WP4051 ICS Pathway 1 Services and a Community Reablement Service
Walsall Council · Local authority
In brief
Walsall Council is looking for suppliers for care and healthcare work (West Midlands).
It is a framework worth up to £65,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.
The contract runs for 5 years, up to 10 years with extensions, starting 1 February 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Bids close at midday, Friday 2 October 2026.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Key dates
- Questions by
- 11:59pm, Friday 4 September 2026
- Bids by
- midday, Friday 2 October 2026
How bids are scored
Quality 90% · Social Value 10%
Quality matters most. You can win without being the cheapest.
Competition
Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 18 awards in the last 12 months).
Framework
Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £65,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.
The buyer expects to buy this again around August 2036.
What the notice says
"Reablement is a strengths-based, person-centred approach that promotes and maximises independence and wellbeing. It aims to ensure positive change using user-defined goals and is designed to enable people to gain, or regain, their confidence, ability, and necessary skills to live as independently as possible, especially after an illness, deterioration in health or injury. Reablement focuses on enabling people to do things for themselves rather than having things done for them. Reablement will be achieved by working in partnership with individuals to support them to undertake tasks themselves, promoting choice, control, and functional ability rather than providing task-based care.…Read the full description
Should I bid?
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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.
- Submit your bid through the buyer's e-tendering portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.
- Send clarification questions before 11:59pm, Friday 4 September 2026.
- Make sure your bid arrives before midday, Friday 2 October 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 077147-2025
- Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 062178-2026
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 078122-2026
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 081748-2026
- Tender notice · UK4, notice 087017-2026
About the buyer
Procurements
51Awards
29Suppliers it has used most for care
- Caring Care Limited2 contracts
- Absolute Healthcare Swan House Limited1 contract
- Family Action1 contract
- Manor Farm Community Association1 contract
- Nationwide Care Services Ltd1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £82kestimated
- £1.57bnframework ceiling
- £5.6mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £166kestimated
From notice 077147-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 26 November 2025, last updated 14 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.