Official UK procurement notice
Flexible Framework for the Provision of Care Homes
Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a flexible framework, procured under the light touch regime. The framework is open throughout it's life for suppliers of care homes within a specified radios of the BANES Boundary to join.
The flexible framework will be used to purchase individual and block contracts from registered care home for adults which fall into the following specialisms:
a. Residential & Nursing within 3 miles of B&NES Border
b. Dementia within 3 miles of B&NES Border
c. Discharge to Assess & Intermediate Care Funding within 3 miles of B&NES Border
d. Learning Disability, Autism, Physical, Cognitive impairment (acquired brain injury), and Sensory Impairment within 9 miles of B&NES Border
The Council is limiting the application process for homes which fall within the above radius of BANES.
In order to be successful in getting onto the framework, your organisation will be required to evidence the conditions of participation detailed in the Invitation to Tender.
The Council will be closing & re-opening the framework for evaluation on the following dates:
23rd October 2026 - 12:00pm - Midday Closing date for initial applications (Round 1) (Specialisms - Residential & Nursing, Dementia, Discharge to Assess). Round 2 Opens.
5th February 2027 - 12:00pm - Midday Closing date for initial applications (Round 2) (Specialisms - Residential & Nursing, Dementia, Discharge to Assess). Round 3 opens - All specialisms to apply.
5th May 2027 12:00pm - Midday Round 3 Closes (All Specialisms).
June 2027 Results of Round 3 issued.
Round 4 closes & Round 5 opens.
The Flexible Framework will not be closed to new entrants. Requests to Participate will be invited periodically.
It is anticipated that this will take place at least 6 monthly but may be more frequent at the Council's discretion.
As and when the Flexible Framework is re-opened to new entrants a message will be issued through Pro-Contract advising registered organisations that a new "Acceptance Round" has been released. The system will create a new acceptance round with a revised deadline date.
Once organisations have been accepted onto the Flexible Framework, they do not need to concern themselves with a new acceptance rounds.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Sept 2036, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 6 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework
The Prices are pre-determined and detailed in the Terms and Conditions of Contract at Schedule H.
Some specialisms fall into a negotiable bans and are not pre-determined, these will be negotiated at the time of making a placement. This will be based on assessed need and the nature of the placement. Pricing may be informed by Care Cubed or an equivalent needs-based pricing methodology approved by the Commissioner.
Selection of suppliers, will be based on the published brokerage policy.
For Block Contracts, this will be as determined within the published Invitation To Tender for that requirement.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£600,000,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- Conditions of Participation: Details of the conditions of participation are available within the tender documents, which are available on the Council's e-procurement portal.
- “Flexible Framework for the Provision of Care Homes” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Bath & North East Somerset Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Bath & North East Somerset 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) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 South West England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South West England.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 50 days of the bid deadline.
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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.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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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.
1 bid1%
2–38%
4–626%
7+66%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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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.
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.
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.
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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 #1Published estimate£600m
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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.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–32%
4–62%
7+95%
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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.
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.
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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.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| The Adolescent & Children’s TrustEarlier contract | Flexible Framework of Independent Fostering Providersnotice published Jul 2022 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Turning PointLarge | £212m18 awards in 36m · last this month | 6 live · £191m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 |
METHODIST HOMESLarge | £9.6m32 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 20 live · £4.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £1.0m7 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | 4% below n=1 | |
BESTCARE LTDLarge | £11 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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
- Open admission
- 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
- Yes · next expected 3 Sept 2036
- First published
- 14 May 2025, 15:21 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
DN820821- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083499- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051367Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The tender can be applied for on the Supplying the Southwest Portal - Reference number: DN820821
procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗
The framework will be open throughout the life of the Contract.
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published14 May 2025, 15:21 BST
- Market engagement51 days ago31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
The provider engagement will be via Care Home Forums, these forums, will be from the middle of May to the end of August and separate provider meetings will be available to discuss the framework. These sessions are open to all relevant providers, to attend a session, please contact [email protected] if you wish to attend.
There will also be separate sessions on the co-production of the specification, understanding risks & key performance indicators, this will be for the Residential & Nursing Lot and the Dementia Lot. Provider's who have the relevant speciality and who attend the care home forums will be asked to partake.
All information shared and developed at these meetings and forums, will be available to interested suppliers via the commissioning email box.
The Learning Disabilities, Autism and Sensory Impairment Specification, will be developed with providers at a later stage, in line with the re-commissioning of these services. This is anticipated to take place in Autumn 2026.
- Tender notice published49 days ago3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
- Next notice expected47 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 1 day · period end, not a bid countdown23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 86 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 161 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Pipeline notice published14 May 2025, 15:21 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published6 May 2026, 09:31 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 May 2026, 11:08 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £600,000,0008 May 2026, 11:08 BST
- Tender notice published3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
- Procurement method changed3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
Published amendments (1)
The current contract has been extended for a further 3 months, to allow for financial modelling. The tender is anticipated to be issued in September 2026.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 14 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address. Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender