Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Care Services at Stadium View, St Helens
Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSt Helens Borough Council (The Council) is inviting bids for the Provision of Care Services at Stadium View, St Helens.
For a full specification for this opportunity, please register you interest.
Bidders are advised that the deadline set out in the documents is absolute. You are advised to upload your submission well in advance of the deadline to avoid any technical issues that might arise causing you to fail to meet the deadline which would lead to the rejection of your submission. The Council is conscious that Bidders spend a huge amount of time, effort and expense in putting together a submission and is keen to ensure that no bid is rejected for this reason.
In submitting your quotation you agree to contract on the terms and conditions as detailed on The Chest. Due to the Council's obligations of fairness and equal treatment to all bidders it cannot accept amendments to these terms and conditions or alternative terms and conditions. If you seek to amend the terms and conditions or submit alternative terms and conditions the Council may reject your quotation
- No preliminary market engagement: There has not been enough time to produce a preliminary market engagement notice. The contract start date is mid April and TUPE is involved.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,304,984
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)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Oct 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jan 2026, 16:28 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
DN795424- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069008- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d55cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Oct 2025 → 11 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published365 days ago28 Oct 2025, 14:17 GMT
- Clarification questions by341 days ago21 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline334 days ago28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent273 days ago28 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published273 days ago28 Jan 2026, 16:28 GMT
- Award decision expected by264 days ago5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends260 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts170 days ago11 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2025- Tender notice published28 Oct 2025, 14:17 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Jan 2026, 16:28 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Jan 2026, 16:28 GMT
- Contract signature expected16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compassionate Care Ltd1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Jan 2033Extensions: The Council may extend following the Contract Period for further periods of time up to a maximum of 24 months in aggregate | £186,426 | 28 Jan 2026standstill to 9 Feb 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 16 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COMPASSIONATE CARE LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender