Official UK procurement notice
Support to Return Home from Hospital
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Support to Return Home from Hospital service provides support to Birmingham citizens being discharged from hospital or enablement bedded setting, as well as contributing to their timely discharge. Adults who live alone without any other means of support could receive a range of support for up to 6 weeks to enable them to return home and remain there thus also preventing readmissions and strain on other services in the vital period of time post discharge.
This will include delivering the following:
- Support on the day of discharge for individuals with follow-up support within 72 hours
- Deliver a basic food parcel
- Befriending
- Undertake simple shopping (non-financial)
- Making sure the home environment is warm, comfortable and safe
- Supporting to pay bills and make appointments
- Collecting medication prescriptions or setting up a prescription delivery
- Practical assistance with accumulated posts, completion of forms, letter writing and posting
- Helping to find out about and access community activities to keep people connected to their local communities
CPV: Community health services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£379,167
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).
Lot awarding rule: Quality is 60%, Social Value is 20% and Price is 20%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Authority reference
P1007_2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062904- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a99eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'In-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗
Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the [email protected].
Deadline to submit your quotation documentation is noon on 7th November 2025
Timeline
7 Oct 2025 → 1 Mar 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published385 days ago7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
- Clarification questions by365 days ago27 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline354 days ago7 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Latest notice published273 days ago27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMT
- Contract starts240 days ago1 Mar 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2025- Tender notice published7 Oct 2025, 14:33 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Jan 2026, 15:17 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Jan 2026, 15:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont Living GroupSMESupport to Return Home from Hospital service1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £379,066 | 26 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 19 at stage one | 3 | 3 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Claremont Living Group 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