Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Somerset Council
County Hall, The Crescent
Taunton
TA14DY
Contact
Stephen Barker
stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Reablement Service (Intermediate Care - Pathway 1) in Somerset - Discharge to Admission (D2A)
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
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.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2025/S 000-074024
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. The contracts for Lots 1, 3, 4 & 5 have been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.
Date of contract award: 24.12.2025
Dates between which the services are intended to be provided: 01.06.2026 - 31.05.2031 (with the option to extended for up to a further 5 years)
Lifetime value of the contracts for Lots 1, 3, 4 & 5 - £62,160,000
No conflicts or potential conflicts of interest of individuals making the decision were declared.
A review of the decisions in relation to Lots 1, 3 & 5 was undertaken by the following:
Iona Brimson, Head of Service Older People and Intermediate Care - Commissioning
James Sangster, Service Manager - Commissioning (Older People Services)
Stephen Barker, Senior Procurement Lead
Paul Skuse, Head of Procurement
Please note that a review in relation to Lot 2 is still ongoing and a further update to this notice will be published in due course following the outcome of that review.