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title: "CP2079-21 Short-term Block Personal Care"
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# CP2079-21 Short-term Block Personal Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cp2079-21-short-term-block-personal-care-ocds-h6vhtk-02cb09). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Devon County Council is interested in procuring a number of small block contract arrangements for Personal Care in particular locations within Devon. There has been an increase in community social care demand and even though market sufficiency has increased there hasn’t been enough increase to meet demand. Data has been reviewed to identify the locations and volumes of the block contracts required, with a sharper focus on electoral wards including run groupings and postcode breakdowns. As a Key quality requirement, the Provider MUST have an overall CQC quality rating of Requires Improvement or above.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Devon County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/devon-county-council-ons-e10000008)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0023
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cb09`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/cp2079-21-short-term-block-personal-care-ocds-h6vhtk-02cb09#tl-md)

## Description
Devon County Council is interested in procuring a number of small block contract arrangements for Personal Care in particular locations within Devon.
There has been an increase in community social care demand and even though market sufficiency has increased there hasn’t been enough increase to meet demand.
Data has been reviewed to identify the locations and volumes of the block contracts required, with a sharper focus on electoral wards including run groupings and postcode breakdowns.
DCC is seeking to undertake a tender process which will include a selection criteria questionnaire and the completion of a quality (award) questionnaire as set out in the tender documents to be published.
As a Key quality requirement, the Provider MUST have an overall CQC quality rating of Requires Improvement or above. Providers with any key line of enquiry currently rated as Inadequate by the CQC will not be eligible.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017307-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-22T08:37:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T13:52:46.528Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cb09