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title: "Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without Nursing) for Older People"
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# Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without Nursing) for Older People

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-testing-for-block-contracts-for-residential-care-homes-with-or-without-nursing-for--ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Warwickshire County Council: "Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without Nursing) for Older People". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Warwickshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/warwickshire-county-council-ons-e10000031)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG13
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-testing-for-block-contracts-for-residential-care-homes-with-or-without-nursing-for--ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6`

## 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/market-testing-for-block-contracts-for-residential-care-homes-with-or-without-nursing-for--ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6#tl-md)

## Description
This is a preliminary market engagement exercise. The Council is seeking views from providers of residential care (with or without nursing care) on the future commissioning of block bed arrangements in Warwickshire.
The Council currently holds block contracts for 258 beds in care homes in Warwickshire for people aged 65+.
The Council pays a rate of around £750 per bed per week for an allocation of beds with each contracted provider and the provider and the Council work to ensure that the utilisation of this capacity is managed closely and void levels are at a minimum during the contract.
The Council and the providers recognise that the block contracts have a number of benefits:
Confirmed supply of beds at affordable rates for WCC;
Reliable demand and income for the care homes;
Faster referral and admission times, and minimal contracting admin for each new person moving into a block bed.
The Council wishes to increase the number of beds it block contracts. This would include more beds at the current block rate levels, but the Council would also be interested in care home providers proposals about block contracting for services to meet the needs of people with higher support needs than could be arranged at the current fee levels.
If you have any questions regarding this Market testing exercise, then please contact absa@warwickshire.gov.uk or raise a query using the correspondence function.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/07/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F038449-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-09T08:53:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:10:58.461Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6