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Published 22 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
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HH362-25-TW38 Adult Social Care Unregistered Services: Third Sector & Carers Service Contracts

NHS Highland
NHS & Healthcare
SME eligible
Health and social work services
Scotland (UKM6)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
2
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Standard
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: NHS Highland: "HH362-25-TW38 Adult Social Care Unregistered Services: Third Sector & Carers Service Contracts". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
Adult Social Care Unregistered Services: Third Sector Grant Service Contracts and Carers Funding.

Lots and requirements (2)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Third Sector Service Contracts
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Adult Social Care Unregistered Services, specifically; Third Sector Service Contracts.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Carers Service Contracts
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Adult Social Care Unregistered Services, specifically; Carers Service Contracts.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Campbeltown Medical PracticeHolds 24.2% of historical attributable spend
Low Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: NHS Highland

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for NHS Highland. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 79.2% · Mean: 2.5 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Low Concentration
    Campbeltown Medical PracticeTop vendor: 24.2% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £20,635,436Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 29 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (29 active published awards)
    Coverage: 29 active published awards; 24 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Campbeltown Medical Practice2 wins£5,002,021No published budget
    Lochgilphead Medical Centre2 wins£4,711,230No published budget
    Nairn Healthcare Group1 win£1,816,488No published budget
    Change Mental Health Ltd1 win£1,630,114No published budget
    The Bute Practice1 win£981,615No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 14:18 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 427 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 23,711 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~55 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 451 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    1 updates
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Knowle House SurgeryCRN: TBC
    		753 contracts£612,131,060At ceiling / not disclosed
    Chiltern Healthcare
    		445 contracts£589,385At ceiling / not disclosed
    Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd
    		300 contracts£232,055At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mountbatton Care Limited
    		251 contracts£779,257At ceiling / not disclosed
    Heritage Healthcare Milton Keynes
    		243 contracts£257,522At ceiling / not disclosed
    Emiran HealthCare
    		228 contracts£251,448At ceiling / not disclosed
    Twilight Years LTD
    		225 contracts£169,325At ceiling / not disclosed
    Cumbria View Care Services Ltd
    		219 contracts£251,097At ceiling / not disclosed
    Community Care Direct Limited
    		202 contracts£597,982At ceiling / not disclosed
    St Gregorys Homecare Ltd
    		180 contracts£212,030At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    NHS-676-Adult Shared Lives ServiceNHS Highland · 27 Aug 2026, 11:15 BST
    		£567,000
    same CPV family
    same authority
    Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)The Highland Council · 2 Sept 2026, 16:25 BST
    		£909,316
    same CPV family
    same region
    Hounslow Community ServicesNHS West and North London Integrated Care Board · 27 Aug 2026, 10:57 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    All Age Carers HubCheshire East Council · 28 Aug 2026, 11:02 BST
    		£4,627,000
    same CPV family
    Residential and Nursing Care Home Services for Adults Aged 65 and Over Framework (Issue 2)Staffordshire County Council · 1 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST
    		£1,565,078,303
    same CPV family
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodStandard public procedureLegal basisStandard UK Procurement RulesProcurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published22 Apr 2026, 09:46 BSTLast source update22 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
    Classification (CPV)Health and social work services
    Delivery area
    Scotland (UKM6)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0671b3
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      22 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    4. Contract active
      Signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £18,289,546
    5. Contract active
      Signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · £4,645,494

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (2)
    Advocacy Highland, Alzheimer Scotland, Caberfeidh Horizons, Caithness Mental Health Support Group, Cantraybridge, Change Mental Health Ltd, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, Community Care Assynt Ltd., Creich Croick & Kincardine Day Care Association, Dementia Friendly Communities, Dunbeath & District Centre, ENGAGING WITH ACTIVITY CIC, Glachbeg Croft Centre, Hearing & Sight Care, High Life Highland
    Not published · Not published · active
    Connecting Carers, Mobilise, Voluntary Action Lochaber
    Not published · Not published · active
    Contracts (2)
    Third Sector Service Contracts
    £18,289,546 · signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
    Carers Service Contracts
    £4,645,494 · signed 25 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 32 (lot 1)
    electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 32 (lot 1)
    smeBids: 4 (lot 1)
    bids: 3 (lot 2)
    electronicBids: 0 (lot 2)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 2)
    smeBids: 1 (lot 2)
    Bidding dynamics & price outcome
    Total bids received: 32 (4 from SMEs)
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      22 Apr 2026, 09:46 BST
    2. Status changed to complete
      23 Mar 2026, 15:43 GMT
    3. Official notice release published
      23 Mar 2026, 15:43 GMT
    4. Buyer information updated
      23 Mar 2026, 15:43 GMT

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    NHS Highland

    Contracting authority
    NHS & Healthcare
    GB-FTS-6642
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    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published