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Residential / Residential EMI Respite Provision

HealthcareCPV 85144100

Value£177,000

Deadline23 Oct 2026

Published22 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

£177,000 — stated in the notice

Timeline

Published 22 Sept 202629 days leftCloses 23 Oct 2026

Who to contact

procurement@star-procurement.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£177ktotal contract value

median £380k

this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Knowsley MBC are currently undergoing a respite review and are looking at piloting a bookable planned residential and residential EMI respite provision in the borough.

The Council therefore wishes to engage with providers to pilot a residential and residential EMI respite service in Knowsley.

The requirement is for one residential and one residential EMI respite bed provision in Knowsley.

We require respite provision commencing 01 July 2026 for a period of 12 months with an option to extend for up to 12 months in aggregate.

We are seeking 2 beds (one residential and one residential EMI) on a block contract.

These may be located in one location or across a couple of locations depending on the offers available from the market.

Subject to sufficient demand.

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

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