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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Physiotherapy Services

HealthcareCPV 85142100
Value£240k
Deadline24 Aug 2026
Published23 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 23 Jul 202632 days leftCloses 24 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Michelle Hackwood
michelle_hackwood@sandwell.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£240ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Physiotherapy Services Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council invites suitably qualified, experienced, and interested parties (“Tenderers”) to participate in a tender process to establish a Contract for the Provision of Physiotherapy Services.

The successful Tenderer will be required to deliver the services described in the Tender Schedule 5-Specification, working with the Council’s in-house Occupational Health Unit.

The appointed provider may also be required to supply services to other local authorities or schools under the terms of the Contract.

The Occupational Health Unit consists of an Occupational Health Physician, Occupational Health Nurse Advisors, a Physiotherapist, and a Business Support Team.

The service is managed on a day-to-day basis by the Occupational Health Team Manager and provides occupational health services to Council employees and a range of public-sector partners — serving approximately 10,000 individuals across a variety of roles, including manual, technical, and administrative occupations.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

In Order To View and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website.

All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: 24 August 2026 at 15:00hrs

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful Tenderer will be required

The successful Tenderer will be required to deliver the services described in the Tender Schedule 5-Specification, working with the Council’s in-house Occupational Health Unit.

02

The appointed provider may also be required

The appointed provider may also be required to supply services to other local authorities or schools under the terms of the Contract.

03

The Occupational Health Unit consists of

The Occupational Health Unit consists of an Occupational Health Physician, Occupational Health Nurse Advisors, a Physiotherapist, and a Business Support Team.

04

From here you will be able

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to the ITT and other related documents.

05

In Order To View and Submit

In Order To View and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d22a
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
069814-2026
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