Official UK procurement notice
Provision of a Complex Supported Living Service (‘Closer to Home’ Scheme) at Condors Rest
Authority: Bridgend County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBridgend County Borough Council and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board have undertaken collaborative work to ensure high-quality provision of specialist supported living services to people with a learning disability, neurodiversity, or complex challenging behaviour.
Bidders are invited to submit a tender for the provision of a complex needs (Closer to Home) specialist supported living service at Condor’s Rest, in Tondu, Bridgend County Borough. The service is jointly funded by Health due to the complexities of care and support needs for people with a learning disability, which may include neurodiverse conditions amongst other support needs. Commissioners are looking to select a specialist supported living provider to provide support for the four individuals living there.
The new contract is planned to start from 1st April 2027.
While BCBC is the lead commissioner, some of the Individuals supported at this service are in receipt of jointly funded care, including contributions from Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board. Currently, 2 of the 4 residents at Condors Rest are eligible for Health funding.
An aim of the service is to ensure people can be supported within their own local communities, and to be helped to be as independent as possible. There is an expectation within the contract that the Provider will work with partners to use innovative approaches, including use of Assistive Technology, to manage the volume of care hours within available budgets,
Providers will need to demonstrate experience and knowledge of Positive Behaviour Management, and of providing care and support to Individuals with complex health and social care needs.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2033, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,861,548
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Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- Commercial: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical : Method Statement Questions (350 points - 35%) Interviews (450 points – 450%)
- Commercial: Price (200 points – 20%)
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £3,238,075 (twice the annual value).
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Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Bridgend County Borough Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
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Half of these awards were announced within 77 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid6% / 54%
2–353% / 28%
4–629% / 12%
7+12% / 6%
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Below estimate25% / 30%
Within ±2%69% / 61%
Above estimate6% / 9%
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Lot #1Published estimate£4.9m
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1 bid4%
2–36%
4–633%
7+57%
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Middle 50%£4.7m–£4.9m
Estimate£4.9m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| DRIVELive contract | PROVISION OF A COMPLEX SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICE (‘CLOSER TO HOME’ SCHEME) AT CLOS PENGLYN, PENCOEDruns to Mar 2028 | — | £4.5m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Hafod Housing Association LtdWorked for this buyer | The Provision of Care and Support service in Extra Care housing Schemenotice published Apr 2023 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| LlamauWorked for this buyer | Provision of Accommodation Based Services for Survivors of Domestic Abusenotice published Jul 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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DRIVELarge | £98m6 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 1 live · £4.5m 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. | at estimate n=1 |
LlamauSME | £19m9 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live 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. | 7% below n=8 |
| £36m5 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live 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. | 10% above n=2 | |
MIRUS-WALESLarge | £7.4m4 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 2 live · £6.0m 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. | at estimate n=2 |
| £5.0m6 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £4.0m 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. | 8% below n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
74% title match.
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Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
74% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (74% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
PROVISION OF A COMPLEX SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICE (‘CLOSER TO HOME’ SCHEME) AT CLOS PENGLYN, PENCOED — held by DRIVE; the published contract ends 31 Mar 2028.
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)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2033
- First published
- 2 Jul 2026, 16:56 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
B826/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096158- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c2ccFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
the tender pack is located via the etenderwales portal:
etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.shtml ↗
and the link is:
itt_127371 - Provision of a Complex Supported Living Service (‘Closer to Home’ Scheme) at Condors Rest
Timeline
2 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published110 days ago2 Jul 2026, 16:56 BST
- Market engagement50 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) will shortly be recommissioning its Closer to Home Scheme at Condor’s Rest and are keen to work with a high quality registered social care provider with experience of specialist and complex care provision with supported living settings.
In order to further the procurement plans, BCBC will carry out a market engagement event with appropriately registered and experienced care providers to gain a provider’s perspective on the service model that BCBC to start from April 2027.
The market testing event will be in the form of a group Microsoft Teams meetings (online) with interested providers and will be facilitated by BCBC.
This will take place over 2 hours, between 13:00-15:00 on Monday 20th July 2026.
Please register your intention to join the Engagement Event online by completing the following form (you will need to copy and paste the link below in to your browser) you will then be directed to the online form to register your interest:
- Next notice expected19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 24 days13 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 35 days24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 90 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Jul 2026, 16:56 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £4,861,54812 Oct 2026, 14:56 BSTwas £4,165,618
- Status changed to active12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
- Procurement method changed12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT12 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The tender pack can be accessed and submitted via etenderwales under the following link: itt_127371 - Provision of a Complex Supported Living Service (‘Closer to Home’ Scheme) at Condors Rest
- Technical specifications itt_127371 - Provision of a Complex Supported Living Service (‘Closer to Home’ Scheme) at Condors Rest
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender