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PUB26143 - Live Longer Better 2027

HealthcareCPV 85000000

Value£387,775

Deadline26 Oct 2026

Published16 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

£387,775 — stated in the notice

Timeline

Published 16 Sept 202639 days leftCloses 26 Oct 2026

Who to contact

Lawrence Brown

commercial.services@torbay.gov.uk

+44 1803201201

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents the Authority is providing the Documents in PDF format in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-Tendering portal at: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk In order to access amendable versions of the Documents and to submit a response applicants must be registered as Suppliers on ProContract. Applicants should then express an interest in the opportunity and download the Word and Excel format Documents for completion and submission.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£388ktotal contract value

median £380k

this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Torbay Council publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 98 notices, roughly one every 15 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

10% of Torbay Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Torbay Council is procuring a Healthy Ageing programme, focused on Torbay residents aged 50 years and above.

The Live Longer Better programme is a targeted prevention offer to support older adults to take steps to optimise their physical, social, cognitive and mental health and wellbeing; in order to promote healthy life expectancy and reduce health inequalities.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

The Live Longer Better programme is

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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