Official UK procurement notice
Care at Home ASSOCIATE providers
Authority: Cheshire west and Chester Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North West (UKD6)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 12 Feb 2025awarded 1 Oct 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInternal framework of care at home providers. There is no guarantee of volume. Light touch regime.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 45 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Borough wide internal framework of care at home providersAwarded
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- quality: 100
- Price: 0
What this means for your bid
- “Care at Home ASSOCIATE providers” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 8 Jan 2025, 15:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Feb 2025 – …
- Authority reference
DN741081- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061337- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ce53Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Appointment period ends
- 12 Feb 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
12 Feb 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown12 Feb 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Feb 2025, 10:05 GMT
- Notice published388 days ago1 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2025, 13:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastSuppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 45
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2025
1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 061337-2025-1
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough wide internal framework of care at home providers | 45bids | — | — | £5,000,000 – £15,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £5,000,000 – £15,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Various - please refer to the Chest contract registerFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.