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Home-to-Assess Care Services

Awarded to CARE QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED, DE VERE CARE PARTNERSHIP LTD, HALES GROUP LIMITED +1 more

Essex County Council(buyer)

Published
Published 10 April 2025
Deadline
Closed 13 June 2025

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Overview

Essex County Council awarded a contract for Home-to-Assess home care services to support hospital discharge, admission avoidance, and transitions to ongoing care or self-care solutions. The contract, valued at £7.26 million, was awarded in August 2025 to CARE QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED, DE VERE CARE PARTNERSHIP LTD, HALES GROUP LIMITED, and PASSION TREE CARE SERVICES LTD, and is now in delivery.

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Lots (5)

  • Home -to-Assess Services (Mid Essex)

    £1,644,000Won by PASSION TREE CARE SERVICES LTD
  • Home -to-Assess Services (North Essex)

    £1,815,000Won by CARE QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED
  • Home -to-Assess Services (South-East Essex)

    £1,062,000Won by HALES GROUP LIMITED
  • Home -to-Assess Services (South-West Essex)

    £1,200,000Won by HALES GROUP LIMITED
  • Home -to-Assess Services (West Essex)

    £1,542,000Won by DE VERE CARE PARTNERSHIP LTD

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£11,500,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
10 April 2025
Questions by
13 June 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£7,263,000
Award date
26 August 2025
Contract period
1 December 2025 → 31 March 2028
Contract length
2 years 4 months
Could run to
31 March 2031
Against estimate
37% below
Bids received
62
Winners
  • CARE QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED
  • DE VERE CARE PARTNERSHIP LTD
  • HALES GROUP LIMITED
  • PASSION TREE CARE SERVICES LTD

This contract ends on 31 March 2028, or 31 March 2031 if every extension is used.

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

62

Open and restricted tenders in Health and social work services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.

How bids were scored

Price 30% · Quality 70%

  • Technical and Quality, as per ITT documentation60%
  • Commercial30%
  • Social Value10%

Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.

Market context

Typical award in Health and social work services

£186,136

Median of 14,517 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 39.0× the median.

Essex County Council in the last 12 months

76

contracts awarded, worth £1,151,379,867 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    11 September 2026

  2. Contract

    27 August 2025

  3. Contract Notice

    19 May 2025

  4. Prior Information Notice

    10 April 2025

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