Official UK procurement notice
Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)
Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)·On behalf of: NHS Devon Integrated Care Board
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionPlymouth City Council wishes to reopen the ITT for the addition of registered residential and nursing care homes (with a PL postcode), with facilities that provide accommodation and care for individuals who require support due to age, disability, or health conditions, to join the Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework.
The services offered by the Provider will range from assistance with daily living tasks to comprehensive nursing care for those with complex medical needs.
Care homes should promote safety, dignity, and quality of life, while ensuring that People who draw on care and support receive tailored support to meet their individual needs.
The Authority has split its requirement into lots:
Lot One Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services (with a PL postcode)
Lot Two Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services with innovation (with a PL postcode)
A supplier may tender for one Lot or can also submit a combination tender covering more than one (or all) Lots.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Social work and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs · up to 9 yrs from 6 Jan 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Dec 2035
Published description of the framework
For Framework operation and payment methods please go to Supplying the Southwest portal to express your interest in the opportunity DN832691, download contract specification.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £500,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services with a PL postcodeRenewalceiling above
Care homes aim to create a homelike environment, offering communal living spaces, meals, and recreational activities to foster social interaction and a sense of community. Residential Care provides support with daily living tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, and mobility. Suitable for individuals who do not require regular medical attention but need assistance with their overall well-being and safety. Also includes specialised, intensive support provided within a residential care home setting for individuals who have significant and complex needs. These needs can stem from physical disabilities, chronic medical conditions, mental health issues, or developmental disabilities that require round-the-clock care and supervision.
Nursing Care provides support for individuals with complex medical needs or chronic health conditions that require regular or continuous medical oversight, within nursing homes. Nursing homes are often more clinical in nature, equipped with medical facilities to cater to high-level care needs, while still offering some social and recreational activities and will be able to manage intricate medical, physical, psychological, and social factors. It
requires specialised knowledge, critical thinking, and coordination across disciplines to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
The framework also welcome care homes that provide highly specialised and complex care for individuals with severe cognitive impairment and/or complex mental health needs and/or bariatric care requirements and/or behaviours that challenge, beyond the
requirements of Residential High or Nursing High Needs Care.
Lot #2Residential & Nursing Care Home Services InnovationRenewalceiling above
As described in Lot 1 plus we would invite providers to self-select to join a group to work with us on future commissioning, contracting and procurement options for complex care.
This will be framed as continuing the work already started with the market and include references to intermediate care and aspirations around pricing and staffing models which reduce the need for 1:1 support.
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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).
- “Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Plymouth City Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Plymouth City 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: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
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Lot #1Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services with a PL postcodeCPV 85300000Published estimate£500m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| CAMELOT CARE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HIGHER PARK LODGE LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| J.A.N. LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| MODUS CARE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DR PEPPER'S CARE CORPORATION LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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XCEL CARE HOMES LTDLarge | 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
J.A.N. LIMITEDLarge | 3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
IOTA CARE LIMITEDLarge | 2 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Residential & Nursing Care Home Services InnovationCPV 85300000Published estimate£500m
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1 bid0%
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| CAMELOT CARE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| HIGHER PARK LODGE LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| J.A.N. LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| MODUS CARE (PLYMOUTH) LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| DR PEPPER'S CARE CORPORATION LIMITEDEarlier contract | Plymouth Adults' Care Home Frameworkstarted Jan 2026 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
J.A.N. LIMITEDLarge | 3 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
IOTA CARE LIMITEDLarge | 2 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 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.
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75% title match.
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The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (75% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework — held by DOWN HOUSE LIMITED and DARBYSHIRE CARE LIMITED (+1 more); no contract end date published.
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
- Open framework scheme
- 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 1 Feb 2027
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
PEO24155- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096361- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de45Find 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
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
Tender opportunity - DN832691
Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 6 Jan 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published75 days ago6 Aug 2026, 16:05 BST
- Market engagement54 days ago27 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
We would like to engage with the Homecare market and attend the forthcoming market engagement events. The events will be in relation to the procurement of Light Touch services for Homecare Framework Tender in Plymouth.
Plymouth City Council (PCC) are seeking to engage with the provider market who would be interested in providing Homecare Services.
The services will be procured through 6 proposed lots:
Lot 1: Core Community Homecare
Lot 2: Dementia & Mental Health
Lot 3: Rapid Response & Hospital Discharge
Lot 4: Complex Care & Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury (TDDI)
Lot 5: Carers Emergency Response Service (CERS)
Lot 6: South-East & Rural Sector - Core Community Homecare
Proposed contract:
The Commissioners intend to procure these services with a planned start date of 1st April 2027. Contract period will be for 3 years plus 2 additional 3 year increments (3+3+3), with an end date subject to extension(s) of 31 March 2036.
Estimated Annual Contract Value - length of contract (based on 2025/26): £201,686,778
Details of Homecare Framework Market engagement events:
Event 1: The Strategy Launch & Vision (Face-to-Face)
Where: Crownhill Court, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL6 5DH
Date: Friday 14 August 2026
Time: 11.00 -13:00 (2 hours)
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Event 2: Service Specification & Commercials Deep Dive (Face-to-Face)
Where: Crownhill Court, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL6 5DH
Date: Friday 21 August 2026
Time: 13.00 -16:00 (3 hours)
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Event 3: The Mass Briefing (Virtual)
Where: Microsoft Teams
Date: Wednesday 26 August 2026
Time: 13.30 -15.30 (2 hours)
How to book a place: please email [email protected] with the subject field of Plymouth Homecare Framework Market Event.
Places will be restricted to 2 per organisation.
We would value your input as part of our Market Engagement Survey forms.cloud.microsoft/e/uksziUcAfZ ↗
- Tender notice published8 days ago13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 8 days28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 36 days · period end, not a bid countdown25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 59 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 77 days6 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2026, 16:05 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £500,000,00013 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
- Status changed to active13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT13 Oct 2026, 09:26 BST
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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARDProcuring entityContracting Authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender