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Published 14 May 2025, 15:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Care in Your Home Partnership - Meet the Buyer / Market Engagement Events September 2026

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG11)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 13 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 6 yrsends 30 Jun 2033 · up to 30 Jun 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Herefordshire Council will be running Market Engagement events for all businesses interested in delivering home care services, called Care In Your Home (CIYH) Partnership.

Herefordshire Council has a statutory duty, under the Care Act 2014, to provide home care services for residents with assessed eligible needs, in order to enable them to remain safe and independent in their own homes for longer, reducing or delaying the need for more formal health and social care services.

This engagement follows on from our provider sessions in June, July and August, as we continue to develop the CIYH model. The two engagement sessions will be hosted by Hilary Hall (Corporate Director Community

Wellbeing) and Jeanette Young (Service Director All Age Commissioning).

The sessions will be your opportunity to further discuss the CIYH Partnership and:

  • Hear how your feedback has continued to help shape the proposed CIYH model
  • Understand the final direction of travel
  • Review the next steps and procurement timeline
  • Raise any additional questions before the tender is published.

CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
6 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Jul 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 6 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Jul 2027 – 30 Jun 2033 (6 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2037 with extensions
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services98000000 Other community, social and personal services

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
  • “Care in Your Home Partnership - Meet the Buyer / Market Engagement…” 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 Herefordshire Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

Herefordshire 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 buyerHerefordshire Council · all categories
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · West Midlands
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: 2 of 4 known-size awards · market: division 85 · West Midlands, n=238
2 of 471%

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.

Here, local means registered in West Midlands.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 6 known-location awards · market: division 85 · West Midlands, n=364
50%30%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.

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: 20 decided notices · market: division 85 · West Midlands, n=33
43 days93 days

Half of these awards were announced within 43 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.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 0 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · West Midlands, n=77
0 of 314%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

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 buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market119 lots with bid counts · division 85 · West Midlands
5% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 6 of 119 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 11%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 119 lots with published bid counts.
4–621% / 21%
Buyer: 3 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 25 of 119 lots with published bid counts.
7+43% / 63%
Buyer: 6 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 75 of 119 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

2

Assess each lot
i

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 #172 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

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 119 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet5% single-bid risk
Past bids on 119 similar lots
1 bid5%
6 of 119 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–311%
13 of 119 similar past lots received 2–3 (11%).
4–621%
25 of 119 similar past lots received 4–6 (21%).
7+63%
75 of 119 similar past lots received 7+ (63%).
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
Open 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
14 May 2025, 15:41 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2026, 10:14 BST
Authority reference
DN827172
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080187
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051378 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

14 May 2025 → 1 Jul 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    14 May 2025, 15:41 BST
  2. Latest notice published57 days ago
    24 Aug 2026, 10:14 BST
  3. Market engagement42 days ago
    7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST

    Dates of the engagement:

    In person:

    Venue - Hereford Town Hall, 10 St Owen Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR1 2PJ.

    Date & Time - Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 15:00 - 16:00

    Online Sessions (via Microsoft teams):

    Date & Time - Tuesday 15 September 2026 at 10:00 - 11:00

    Please note, all sessions will be limited to 2 attendees per provider, to facilitate wider discussion and engagement for all participants.

    ALL SUPPLIERS WHO WISH TO ATTEND should e-mail Chloe and Jess at [email protected] by 5pm on Monday 7 September 2026. Please use subject heading in email "CIYH Engagement Events" and confirm:

    • Your organisation name
    • Name, position and e-mail address of your attendee(s)
    • The session you wish to attend - please confirm date and time

    Please note: We will send the MS Teams invitations to registered attendees by Thursday 10 September and we will be unable to admit any attendees who have not booked in advance of the sessions.

    Herefordshire Council has published the market engagement notice on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal', project reference DN827172. To view the documentation related to this Market Engagement Event you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity.

    To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗

  4. Today
    20 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 25 days
    13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 254 days
    1 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 10 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    14 May 2025, 15:41 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 09:46 GMT
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 Jan 2026, 09:22 GMT
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jan 2026, 16:24 GMT
    UK2
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    28 Apr 2026, 17:23 BST
    UK2
  6. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2026, 17:44 BST
    UK2
  7. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Jul 2026, 10:57 BST
    UK2
  8. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
    UK2
  9. Pipeline notice published
    24 Aug 2026, 09:48 BST
    UK1
  10. Procurement method changed
    24 Aug 2026, 09:48 BST
  11. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Aug 2026, 10:14 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (3)

This event has been cancelled on 23.01.2026 until further notice.

Project name changed from "Services In Your Home Partnership" to "Care in Your Home Partnership". And venue changed from Plough Lane, Hereford HR4 0LE to HARC (Herefordshire Archive and Record Centre), Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas Industrial Estate, Hereford, HR2 6LA.

This notice has been updated to reflect a change in the proposed procurement strategy. The Council no longer intends to establish a framework and instead proposes to award eight separate contracts based on geographical areas. The procurement title has been amended to reflect this revised approach. The proposed maximum contract duration has increased from 6 years to 10 years, and the anticipated co…

Routine re-releases (10)
  • 2026-07: 1 release · 13 Jul 2026
  • 2026-05: 1 release · 21 May 2026
  • 2026-04: 1 release · 28 Apr 2026
  • 2026-01: 2 releases · 9 Jan 2026, 23 Jan 2026
  • 2025-11: 1 release · 12 Nov 2025
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 14 May 2025

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

Herefordshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDTG-2978-LHCN Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane, Hereford, West Midlands, HR4 0LEContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (10)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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