AwardedAwarded 14 November 2025

Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) in Somerset - Discharge to Admission (D2A)

In brief

Somerset Council awarded care and healthcare work to Lifeline Homecare Ltd, Somerset Care Limited and WALTER MANNY Ltd. Trading as Bluebird Care on 14 November 2025.

It is split into 5 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

Pathway 1 in Somerset is the Discharge to Assess (D2A) service and is the route for all supported discharges back to usual place of residence, excluding fast tracked End of Life. The Discharge to Assess model ensures no assessment for ongoing care happens in an acute hospital setting but happens in a person's usual place of residence instead. This enables speedy discharge and prevents the overprovision of long-term care. The ethos of the service is to provide high quality personalised reablement, to be outcome focused, and to enhance what the Individual can do themselves or with help from their support network.

Lots

Lot	Trade	Value
Lot 1 - Mendip What this lot covers Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Mendip area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.	Social and domiciliary care, Healthcare services	—
Lot 2 - South Somerset What this lot covers Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the South Somerset area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.	Social and domiciliary care, Healthcare services	—
Lot 3 - Sedgemoor What this lot covers Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.	Social and domiciliary care, Healthcare services	—
Lot 4 - West Somerset What this lot covers Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the West Somerset area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.	Social and domiciliary care, Healthcare services	—
Lot 5 - Taunton What this lot covers Provisions of a Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) - Discharge to Admission (D2A), in the Taunton area of Somerset. This Notice is an Intention to Award a Contract under the Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). Approx. lifetime value: £15,540,000 This is a recommissioning of an existing Contract with a new provider taking on the service.	Social and domiciliary care, Healthcare services	—

Who won

Winner	Lot	Value
Lifeline Homecare Ltd (SME) 9 bids received	Lot 1 - Mendip	£15,540,000
Somerset Care Limited 13 bids received	Lot 2 - South Somerset	£15,540,000
WALTER MANNY Ltd. Trading as Bluebird Care (SME) 11 bids received	Lot 3 - Sedgemoor	£15,540,000
WALTER MANNY Ltd. Trading as Bluebird Care (SME) 6 bids received	Lot 4 - West Somerset	£15,540,000
WALTER MANNY Ltd. Trading as Bluebird Care (SME) 8 bids received	Lot 5 - Taunton	£15,540,000

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

14 November 2025Contract award notice · notice 074024-2025
29 December 2025Contract notice (update) · notice 086217-2025
24 March 2026Contract notice (update) · notice 027052-2026

About the buyer

Somerset CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

281

Awards

220

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From notice 074024-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 14 November 2025, last updated 24 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.