Planning

Residential Intermediate Care Beds

  • Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-008354

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0611d2

Published 29 January 2026, 11:28am

Last edited 30 January 2026, 10:57am

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Scope

Reference

DN803566

Description

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.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85300000 - Social work and related services

Contract locations

  • UKD73 - Sefton

Engagement

Engagement deadline

27 February 2026

Engagement process description

Providers are invited to participate in the following activities:

a) Soft Market Engagement Questionnaire

A short questionnaire will be issued to gather information on:

• Available capacity

• Service delivery models

• Quality governance

• Workforce/skills

• Price assumptions

• Mobilisation readiness for Winter 2026

b) Provider Engagement Event

Depending on the response rate the Council may choose to hold a virtual engagement event over the forthcoming weeks.

Providers should register their interest by completing and returning the Market Engagement Response form available from the Proactis portal.

Project Reference DN803566

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=33ab0047-02f3-f011-813c-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=24ac586e-01f3-f011-813c-005056b64545

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Contracting authority

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTHP-5656-DLCN

Bootle Town Hall

Bootle

L20 7AE

United Kingdom

Email: cdp@sefton.gov.uk

Website: http://sefton.gov.uk

Region: UKD73 - Sefton

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government