PUB26143 - Live Longer Better 2027

What the buyer is asking for

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.

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 64%qualityMethod StatementsDescriptions of proposals for Quality service and contract delivery. There are four Method Statements in total which add up to the percentage weighting.
• 5%qualityTechnical QuestionsTechnical Questions for data collection and processing, protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects, and information security. There are three Technical Questions in total which add up to the percentage weighting
• 15%qualityPresentationThe Presentation is for applicants to present their proposed evaluation and improvement model for this programme, as part of Quality Contract delivery.
• 7%qualityQualitative Social ValueSocial Value is being evaluated on the basis of quality and quantity. This criteria relates to the quality element, specifically the Delivery Plan / Method Statement responses, on how applicants will deliver against their committed social value proposals.
• 3%qualityQuantitative Social ValueSocial Value is being evaluated on the basis of quality and quantity. This criteria relates to the quantity element, specifically the total economic and social value being proposed by applicants.
• 6%pricePricePricing Schedule - the Total Cost for the service price.

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation Financial Capacity. Confirmation of ability to obtain relevant insurances after contract award but before contract start. Further information can be found in Part 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire document, and Section C2.3 of Part 1 Information document. Technical ability conditions of participation Data Protection. Modern Slavery. Relevant policies, procedures and accreditations required to deliver the contract. Further information can be found in Part 4 Procurement Specific Questionnaire and Section C2.3 of Part 1 Information. Particular suitability Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME).

How contested is this?

Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 183 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published5 days ago

   16 Sept 2026, 15:14 BST
2. Clarification questions byin 22 days

   13 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
3. Submission deadlinein 34 days

   26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice16 Sept 2026, 15:14 BST087866-2026

Documents

• In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents, the Authority is providing the documents in PDF in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-tendering portal at https://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 Work and Excel format documents for completion and submission.
• Please refer to Part 2 Specification issued with the tender documents for this opportunity. In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the Tender Documents, the Authority is providing the documents in PDF in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-tendering portal at https://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 Work and Excel format documents for completion and submission.
• Tender notice on Find a Tender