Official UK procurement notice
Home First Services Framework Agreement Call-Off Contract 8: 24 Hour Emergency Homecare Response Service
Authority: Nottinghamshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect award of a 24 Hour Emergency Homecare Response Service under Nottinghamshire County Council's Home First Services Framework Agreement DN572837 (PCR2015).
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Provision of a 24 hour Emergency Homecare Response Service for vulnerable adultsAwarded
Provision of a 24 hour Emergency Homecare Response Service for vulnerable adults. This is for occasional, unforeseen one-off emergency care and support visits.
The Provider is required to respond within timeframes defined by the Commissioners.
Referrals may be made by a telecare call monitoring centre or other approved agent as agreed by the Council as well as the Council's Emergency Duty Team and people using Nottinghamshire County Council's telecare services requiring emergency homecare support.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2026, 16:08 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2026, 16:08 BST
- Authority reference
DN827724- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081917- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06edf5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This Call-Off Contract was the subject of a direct award under Nottinghamshire County Council's Home First Service Framework Agreement which is a single provider Framework Agreement that permits direct awards for services that fall within its scope.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Crossroads – Caring for Carers (trading as: TuVida) | £1,832,645 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 081917-2026-1 · East Midlands Crossroads – Caring for Carers (trading as: TuVida)
- Signed
- 19 Aug 2026
- Value
- £1,832,645
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- East Midlands Crossroads - Caring for Carers T/A TuVidaAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.