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Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C

Dorset Council
South West
11 September 2025 to 31 March 2026

Delivery of short-term, enhanced support to individuals in their own homes to facilitate recovery to baseline health status. The service covers three geographic areas of Dorset (East/Purbeck, West, and North) and is delivered by five existing providers. The contract focuses on rehabilitation and home-based medical support to prevent hospital admission or assist post-discharge recovery.

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Awarded value: £475k; As published
Published: 28 August 2025
Awarded: 11 September 2025; Agincare, Altogether Care, Care South and 1 more
Contract length: 7 months; Ends 31 March 2026

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of short-term, enhanced home-based recovery and community resilience support services for individuals following hospital discharge or to prevent admission.

Deliver short-term, enhanced support to individuals following discharge from hospital or to avoid hospital admission, in the individual’s own home, to bring them back to their baseline prior to illness or crisis and improve their current situation

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Service contract
Initial term: 7 months
Extensions: 12 months + 12 months + 12 months
Longest it can run: 43 months
Contract dates: 11 September 2025 to 31 March 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Not stated
Category: Services
CPV codes: 85141210, 85141000, 85312500

Services in this contract

Home-based reablementMain service£4.7m typicalShort-term enhanced home support after hospital discharge or to avoid admission

Lifecycle

Published
28 August 2025
Contract awardedto Agincare, Altogether Care, Care South and 1 more
11 September 2025
Contract starts
11 September 2025
Contract ends
31 March 2026

The buyer

Dorset Council

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Agincare

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/992469/recovery-and-community-resilience-rcr-direct-award-process-c
Buyer reference: DN787447
Last checked: 4 November 2026

Dorset Council. Recovery and Community Resilience (RCR) - Direct Award Process C. Contract award, 28 August 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/992469/recovery-and-community-resilience-rcr-direct-award-process-c (accessed 4 November 2026).