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# Care and Support Services Flexible Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/care-and-support-services-flexible-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03cec0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scotland Excel: "Care and Support Services Flexible Framework Agreement". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £1,500,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Mar 2030, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (open for submissions, 1256 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Scotland Excel](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scotland-excel-GB-FTS-186)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,500,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 March 2030 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03cec0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/care-and-support-services-flexible-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03cec0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/care-and-support-services-flexible-framework-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-03cec0#participate

## Description
This Contract Award Notice relates to the establishment of a new ‘National Flexible Framework Agreement’ in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (further referred to as 'the Flexible Framework Agreement ') for the provision of Care and Support services as defined in the Procurement Documents:
Care and Support Services will support people to achieve the best possible quality of life, in terms of their personal aspirations, choices and abilities, that enables them to live independently and safely within their own home for as long as practicable.
The Flexible Framework Agreement allows for New Entrants to be admitted, as Providers, after it has been established.
Applicants should note that there is no guarantee of any business, use, level of use or continuity of business through the Flexible Framework Agreement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85300000, 85310000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000,000
- **Description:** As further detailed in the procurement documents of the Flexible Framework Agreement for the provision of Care and Support Services for Adults across Scotland.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 041140-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **1st Class Care Solutions Limited, 1st Home Care Ltd., 365 Care Limited (+98 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133348`, `GB-FTS-133385`, `GB-FTS-133378`, `GB-FTS-133387`, `GB-FTS-133369`, `GB-FTS-115621`, `GB-FTS-133331`, `GB-FTS-133365`, `GB-FTS-128848`, `GB-FTS-169279`, `GB-FTS-115597`, `GB-FTS-85558`, `GB-FTS-133324`, `GB-FTS-128089`, `GB-FTS-186314`, `GB-FTS-133360`, `GB-FTS-128851`, `GB-FTS-115623`, `GB-FTS-169268`, `GB-FTS-133371`, `GB-FTS-133330`, `GB-FTS-185053`, `GB-FTS-133333`, `GB-FTS-133366`, `GB-FTS-5937`, `GB-FTS-133359`, `GB-FTS-133372`, `GB-FTS-133381`, `GB-COH-02225727`, `GB-FTS-48499`, `GB-FTS-133318`, `GB-COH-04955186`, `GB-FTS-133376`, `GB-FTS-133340`, `GB-FTS-133368`, `GB-FTS-130525`, `GB-FTS-185330`, `GB-FTS-133320`, `GB-FTS-133337`, `GB-FTS-133377`, `GB-FTS-133375`, `GB-FTS-133356`, `GB-FTS-133363`, `GB-FTS-133325`, `GB-FTS-133336`, `GB-FTS-176971`, `GB-FTS-133350`, `GB-FTS-142390`, `GB-FTS-106786`, `GB-FTS-133317`, `GB-FTS-133316`, `GB-FTS-20905`, `GB-FTS-133321`, `GB-FTS-133315`, `GB-FTS-5939`, `GB-FTS-142543`, `GB-FTS-133373`, `GB-FTS-133328`, `GB-FTS-142386`, `GB-FTS-133332`, `GB-FTS-97313`, `GB-FTS-133338`, `GB-FTS-133386`, `GB-FTS-133362`, `GB-FTS-133351`, `GB-FTS-133342`, `GB-FTS-133384`, `GB-FTS-133364`, `GB-FTS-117126`, `GB-FTS-133354`, `GB-FTS-142140`, `GB-FTS-133374`, `GB-COH-03156103`, `GB-FTS-115615`, `GB-FTS-108267`, `GB-FTS-133326`, `GB-FTS-102779`, `GB-FTS-97454`, `GB-FTS-155256`, `GB-FTS-133382`, `GB-FTS-133357`, `GB-FTS-79845`, `GB-FTS-133329`, `GB-FTS-133339`, `GB-FTS-133353`, `GB-FTS-133380`, `GB-FTS-133361`, `GB-FTS-130528`, `GB-FTS-133349`, `GB-FTS-107879`, `GB-FTS-111873`, `GB-FTS-133347`, `GB-FTS-133343`, `GB-FTS-132651`, `GB-COH-02215899`, `GB-FTS-133327`, `GB-FTS-185098`, `GB-FTS-104356`, `GB-FTS-169425`, `GB-FTS-133335`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

- **Award:** 041141-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Aberdeen Association of Social Service T/A VSA, Adigo Limited, All Care Services Ltd (+49 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133408`, `GB-FTS-133426`, `GB-FTS-133428`, `GB-FTS-133406`, `GB-FTS-133390`, `GB-FTS-133424`, `GB-FTS-133427`, `GB-FTS-133421`, `GB-FTS-133391`, `GB-FTS-133392`, `GB-FTS-133418`, `GB-FTS-172833`, `GB-FTS-133422`, `GB-FTS-133399`, `GB-FTS-133403`, `GB-FTS-133400`, `GB-FTS-133407`, `GB-FTS-133416`, `GB-FTS-133419`, `GB-FTS-133412`, `GB-FTS-133393`, `GB-FTS-85566`, `GB-FTS-133409`, `GB-FTS-133425`, `GB-FTS-133389`, `GB-FTS-172835`, `GB-FTS-86640`, `GB-FTS-133411`, `GB-FTS-133395`, `GB-FTS-133405`, `GB-FTS-50674`, `GB-FTS-144110`, `GB-FTS-172750`, `GB-FTS-93730`, `GB-FTS-133410`, `GB-FTS-169289`, `GB-FTS-133417`, `GB-FTS-133402`, `GB-FTS-133396`, `GB-FTS-10966`, `GB-FTS-177947`, `GB-FTS-133401`, `GB-FTS-133404`, `GB-FTS-133398`, `GB-FTS-133415`, `GB-FTS-85563`, `GB-FTS-8226`, `GB-FTS-133420`, `GB-FTS-169278`, `GB-FTS-133138`, `GB-FTS-133414`, `GB-FTS-178490`
  - Value: £1,500,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 041140-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2024

- **Contract:** 041141-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,500,000,000
  - Signed Date: 29/09/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041141-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-20T10:53:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T18:25:08.529Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03cec0