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Carers’ Support Service

Buyer: Sheffield City Council →

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BuyerSheffield City Council
StatusClosed
Deadline31 Jul 2026
Value£8,085,000
Published23 Jun 2026

What is being bought

A contract for a Carers’ Support Service is being procured by Sheffield City Council. The deadline for submission of tenders is 31st July 2026 at 12PM. This tender is being procured under the Open procedure where suppliers submit all requested tender information at once and with no opportunity to develop or improve their tender once it has been submitted.

Delivery location

UKE32, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000Social work services without accommodation 85312000Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions 85312400

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£8,085,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2031

Award criteria
Quality — Please refer to the method statement questions within the ITT (60%)
Presentation — Please refer to the method statement questions within the ITT (10%)
Price — Please refer to the pricing schedule within the ITT (20%)
Social Value — Please refer to the documents within the ITT (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Health and social work services, Social work services without accommodation, Welfare services not delivered through residential institutionsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8514,1381 median · 37.3 average (6,194 of 14,138 with a bid count)2.1 average (7,034 of 14,138 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer26Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKE32761 median · 16 average (46 of 76 with a bid count)1.7 average (49 of 76 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)5294 median · 205.2 average (22 of 529 with a bid count)4.1 average (22 of 529 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£5,260,097 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £8,085,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e3d3
Latest release ID059164-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 23 2026 17:01:52 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059164-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-07-31T11:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-20T16:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-09-15T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=106731&TID100111827&B=
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£8,085,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Jun 2026tender059164-2026
18 Nov 2025planning074986-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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18 Nov 2025 · 074986-2025 · planning
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