Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 2 Apr 2026, 11:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Approved List of Residential and Nursing Homes

Authority: Derby City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£180,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 10 yrsends 31 Jan 2037 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A competitive flexible procedure is to be used to create an approved List of Residential and Nursing Homes.

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
10 yrs from 1 Feb 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 10 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2037 (10 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Approved List of Residential and Nursing Homes” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Derby City Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Derby City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerDerby City Council · division 85
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 20 of 26 known-size awards · market: no supplier sizes published
77%—

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 33 of 45 known-location awards · market: no winner locations published
73%—

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 22 decided notices · market: no decision dates published
42 days—

Half of these awards were announced within 42 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: no bid counts or routes published
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Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer9 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
0% had one bid
The marketNo bid counts published
Buyer · select a colour for counts
1 bid0%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
2–30%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
4–60%
Buyer: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
7+100%
Buyer: 9 of 9 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1120 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£180m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 998 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet6% single-bid risk
Past bids on 998 similar lots
1 bid6%
59 of 998 similar past lots received 1 bid (6%).
2–313%
126 of 998 similar past lots received 2–3 (13%).
4–615%
151 of 998 similar past lots received 4–6 (15%).
7+66%
662 of 998 similar past lots received 7+ (66%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 13 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Apr 2026, 11:31 BST
Last source update
8 Oct 2026, 11:49 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-095133
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UKNorth East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)
+2 moreSouth East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067b96 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

2 Apr 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published201 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 11:31 BST
  2. Latest notice published12 days ago
    8 Oct 2026, 11:49 BST
  3. Market engagement3 days ago
    17 Oct 2026, 00:59 BST

    The proposed commissioning model has been shaped through extensive engagement with care home providers, carers, DDICB, adult social care, brokerage, finance and other local authorities.

    Provider feedback supported the proposed care categories and levels, and highlighted the need for clear processes around fees, notifications and provider expectations.

    Carer engagement informed clearer respite care standards and expectations. DDICB collaboration helped develop and test service standards, training, workforce and residential/nursing care requirements.

    Internal Council engagement identified operational and contractual issues addressed by the new model.

    Benchmarking with other local authorities, alongside Council expenditure analysis, informed the proposed fee structure and dementia care premiums.

    Engagement will continue through implementation, including ongoing communication with providers through the local care association and direct engagement with the market. Further engagement with internal teams and the ICB will support implementation and the development of the commissioning model over time.

    The proposed model was considered and approved by the Council's Cabinet on 7th October 2026 - see democracy.derby.gov.uk/Meetingscalendar.aspx ↗

    Any other organisations/providers/carers/customers who wish to comment on the proposed model are asked to do so no later than Friday 16th October 2026.

    Please email [email protected] should you wish to do so.

  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 13 days
    1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 104 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Apr 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    2 Apr 2026, 11:31 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Oct 2026, 11:49 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derby City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQVM-1383-ZBXP The Council House - Corporation Street, Derby, East Midlands, DE1 2FSContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure