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Adult Unpaid Carer Support Services

Bedford Borough Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 00:28.

Opportunity overview

The overarching purpose of the provision of Carers’ Support Services is to ensure that adult carers who are caring for a family member, friend or neighbour who is ordinarily resident in Bedford Borough & Central Bedfordshire (excluding Luton), are supported to maintain: • A positive sense of their own health and wellbeing • Themselves in their caring role, in a way that is safe for them. The Provision of Support Services is for Adult Carers (including Parent Carers caring for people over the age of 18 years old & Parent Carers of children with disabilities under the age of 18. The Provision of Support Services is for Adult Carers including: • Parent Carers caring for people over the age of 24 years old in Bedford Borough • All Parent Carers in Central Bedfordshire This service will provide an early response team to triage carer needs, a higher level support offer for carers assessed as being at level 2 or 3 and Information, Advice & Guidance to level 1 carers who are digitally excluded. The service is expected to work in partnership with other local carers services to ensure carers are able to move seamlessly through and between services and so they do not need to tell their story more than once. The contract will be for three (3) years with an option to extend for two (2) years in 12-month-instalments.

Awarded to

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Disability Direct

Matched by number
Contract value
£2m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Feb 2026
Including VAT
£2.3m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 03891119
Location
Derby, UKF11, DE24 8AJ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0001Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
BBC AD 03899
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Bedford Borough Council
Id
GB-PPON-PLCV-4616-VTHL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLCV-4616-VTHL

Address

Street Address
Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street
Locality
Bedford
Postal Code
MK42 9AP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH24

Contact

Name
Peggy Saroch

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Disability Direct
Id
GB-COH-03891119

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03891119

Address

Street Address
The Richard Shaw Centre, 20 Royal Scot Road, Pride Park
Locality
Derby
Postal Code
DE24 8AJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF11

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03891119
Name
Disability Direct

Related lots

LOT-0001

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Adult Unpaid Carers Support Services
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
4 Feb 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Two (2) years in 12-month- instalments

Value

Including VAT
2,349,265.19
Amount
1,957,720.19
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010079-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
4 Feb 2026, 15:11
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bedford · UKH24 · MK42 9AP · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. 010079-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·