Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Dementia Assessment Bed Service
Authority: Medway Council (Local council)
Medway Council is seeking to appoint an experienced, Care Quality Commission (CQC)-registered residential care provider based within Medway to deliver an Assessment Bed Service for working-age adults and older people, including those living with dementia. The service will provide eight assessment beds, ideally located within a dedicated unit or wing of a residential care home.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedway Council is seeking to appoint an experienced, Care Quality Commission (CQC)-registered residential care provider based within Medway to deliver an Assessment Bed Service for working-age adults and older people, including those living with dementia.
The service will provide eight assessment beds, ideally located within a dedicated unit or wing of a residential care home. The beds will support individuals who are medically stable but require further short-term support to return to independence or further assessment to determine their longer-term needs.
The Assessment Bed Service aims to:
•Deliver high-quality residential care and support to adults in Medway, including those experiencing cognitive impairment associated with hospital admission, acute illness, or unfamiliar environments. The service is expected to primarily support older people with complex needs and behaviours that may challenge.
•Reduce unnecessary hospital stays and prevent deconditioning by enabling safe, timely and person-centred discharges from hospital into an appropriate care setting.
•Provide care and support in a non-clinical environment for up to six weeks, allowing individuals time to recover, regain confidence and achieve their optimum level of wellbeing before longer-term care needs assessments are completed by Adult Social Care or health professionals.
•Improve physical health, mental wellbeing and overall independence, enabling individuals to return home safely, with or without a package of care, wherever possible.
•Enable adults in Medway to maintain their independence for as long as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing.Medway Council is seeking to appoint an experienced, Care Quality Commission (CQC)-registered residential care provider based within Medway to deliver an Assessment Bed Service for working-age adults and older people, including those living with dementia.
The service will provide eight assessment beds, ideally located within a dedicated unit or wing of a residential care home. The beds will support individuals who are medically stable but require further short-term support to return to independence or further assessment to determine their longer-term needs.
The Assessment Bed Service aims to:
•Deliver high-quality residential care and support to adults in Medway, including those experiencing cognitive impairment associated with hospital admission, acute illness, or unfamiliar environments. The service is expected to primarily support older people with complex needs and behaviours that may challenge.
•Reduce unnecessary hospital stays and prevent deconditioning by enabling safe, timely and person-centred discharges from hospital into an appropriate care setting.
•Provide care and support in a non-clinical environment for up to six weeks, allowing individuals time to recover, regain confidence and achieve their optimum level of wellbeing before longer-term care needs assessments are completed by Adult Social Care or health professionals.
•Improve physical health, mental wellbeing and overall independence, enabling individuals to return home safely, with or without a package of care, wherever possible.
•Enable adults in Medway to maintain their independence for as long as possible and achieve the best possible outcomes for their health and wellbeing.
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CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,517,000
- Technical & professional ability
Care Quality Commission registration
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Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Quality Questions
- Price
- Social value: Social Value benefit
- Technical & professional ability
Care Quality Commission registration
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,513,557 (twice the annual value).
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Medway Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
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1 bid34% / 20%
2–318% / 33%
4–624% / 28%
7+24% / 19%
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Below estimate33% / 31%
Within ±2%46% / 61%
Above estimate20% / 8%
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Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£2.5m
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1 bid41%
2–336%
4–620%
7+4%
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Middle 50%£2.5m
Estimate£2.5m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Victory Care Home LtdEarlier contract | Provision of an Assessment Bed Servicenotice published Oct 2024 | — | £1.1m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Five Rivers Child Care LtdWorked for this buyer | Children's Residential Assessment Unitnotice published Jun 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £1.1m1 award in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | 11% below n=1 | |
| £187k12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 13 live · £210m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=2 | |
| £3.6m11 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | 19% below n=1 | |
Dovedale CourtLarge | — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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78% title match.
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78% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (78% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Provision of an Assessment Bed Service — held by Victory Care Home Ltd; no contract end date published.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
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- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106263- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 8 Dec 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1h ago9 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 16 days25 Nov 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 29 days8 Dec 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 74 days22 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 142 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 13:59 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender