Official UK procurement notice
Supported Living Service for Adults with Mental Health Needs
Authority: Wrexham County Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Wales (UKL2)
Published estimate£4,332,276≈ £619k / year · £5,198,731 inc. VAT · 1 value update7.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Nov 2025awarded 24 Nov 2025
Awarded to Independent Clinical Services Limited t/a Thornbury Community Services
Contract term 7 yrsends 31 Dec 2032 · up to 31 Dec 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWCBC Supported Living Service for Adults with Mental Health Needs
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Mar 2034, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£4,332,276
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 (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Commercial
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Yes · next expected 1 Mar 2034
- First published
- 3 Jul 2025, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
Proc-25-51- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066989- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055880Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Scope could change
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
- Submission deadline
- 18 Nov 2025
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Nov 2025
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
3 Jul 2025 → 16 Jan 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published3 Jul 2025, 15:44 BST
- Market engagement25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Pre Market Engagement
- Next notice expected388 days ago22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published360 days ago21 Oct 2025, 10:29 BST
- Clarification questions by340 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Submission deadline332 days ago18 Nov 2025
- Assessment summaries sent325 days ago25 Nov 2025
- Standstill ends314 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by308 days ago11 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts288 days ago1 Jan 2026
- Latest notice published273 days ago16 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMT
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Jul 2025, 15:44 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published21 Oct 2025, 10:29 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £4,332,27621 Oct 2025, 10:29 BSTwas £817,914
- Status changed to active21 Oct 2025, 10:29 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Oct 2025, 10:29 BST
- Deadline published: 18 Nov 202521 Oct 2025, 10:29 BST
- Contract award notice published25 Nov 2025, 16:49 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Nov 2025, 16:49 GMT
- Contract signature expected15 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Jan 2026, 10:51 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 3 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £3,988,9091 award exc. VAT
Bids received 61 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Jan 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Clinical Services Limited t/a Thornbury Community ServicesUK6 - Supported Living Service for Adults with Mental Health Needs1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2033 · up to 31 Dec 2036Extensions: 3 YEARS IN ANNUAL INCREMENTS · Options: Scheme may increase | £3,988,909 | 24 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Supported Living Service for Adults MH Needs · Independent Clinical Services Limited t/a Thornbury Community Services
- Signed
- 13 Jan 2026
- Value
- £3,988,909
- Period
- 13 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2033 · up to 31 Dec 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 years in annual increments
No agreed KPIs: This is below %,000,000.000 and will be monitored by the contracts monitoring officer
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SERVICES LIMITED t/a Thornbury NursingAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender