Official UK procurement notice
WSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025
Authority: West Sussex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDay Opportunities and Prevention services for people with a Learning Disability, Physical and Sensory Impairment, Acquired Brain Injury and/or Autism.
Horsham and Crawley - DIMENSIONS CARE LIMITED - Preventative Community Hubs and Day Opportunities (Lot 1 provision)
Complex Needs Day Opportunities - THE APULDRAM CENTRE, GUILD CARE, and FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE LIMITED (Lot 2 provision)
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Oct 2025, 09:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 11:17 GMT
- Authority reference
C21336,C21340,C21339,C21338- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068873- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3ddFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
In accordance with Section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023, The Council is proceeding with a direct award of contracts following an unsuccessful competitive tendering procedure.
A competitive tendering process was conducted in 2024, with the tender period closing on 1st March 2024. Despite the publication of the tender and the invitation for suppliers to submit tenders or requests to participate, no suitable tenders were received for the relevant areas of service. As a result, it was not possible to award the contract through the standard competitive procedure.
Section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023 permits a contracting authority to switch to a direct award procedure where suppliers were invited to submit tenders or requests to participate, but that no suitable tenders or requests were received.
The Council confirms that all the conditions under Section 43 have been met. Accordingly, the Council is applying Section 43 to proceed with a direct award for the relevant contracts.
As this tender was completed under the previous The Public Contracts Regulations 2015, none of the suppliers being awarded contracts have supplier identifier information and identification register combination has not been registered.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
27 Oct 2025 → 10 Nov 2025 · 5 dates- Planning notice published364 days ago27 Oct 2025, 09:52 GMT
- Latest notice published362 days ago28 Oct 2025, 11:17 GMT
- Next notice expected362 days ago28 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends352 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts350 days ago10 Nov 2025
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Oct 2025- Pipeline notice published27 Oct 2025, 09:52 GMTUK1
- Transparency notice published27 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMTUK5
- Status changed to complete27 Oct 2025, 11:24 GMT
- Contract award notice published28 Oct 2025, 11:17 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE APULDRAM CENTRESMEVCSEWSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025 - Apuldram Centre10 Nov 2025 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2028Extensions: Up to a 1 year extension. | £182,469 | 28 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
| DIMENSIONS CARE LIMITEDVCSEWSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025 - Dimensions Care Limited10 Nov 2025 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2028Extensions: Up to a 1 year extension. | £2,005,151 | 28 Oct 2025standstill to 7 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
| Guild CareSMEVCSEWSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025 - Guildcare10 Nov 2025 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2028Extensions: Up to a 1 year extension. | £666,079 | 28 Oct 2025standstill to 7 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
| FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE LIMITEDVCSEWSCC-Day Opportunities and Prevention Services 2025 - Ferring Country Centre10 Nov 2025 – 30 Jun 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2028Extensions: Up to a 1 year extension. | £729,875 | 28 Oct 2025standstill to 7 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- DIMENSIONS CARE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- GUILD CAREAwarded supplier
- THE APULDRAM CENTREAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (9)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender