Coming up· published 30 Jan 2026
Residential Intermediate Care Beds
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council · Sefton, North West
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Residential Intermediate Care Beds. It is a contract for reablement in Sefton.
Source: Find a Tender, published 30 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2026
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 11:28
View notice2026
Pipeline notice updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 10:57
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is planning Residential Intermediate Care Beds. It is a contract for reablement in Sefton. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029. It lasts 3 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs. Find a Tender published it on 30 January 2026. The notice number is 008354-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0611d2. Bids are made through the buyer's ProContract portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, in association with the NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) - Sefton Place, is in the planning stage for the procurement process concerning 'Residential Intermediate Care Beds'. This initiative, set to begin in Winter 2026/27, aims to fortify winter resilience and potentially provide year-round baseline capacity in the social work and related services sector.
The procurement is under a light-touch regime and is classified as above threshold, highlighting its significant scale and potential impact. Located in Bootle, United Kingdom, the procurement involves a preliminary market engagement with a scheduled engagement milestone deadline of 27th February 2026. The procurement plan suggests a contract period from 1st November 2026 to 31st October 2029.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are deemed suitable to engage in this process.
The notice in full
Sefton Council, in partnership with NHS Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) - Sefton Place, is exploring options for the future commissioning of Residential Intermediate Care (IC) Beds to support winter resilience from Winter 2026/27 onwards, with potential year-round baseline capacity. The purpose of this Notice is to engage with the market, understand provider capacity and interest, and inform the development of a future procurement process.
This Notice does not constitute the launch of a procurement exercise.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Reablement
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Nov 2026 to 31 Oct 2029 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- ProContract
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 008354-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0611d2
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Sefton
- Town
- Liverpool
- Postcode
- L20 7AE
- Electoral ward
- Linacre
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Delivery area
- Sefton
- Region
- North West
- Sub-region
- Sefton
- Area
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Bootle, L20 7AE · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008354-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007953-2026
- ProContract portal, to register and bidprocontract.due-north.com/Advert
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0611d2 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Residential Intermediate Care Beds
When will the Residential Intermediate Care Beds tender open?
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Residential Intermediate Care Beds contract?
The contract runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Residential Intermediate Care Beds?
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, based in Sefton, North West.
How do I bid for Residential Intermediate Care Beds?
Register on the buyer's ProContract portal, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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