Intermediate Care - Complex Older People's Mental Health known as OPMH+
Somerset CouncilEstimated Value
Up to £3,328,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
29 October 2026
Type
services
At a glance
- Buyer
- Somerset Council
- Estimated value
- £3,328,000
- Published
- 29 October 2026
- Location
- South West
- Type
- Services · limited procedure
- CPV code
- 85144000 Residential health facilities services
- Likely incumbent
- Brunelcare (estimated from past awards)
- Published on
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Overview
- description of the services to be provided: OPMH+ in Somerset is the Discharge service to support recovery, reablement and assessment and is the route for supported discharges where a person is unable to return to their usual place of residence at the point of discharge from acute hospital. The Bedded pathway model ensures no assessment for ongoing care happens in an acute hospital setting but happens in an appropriate pathway bed.
This enables speedy discharge and prevents the overprovision of long-term care. This service is provided by a combination of commissioned providers and NHS therapist staff and is jointly funded through the Intermediate Care budget. - this notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process: - the approximate lifetime value of the contract: £3,328,000 You should also specify: - this is an existing service; - this is an existing provider; - the dates between which the services are intended to be provided, if known - 11.11.2026 - 10.11.2030
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Award Details
Care Concern Group
£3,328,000
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Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Brunelcare
1 contract wonlatest 29 Oct 2026£6m
total awarded
- 2
Care Concern Group
£6m
total awarded
- 3
Altogether Care LLP
£6m
total awarded
- 4
Welford Healthcare STH Limited
£6m
total awarded
Brunelcare is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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Somerset CouncilKey Dates
Published
29 October 2026
Submission deadline
Not specified
Notice type
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Source
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