Community Opportunities - Flexible Purchasing Solution
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Yorkshire · up to £99,732,920
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What the buyer wants
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council seeks providers for a Flexible Purchasing System to deliver Community Opportunities services supporting adults with specialist needs including learning disabilities, autism, and complex health conditions. The contract includes three lots focusing on community enablement, personalised services, and intensive support, with an initial 5-year term and potential extensions.
The Council is seeking applications from providers who wish to join the Community Opportunities: Flexible Purchasing System (FPS). The intention is to appoint a range of providers with the capability and capacity to deliver Community Opportunities.
The Learning Disability/Autism - Community Opportunities is accessed by adults requiring specialist support and who have long term health conditions and/or complex needs (including complex behavioural needs). This could include learning disabilities, sensory impairment, autistic spectrum disorders, multiple physical disability, epilepsy, dementia, and additional mental ill health. Individuals with acquired brain injury may where appropriate be referred to the service. The service promotes people to use community opportunity services as a transition to independent living / independence and to operate with a preventative focus.
The initial duration of the model is 5 years but may run beyond this term if it continues to be fit for purpose.
How Tenderoo reads it
This is a framework agreement: a place on it puts you on the buyer's approved list, which they call work off from over the term. It is not a single job, and a small firm can hold a place alongside national suppliers.
The notice reads as suitable for a small or medium-sized firm: the scope, value and requirements are within reach of a business of that size.
Services required
- Health and social work services
- Social work services
- Social services
What you will need to show
- Demonstrate capability and capacity to deliver Community Opportunities — Suppliers must show they have the ability and resources to provide the required community support services for adults with specialist needs.
- Provide support for adults with specialist and complex needs — Suppliers must be able to support adults with learning disabilities, autism, sensory impairments, and other complex health conditions as described in the service scope.
- Offer preventative and independence-focused services — Suppliers must deliver services that promote independence and prevent reliance on paid support, supporting transition to independent living.
Documents to submit
- Application to join the Flexible Purchasing System
Lots
- Community Enablement Services (up to £40,000,000) — This will be a service for people with a range of needs. This may include, learning disabilities, sensory impairment, autistic spectrum disorders, multiple physical disability, epilepsy, dementia and additional mental ill health. Individuals with acquired brain injury may where appropriate be referred to the service. These services will support people to increase their employability and independence skills whilst accessing community groups to expand their social circles and potentially their network of support. The aim is that the support will be provided for up to six months to support and increase the persons confidence to access their community and beyond. The intention would be to reduce the reliance on paid support, and this could also become part of the Adult Social Care Prevention Team offer when someone approaches the Council for support. Please note, once this notice has been published, it can take up to 3 hours to appear on the YORtender portal. Full details, are available at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER, which is the link to the (Mercell Eu-Supply) YORtender tender portal site. The specific reference for this project is YORtender 53601. Estimated spend on Lot 1 over a 5-year period is expected to be in the region of £10M. If the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended. Estimated spend on Lot 1 over a 20-year period is therefore £40M. Additional information: The FPS will be deemed established once the first applications have been assessed and initial suppliers onboarded. The intention is to download applications at 6 monthly intervals. Whilst the end date states 2030, if the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended beyond this.
- Community Personalised Services (up to £28,000,000) — These services are intended to support people with higher levels of support needs. These services will support people to increase their employability and independence skills whilst accessing community groups to expand their social circles and potentially their network of support. The aim is that the support will be provided for up to twelve months to support and increase the persons confidence to access their community and beyond. The intention would be to reduce the reliance on paid support over time. Please note, once this notice has been published, it can take up to 3 hours to appear on the YorTender portal. Full details, are available at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER, which is the link to the (Mercell Eu-Supply) YORtender tender portal site. The specific ref for this project is YORtender 53601 Estimated spend on Lot 2 over a 5-year period is expected to be in the region of £7M. If the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended. Estimated spend on Lot 2 over a 20-year period is therefore £28M. Additional information: The FPS will be deemed established once the first applications have been assessed and initial suppliers onboarded. The intention is to download applications at 6 monthly intervals. Whilst the end date states 2030, if the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended beyond this.
- Community Intensive Support Services (Complex Needs) (up to £31,732,920) — These services will replicate and expand on the current building based and outreach support for people with multiple and profound disabilities (Complex Needs). This Lot includes an ambition to develop the market and explore innovative offers to provide support for Carers to continue in their caring role, by providing evening and overnight opportunities for the people they care for. The overarching aim is to develop additional innovative offers to increase the choice and type of respite available in Rotherham to Carers and those they care for. Please note, once this notice has been published, it can take up to 3 hours to appear on the YorTender portal. Full details, are available at https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER, which is the link to the (Mercell Eu-Supply) YORtender tender portal site. The specific ref for this project is YORtender 53601 Estimated spend on Lot 3 over a 5-year period is expected to be in the region of £7.93M. If the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended. Estimated spend on Lot 3 over a 20-year period is therefore £31.73M. Additional information: The FPS will be deemed established once the first applications have been assessed and initial suppliers onboarded. The intention is to download applications at 6 monthly intervals. Whilst the end date states 2030, if the model is deemed fit for purpose and continues to meet needs and requirements, it may be extended beyond this.
Key facts
- Buyer: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Estimated value: up to £99,732,920
- Deadline: 5 May 2030
- Location: Yorkshire
- Published on: Find a Tender
- First seen by Tenderoo: 25 September 2026
- CPV: 85000000, 85310000, 85320000
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