# Management of Shared Lives Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/management-of-shared-lives-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04585a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Somerset Council: "Management of Shared Lives Scheme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,730,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066)
- **Published Value:** £2,730,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,730,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04585a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/management-of-shared-lives-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04585a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Df7d2d5fc-190d-ef11-812b-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/management-of-shared-lives-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-04585a#participate

## Description
Shared Lives is a type of care and support defined by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) where an individual or family (the Shared Lives Carer) is paid to include a disabled or older person (the Person) in their family and community life.  In most cases the Person lives with the Shared Lives Carer and their family on a long-term basis, although Shared Lives Carers can also support people living in their own homes through day support at the Shared Lives Carers home, provide respite care for an unpaid family Carer(s) or act as a “stepping stone” for someone who wants to live independently.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,730,000
- **Description:** 1.5	The types of care and support that Somerset Council (the Council) wishes to commission 	through a Shared Lives approach includes:
a.	Long term accommodation and care and support.
b.	Short breaks, including breaks provided at short notice (Short N...
- **Contract Period:**  to 30/09/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Management of Shared Lives Scheme (active)
  - Award id: `026260-2024-DN720447-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Shared Lives South West**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121798`
  - Value: £2,730,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Management of Shared Lives Scheme (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,730,000
  - Signed Date: 06/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F026260-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-19T09:20:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T09:40:39.146Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04585a