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title: "PRF 943 Soft Market Test for New Commissioning Model for Homecare"
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# PRF 943 Soft Market Test for New Commissioning Model for Homecare

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prf-943-soft-market-test-for-new-commissioning-model-for-homecare-ocds-h6vhtk-02e25a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The current homecare commissioning model in PCC operates under a closed framework. The Homecare contract currently runs until 1st September 2022, having started 2nd September 2018, for an initial three years, with an option to extend up to seven years. We are undertaking market engagement and review to understand what we need to change, and where we need to focus our efforts to improve.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Peterborough City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/peterborough-city-council-ons-e06000031)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02e25a`

## 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/prf-943-soft-market-test-for-new-commissioning-model-for-homecare-ocds-h6vhtk-02e25a#tl-md)

## Description
The current homecare commissioning model in PCC operates under a closed framework. The Homecare contract currently runs until 1st September 2022, having started 2nd September 2018, for an initial three years, with an option to extend up to seven years. We are undertaking market engagement and review to understand what we need to change, and where we need to focus our efforts to improve.
Please note: this market testing exercise is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. This document does not form any part of an invitation to tender. PCC is issuing this request for information only. Any supplier invited to present to PCC is doing so to support market research only and to help make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. No supplier selection or supplier preference is implied.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £5,000,000

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023271-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-20T08:24:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T20:42:04.915Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02e25a