Awarded· 13 Aug 2025
Mental Health Step Down Service
Somerset Council · Somerset, South West
Somerset Council has awarded Mental Health Step Down Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Somerset.
Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Rethink Mental Illness
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 10:56
View notice2025
Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 07:55
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Somerset Council has awarded Mental Health Step Down Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Somerset. The contract went to Rethink Mental Illness. It was awarded on 13 August 2025. The contract value is £1,617,000.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 1 September 2025. The notice number is 052646-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0588ce.
Summary of the contracting process
Somerset Council has awarded a contract for the "Mental Health Step Down Service" in the UK region of Somerset, classified under rehabilitation services (CPV code 85312500). This procurement falls under the health care services category and is governed by the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, indicating a direct award process without a prior call for competition.
The contract will run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029, with a total value of £538,795.00, having been formally awarded on 28 August 2025. The service is designed to assist individuals transitioning from psychiatric wards to community living, offering ongoing rehabilitation and support, particularly for those facing additional challenges such as substance misuse or homelessness.
Organisations experienced in handling complex cases involving mental health, substance misuse, and social reintegration are ideally positioned to compete successfully. With an opportunity to contribute to community health initiatives and align with regional priorities under the Care Act 2014, businesses can also expand their portfolio and strengthen their presence in the public sector by engaging in this contract.
The notice in full
Individuals accessing the service have been admitted on a psychiatric ward and no longer require to be in hospital. They need however further support with their recovery before returning home or/and require support with their housing as they find themselves homeless upon discharge. Individuals accessing the service will have enduring Mental Health needs and as a result suffer from multiple disadvantage and exclusion.
This will include past and present history of substance misuse, domestic violence and dealings with the criminal justice system.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The service:
- Ensures continuity of support for the individual/ system flow of inpatient and community mental health services
- Provides a specialist service and support the recovery of people using a trauma informed approach
- Supports individuals to access universal services
- Eliminates long term cost and commitment from the ASC budget in the form of individual request for services/commissioned care and support
- Meets Somerset Council requirements under the Care Act 2014
- Demonstrates Somerset's commitment to parity of esteem with an "intermediate care" offer for Mental Health clients.
- Adheres to the Adult Social Care Strategy and priorities: 'Right Support, Right place, Right time' Somerset Council proposes to direct award the Contract for these Services to the current provider following Direct Award Process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 (PSR).
The lifetime value of the contract is: PS1,617,000
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Rethink Mental Illness
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £1,617,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 052646-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0588ce
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services; 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Town
- Taunton
- Postcode
- TA1 4DY
- Electoral ward
- Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Delivery area
- Somerset CC
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Somerset
- Area
- North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Somerset Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Stephen Barker
- Phone
- +44 7766526294
- Address
- Taunton, TA1 4DY · South West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Rethink Mental Illness
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Mental Health Step Down Service
Who won the Mental Health Step Down Service contract?
Somerset Council awarded the contract to Rethink Mental Illness on 13 August 2025.
How much is the Mental Health Step Down Service contract worth?
The contract value is £1,617,000.
Who is the buyer for Mental Health Step Down Service?
Somerset Council, based in Somerset, South West. The named contact is Stephen Barker, on +44 7766526294.
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