Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) in Somerset - Discharge to Admission (D2A)

A Contract Award Notice
by SOMERSET COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
5 year (est.)
Value
£16M
Sector
HEALTH
Published
14 Nov 2025
Delivery
To 19 Oct 2030 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Taunton

Geochart for 2 buyers and 5 suppliers

2 buyers

3 suppliers

Description

Pathway 1 in Somerset is the Discharge to Assess (D2A) service and is the route for all supported discharges back to usual place of residence, excluding fast tracked End of Life. The Discharge to Assess model ensures no assessment for ongoing care happens in an acute hospital setting but happens in a person's usual place of residence instead. This enables speedy discharge and prevents the overprovision of long-term care. The ethos of the service is to provide high quality personalised reablement, to be outcome focused, and to enhance what the Individual can do themselves or with help from their support network.

Lot Division

1 Mendip

Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Mendip area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.
2 South Somerset

Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the South Somerset area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.
3 Sedgemoor

Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.
4 West Somerset

Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the West Somerset area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.
5 Taunton

Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Taunton area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.

Award Detail

1 Lifeline Homecare (Frome)
  • Lot 1 - Mendip
  • Num offers: 9
  • Value: £15,540,000
  • Contractor is an SME.
2 Somerset Care (Taunton)
  • Lot 2 - South Somerset
  • Num offers: 13
  • Value: £15,540,000
3 Walter Manny (Wellington)
  • Lot 3 - Sedgemoor
  • Num offers: 11
  • Value: £15,540,000
  • Contractor is an SME.
4 Walter Manny (Wellington)
  • Lot - 4
  • Num offers: 6
  • Value: £15,540,000
  • Contractor is an SME.
5 Walter Manny (Wellington)
  • Lot 5
  • Num offers: 8
  • Value: £15,540,000
  • Contractor is an SME.

Award Criteria

The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents 100.0
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CPV Codes

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 26.11.2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR. Any written representations regarding the award of these contracts should be sent to: stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk Award Decision makers: Iona Brimson - Head of Service Older People and Intermediate Care - Commissioning James Sangster - Service Manager (Older People Services) Lynn Stephens - Head of Service, HIS, Intermediate Care and CHC Tamsin Carey - D2A Manager/ Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Kirsty Ash - Head of Urgent and Emergency Care Commissioning No Conflicts of Interest were identified. Relative importance of Key Criteria: Social Value 5% - although Somerset Council's standard is to allocate 10% to Social Value, it was felt in this case that more should be allocated to the other Key Criteria and so this was reduced Value Pass/ Fail - this was a pass/fail as Applicants were required to accept the proposed hourly rate in order to bid Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice 40% - this was seen as the most important Key Criteria for the service in question and therefore attracted the highest weighting Quality and innovation 30% - having a good quality service with the ability to develop/ innovate was also seen as very important and given the second highest weighting Integration, collaboration and service sustainability 25% - also a key area and therefore only a slightly reduced weighting from Quality and innovation

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