Better Care Fund VCSE Integrated Wellbeing Pathways SC, HI & W/2025/93
- Buyer
- Stoke on Trent City Council
- Value
- £2,786,410
- Closes
- 27 November 2026
- Where
- Stoke-on-Trent, the West Midlands
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and the local NHS Integrated Care Board are looking for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations to run a wellbeing service for adults aged 18 and over, funded through the Better Care Fund. The service has two parts: short-term home-based support that helps people stay independent and connected locally, and support that helps people leave hospital safely and recover at home. The contract is worth up to £2,786,410 over three years, with two optional one-year extensions.
What the buyer wants
• Provide responsive, mostly home-based wellbeing support for socially isolated and vulnerable residents, and connect them with community, faith, voluntary and statutory services. • For hospital discharge, work with hospital, community, primary care and social care teams to plan safe, timely discharge and follow up after discharge to reduce readmissions. • Develop neighbourhood-based community support, identify gaps in provision, and run a responsive seven-day service.
Lots
- Community Support and Development
- Integrated Hospital Discharge and Neighbourhood Development Pathway
Requirements
What could rule a small business out (our reading of the notice, written with AI): The notice restricts bidding to providers within the local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector, so a commercial company that is not part of that sector would most likely be ruled out, and the contract's size and three-year term may also make it hard for a very small organisation to qualify.
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