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title: "Carer Support Services (Carers Community Navigation & Carer Short Breaks)"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/carer-support-services-carers-community-navigation-carer-short-breaks-ocds-h6vhtk-047a40"
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# Carer Support Services (Carers Community Navigation & Carer Short Breaks)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/carer-support-services-carers-community-navigation-carer-short-breaks-ocds-h6vhtk-047a40). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Kent County Council and NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board are seeking to re-procure a Carers Support Service which is aimed at supporting unpaid carers within the county on expiry of two contracts for Carers Community Navigation Service and Carers Short Breaks service. Currently, the Carers Community Navigation service is delivered by three providers covering different geographical locations in Kent, whereas the Carers Short Breaks service is delivered by one provider covering the whole of Kent.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £6,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047a40`

## Before you bid
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- **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/carer-support-services-carers-community-navigation-carer-short-breaks-ocds-h6vhtk-047a40#tl-md)

## Description
Kent County Council and NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board are seeking to re-procure a Carers Support Service which is aimed at supporting unpaid carers within the county on expiry of two contracts for Carers Community Navigation Service and Carers Short Breaks service. Currently, the Carers Community Navigation service is delivered by three providers covering different geographical locations in Kent, whereas the Carers Short Breaks service is delivered by one provider covering the whole of Kent. Service Users presenting in both services should receive a Carers Assessment. Our intention is to consolidate these services to make them more easily accessible to Carers and build stronger links between aspects of these services and deliver integrated service provision to Service Users.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Kent County Council  and NHS Kent & Medway Integrated Care Board are seeking to re-procure a Carers Support Service which is aimed at supporting unpaid carers within the county on expiry of two contracts for Carers Community Navigation Service and Ca...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020478-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-04T14:45:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-07T13:02:46.232Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047a40