Adults Residential And Respite Framework
Framework Description
Southend-on-Sea City Council plans a multi-use, multi-supplier framework for residential and respite care across all adult client groups, supporting both Adult Social Care and health partners. It will run under the light touch regime, which allows flexible procurement including direct awards. The estimated value is £37 million a year, or £296 million over an eight-year duration, and the framework may be divided into lots by service type.
Context & Use Case
Commissioners use it to place older people, adults with learning disabilities, people with mental health needs and those with complex needs into residential care or respite, often quickly when circumstances change. Because health and social care partners can both use it, placements can be coordinated across the two systems rather than arranged separately.
Scope of Services
Adult residential care Respite care Older people's services Learning disability residential and respite provision Mental health residential services Complex needs care
Lots
See framework link
Who Can Apply
Suits care home and respite providers serving one or more adult client groups in and around Southend, from specialist services to multi-service operators. The framework is at pipeline stage and not yet open, so providers will win a place by bidding when the Council publishes the tender.
Buyer Benefits
With an estimated £37 million a year expected to flow through one route, the Council and its health partners will be able to place people quickly by direct award, without a fresh procurement each time. A multi-supplier panel gives choice across client groups and keeps a range of specialist providers active in the local market.
Next Steps
Read the pipeline notice on Find a Tender and watch for the tender notice, which will confirm timelines, specifications and any lots by service type. Prepare now: CQC ratings, fee structures, occupancy and staffing data, and evidence of joint working with health partners for each client group you serve. Decide early which service types you will bid for.
How Athena Can Help
A £296 million, eight-year framework is worth planning for before the tender lands. Athena's bid management for care providers sets up your bid plan early and builds quality answers around outcomes, safeguarding and integrated care, with win themes that make your service stand out.
Our light touch tender advice covers pricing beds sustainably and the bid/no-bid choice on each lot, and our care framework pipeline planning lines up the policies, certificates and case studies you will need, so nothing is rushed when the window opens.
