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Published 21 May 2025, 08:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Care Home Services (Older People)

Official notice

Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove threshold
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 8 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 5 yrsends 1 Apr 2031 · up to 1 Apr 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Maintain the delivery of nursing and residential care services for older people based on existing care homes. This will ensure care services are available to older people whilst the Council progresses a development framework for new schemes to bridge the gap between supply and demand in Cornwall.

Providers interested in providing older people care services in Cornwall are invited to express interest via the advert published on Supplying the Southwest. See link below:

www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

CPV: Social services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2034 with extensions
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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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
  • “Care Home Services (Older People)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 08:39 BST
Last source update
21 May 2025, 08:39 BST
Authority reference
DN755088
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-023529
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Social services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0519a3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 08:39 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    8 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 08:39 BST
    UK1

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

Cornwall Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYRH-9827-DWLP County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, South West, TR1 3AYContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender