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Invitation to Preliminary Market Engagement Sandwell Reablement Service
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · Local authority
In brief
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 2 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 3 June 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 20 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Reablement Services.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) are currently seeking to understand current market capacity, learn from existing reablement models, identify service barriers and opportunities, explore innovation and best practice, and inform a future tender specifications for a new reablement service in Sandwell.
The service will provide Reablement services to eligible adults (18 years old and over) aimed at enabling individuals:
• To safely leave hospital where they would otherwise remain in hospital or avoid a hospital admission and remain in their own home or place of residence;
• Provide a short term, time limited (up to 6 weeks) Reablement Service for Adults who have been assessed and have demonstrated the potential to benefit from home care reablement to regain their independence and live well at home after an illness, injury or period of reduced mobility
We would be most grateful to receive your feedback as a care provider, share your experience and/or thoughts on how you this may work and what would make you want to apply.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 083117-2026
About the buyer
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
112Awards
46Suppliers it has used most for care
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From notice 083117-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 2 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.