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# Carers First · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/carers-first-coh-04144820). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Carers First is a SME public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 8 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Carers First
- **Organisation Scale:** SME
- **Companies House number:** `04144820`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-141242` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 8
- **Primary Sector:** [Social services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/social-services-85320000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/carers-first-coh-04144820

## Bidding & Win Rate Record
- **Lots Won:** 0 won, 1 lost, 0 pending
- **Total Bid Activity:** 1 lots bid across 1 procurement procedures

- **Buyer Relationships:** Bid with 1 distinct contracting authorities (1 contested without win)

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** at published budget estimate (median of 5 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £19m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £1.9m


## Delivery Geography
- **Active Delivery Regions:** [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england), [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), Nationwide (UK), [East Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-midlands)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[London Borough of Merton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024):** 1 procedures (2 awards)
2. **[Lincolnshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lincolnshire-county-council-ons-e10000019):** 1 procedures
3. **[London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008):** 1 procedures
4. **[Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012):** 1 procedures
5. **[Medway Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/medway-council-ons-e06000035):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Lincolnshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lincolnshire-county-council-ons-e10000019):** £10m · [Carers Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/carers-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0329e0)
2. **[London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008):** £3.3m · [All Age Carers Service - Lot 1: Adult Carer’s Assessment and Health and Wellbeing Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-age-carers-service-ocds-h6vhtk-049d87)
3. **[Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012):** £1.9m · [ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL CARERS SUPPORT CONTRACTS – MID AND SOUTH ESSEX](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1023-essex-carers-core-offer-of-support-ocds-h6vhtk-03c36a)
4. **[Medway Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/medway-council-ons-e06000035):** £1.9m · [Provision of Services as part of the Medway Voluntary Community Sector Better Together Consortium](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-services-as-part-of-the-medway-voluntary-community-sector-better-together-con-ocds-h6vhtk-03d037)
5. **[London Borough of Merton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024):** £1.7m · [Carers Services of Adult Carers or Adults](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/carers-services-of-adult-carers-and-young-carers-ocds-h6vhtk-040f55)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 2

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Carers First public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/carers-first-coh-04144820#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/carers-first-coh-04144820
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt