Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Intermediate Care and Reablement Services
Authority: Medway Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedway Council are reprocuring an Intermediate Care and Reablement Service.
The service will include home-based intermediate care and reablement for Pathway 1 acute hospital discharges and Bed-based intermediate care and reablement for Pathway 2 acute hospital discharges as well as more complex care such as bariatric and non-weight bearing pathways, as one service. This is a change from the current service contract, which was procured in two separate lots, one for each pathway described above.
In delivering these services, the Service Provider is required to be fully compliant with the Care Quality Commissions (CQC) guidance, policies and protocols and thereafter comply with all statutory requirements as detailed in this specification.
Providers should note the expectation of the ICRS is to deliver a reablement service within a period average of 28 days or less for pathway 1 and 28-42 days or less for pathway 2.
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£42,670,000
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 (3)
- Quality
- Price
- Social Value
- 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
- 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
- 4 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2026, 14:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 9 Apr 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-079874- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ef08Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Dec 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published327 days ago4 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by313 days ago18 Dec 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline274 days ago26 Jan 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent202 days ago9 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published201 days ago9 Apr 2026, 14:16 BST
- Award decision expected by201 days ago9 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts27 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2025- Tender notice published4 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Apr 2026, 14:16 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Apr 2026, 14:16 BST
- Contract signature expected11 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCRG Care Services Limited1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2031 · up to 30 Sept 2035Extensions: 2 x 24 months | £42,670,000 inc. VAT | 7 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonHCRG Care Services Limited · North West England
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HCRG Care Services LimitedAwarded 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