Official UK procurement notice
Rochdale Carers Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Rochdale Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Published estimate£4,065,000≈ £813k / year · £4,065,000 inc. VAT38.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Nov 2025awarded 10 Dec 2025
Award (standstill) to N-Compass Towards A Brighter Future Ltd
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRochdale Borough Council and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Integrated Care System acknowledge the important role that unpaid carers, who care for their family members and friends, make to the Health and Social Care economy and the impact that caring can have on the health, wellbeing and quality of life of carers
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,065,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Quality Question 1: Leadership and Management: 15%
- Quality Question 2: Increasing numbers of carers using the service and ensuring they have a voice: 15%
- Quality Question 3: Satisfactory provision of the service: 20%
- Quality Question 4: Collaborative approach to working with partner organisations and agencies: 10%
- Quality Question 5: Carer Activities, Breaks and Respite: 15%
- Price: 5%
- Social Value Question (Quantitative: 10%
- Social Value Question (Qualitative): 10%
Published award criteria (8)
- Quality Question 1: Leadership and Management
- Quality Question 2: Increasing numbers of carers using the service and ensuring they have a voice
- Quality Question 3: Satisfactory provision of the service
- Quality Question 4: Collaborative approach to working with partner organisations and agencies
- Quality Question 5: Carer Activities, Breaks and Respite
- Social Value Question (Quantitative
- Social Value Question (Qualitative)
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 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
- 13 Oct 2025, 12:49 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Dec 2025, 14:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
DN793593- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065640- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae32Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published372 days ago13 Oct 2025, 12:49 BST
- Tender notice published370 days ago15 Oct 2025, 14:59 BST
- Next notice expected368 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by347 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline337 days ago17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by319 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent315 days ago10 Dec 2025
- Latest notice published309 days ago15 Dec 2025, 14:56 GMT
- Standstill ends300 days ago24 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Oct 2025- Planned procurement notice published13 Oct 2025, 12:49 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published15 Oct 2025, 14:59 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Oct 2025, 14:59 BST
- Contract award notice published15 Dec 2025, 14:56 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete15 Dec 2025, 14:56 GMT
- Contract signature expected15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,496,4251 award exc. VAT
Bids received 99 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| N-Compass Towards A Brighter Future LtdSMEVCSE1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: 2 years | £2,496,425 | 10 Dec 2025standstill to 24 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 9 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- N-COMPASS TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Rochdale Borough Council and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Integrated Care System acknowledge the important role that unpaid carers, who care for their family members and friends, make to the Health and Social Care economy and the impact that caring can have on the health, well…
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender