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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.

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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
"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. Reablement in the Borough will be aided by technology to deliver positive outcomes for each Service User, ensuring their support is effective, innovative, and tailored to their individual needs. There are two types of Reablement Pathways. 1) ICS Pathway 1 Services All Referrals to Pathway 1 Reablement service will be made by appropriate ICS staff. Individuals may be residing in acute hospitals, both inside and outside the borough, or in their own homes. (but only for the purposes of permitting the Referral of Adults who are ordinarily resident in the Borough). Pathway 1 Reablement provides short-term, intensive, therapy-led support following hospital discharge or admission avoidance. Delivered through an integrated multidisciplinary approach, it focuses on helping people regain skills, achieve personal goals, and undertake daily activities independently wherever possible. Pathway 1 Social provides short-term interim support for individuals who do not require Reablement, have reached their Reablement potential, or are awaiting longer-term care arrangements or other appropriate services. It ensures continuity of care while longer-term solutions are put in place, and service users may move between the Reablement and Social pathways as their needs change. 2) Community Reablement Pathway Referrals into the Community Reablement Service will be made via the Council's customer experience centre/operational teams in Adult Social Care. Community Reablement provides preventative, short-term support for people living in the community who are experiencing a decline in their functional ability. Delivered through a partnership between the Council's therapy team and the Provider, it aims to restore independence, improve wellbeing, and reduce the need for ongoing care and support. This is a cost and volume contract therefore the value of the total contract value may change, dependant on client need. "

Should I bid?

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How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. 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.
  3. Submit your bid through the buyer's e-tendering portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.
  4. Send clarification questions before 11:59pm, Friday 4 September 2026.
  5. Make sure your bid arrives before midday, Friday 2 October 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 077147-2025
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 062178-2026
  3. Tender notice · UK4, notice 078122-2026
  4. Tender notice · UK4, notice 081748-2026
  5. Tender notice · UK4, notice 087017-2026

About the buyer

Walsall CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

51

Awards

29

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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.