# Handy Person Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Wakefield Council](/buyers/wakefield-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £529,316
- Published: 27 January 2023
- Planned start: 1 June 2023
- Planned end: 1 June 2025
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: cc44b3d9-86ea-44ed-bf4a-24591b30e378-609503
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b5a3bba2-8378-400c-a305-84d8604e9f14

## Description

Local Authorities have general duties to promote individual well-being and to provide or arrange services to reduce, prevent or delay the development of needs \(sections 1 and 2 of the Care Act 2014\)\. The provision of a handy person service will assist the Council in its discharge of these general duties by meeting the care and support needs of residents across the Wakefield district\. The main aim of a handy person service will be to: • support people to remain independent and in their own homes for longer; • reduce/prevent falls and hospital admissions; and • support timely hospital discharges\. The availability of a handy person service will enable people to remain living at home, be as independent as possible and have the best possible quality of life\.

## Related contract awards

- [RFS25-046](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-08c6854d-6070-439e-9d93-211ec7cc42bb): WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- [Castleford Five Towns Skills Hub PCSA](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-56718c9c-979d-4fc2-86db-59b95dbab65f): WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
- [2026 ESCR Consultancy Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c638bd69-e9c3-484d-b1a5-45f6e3e1ab8f): WAKEFIELD COUNCIL

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc44b3d9-86ea-44ed-bf4a-24591b30e378-609503)