Official UK procurement notice
Supported Living Care Services
Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)
Staffordshire County Council are recommissioning Supported Living care services, which is the provision of support to individuals with assessed eligible care and support needs living in Supported Living schemes. Supported Living schemes are housing and care services that support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, sensory impairments and/or mental health conditions to live independently in the community. If the care provider provides regulated care, they must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStaffordshire County Council are recommissioning Supported Living care services, which is the provision of support to individuals with assessed eligible care and support needs living in Supported Living schemes.
Supported Living schemes are housing and care services that support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, sensory impairments and/or mental health conditions to live independently in the community. Schemes can be shared houses, clusters of flats or may be single households (in specific circumstances) and an individual's accommodation in the scheme is known as a 'unit'.
Individuals with an assessed eligible need for adult social care receive care services from a care provider who is independent of their landlord. If the care provider provides regulated care, they must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
For the purpose of recommissioning Supported Living care services, the scope will include schemes with on-site care from a care provider either contracted by the Council or purchased by an individual using a direct payment issued by the Council; in the majority of circumstances individuals will have a tenancy agreement in respect of their accommodation. Schemes where individuals are receiving care services from directly employed staff, often called Personal Assistants, are not included.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 5 yrs from 1 May 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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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).
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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).
- “Supported Living Care Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Mar 2025, 10:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2025, 10:16 GMT
- Authority reference
IA3345- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007617- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8deFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Mar 2025 → 1 May 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published3 Mar 2025, 10:16 GMT
- Market engagement12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Following our last communications in January 2025, we are pleased to confirm we will be presenting the Supported Living Commissioning Plan to Cabinet, for approval, on 19 March 2025.
We will be hosting a Supported Living Care Services Market Sector Update shortly after to share with you an overview of the Commissioning Plan. Please see below for further information:
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Date: Monday 7 April 2025
Venue: Microsoft Teams (online)
Who should attend?
- This session is open to care providers who currently provide Supported Living care services in Staffordshire AND care providers who may be interested in doing so in the future.
How do I book a place?
- If you are interested in attending, please email: [email protected]
- Please include the following information:
o Name of the person attending
o Role of the person attending
o Organisation the person attending is representing
o Email address of the person attending - please note, your email address will be visible to others on the invite
- Once you have emailed and booked on, we will share the Microsoft Teams link.
- To support the session, we would ask that there are no more than 3 representatives from each organisation attending the session.
- We would appreciate it, if you did not forward the Microsoft Teams meeting link, to help us manage the number of attendees.
What if I can't attend?
- If you are unable to attend, we will be sharing the presentation and other key information shortly after the event, via Proactis - Supplier Network. Please ensure you are registered on Proactis supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗ and view the opportunity by searching for contract reference number IA3345 Supported Living Care Services. The information will then be found in the "request documents" section.
- If you book a place and you can't attend the session, please let us know on the email above asap. If another representative from your organisation wants to attend, please ask them to email us directly (using the above address) and we will send the Microsoft Teams link directly.
Following the event, information will be shared via Proactis on how to participate in the engagement.
- Contract starts189 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Mar 2025, 10:16 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender