Closed tender

Support to Return Home from Hospital

Details

Buyer: Birmingham City Council
Value: £379,166.67
Topic: Health services
Published: 7 October 2025
Submission: 7 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Support to Return Home from Hospital service provides support to Birmingham citizens being discharged from hospital or enablement bedded setting, as well as contributing to their timely discharge. Adults who live alone without any other means of support could receive a range of support for up to 6 weeks to enable them to return home and remain there thus also preventing readmissions and strain on other services in the vital period of time post discharge. This will include delivering the following: • Support on the day of discharge for individuals with follow-up support within 72 hours • Deliver a basic food parcel • Befriending • Undertake simple shopping (non-financial) • Making sure the home environment is warm, comfortable and safe • Supporting to pay bills and make appointments • Collecting medication prescriptions or setting up a prescription delivery • Practical assistance with accumulated posts, completion of forms, letter writing and posting • Helping to find out about and access community activities to keep people connected to their local communities

Timeline

Completed: Tender published7 October 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date7 November 2025

About the buyer

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham, and buys through Corporate Procurement, a central team that commissions services to deliver the council's priorities for residents. Contract opportunities for goods and services above a set threshold are advertised on Find it in Birmingham, the council's own portal. The same opportunities also appear nationally on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Every advertised contract is then processed through the council's own eTendering portal. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Birmingham City Council's contract awards have been in transport equipment, transport services and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

85100000 · Health services
85140000 · Miscellaneous health services
85323000 · Community health services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@birmingham-city-council.gov