Community Support Procurement Update

Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Adult Social Care service is responsible for commissioning a range of community support services.

This is an update on the final stages of the Community Support Services procurement exercise to appoint six community partners to deliver a range of health and wellbeing community support services.

Starting 17 September, contract award notices are being issued in phases. This initial tranche encompasses three of the six contracts in total.

• For the two contracts exceeding the applicable thresholds, namely: ASC Independent Living Support (ILS), ASC Step Up and Step Down (SUSD), intention-to-award notices have been published on the Find a Tender (FTS) platform, in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23). These are subject to the mandatory eight-working-day standstill period.

• The remaining contract, ASC Older People and Information Advice (OPIAS) falls below the threshold and has been awarded outright, with the corresponding notice to be issued as an award confirmation. Details pertaining to this contract will be disseminated shortly.

During this period, they are unable to discuss or share details about individual providers or services, even though the notices are now in the public domain. This is a standard procurement regulation to allow unsuccessful bidders the opportunity to review and challenge the decision if needed (where a standstill applies), promoting fairness and compliance across the process.

Notices will be published on the government find a tender website. 

Further updates will be provided as soon as the relevant standstill periods conclude without issues and contracts are formally awarded. For the first batch, this could occur as early as 29 September, with all phases expected to be completed no later than 6 October, assuming no challenges arise.

B&NES Council appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

For any queries not relating to individual providers or services, please contact the Community Partners inbox CommunityServices_EarlyHelp@bathnes.gov.uk .