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title: "Principal Provider Home Support - Swaffham & Downham"
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# Principal Provider Home Support - Swaffham & Downham

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/principal-provider-home-support-swaffham-downham-ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Norfolk County Council: "Principal Provider Home Support - Swaffham & Downham". Published status: active. Published Value: £14,917,361. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Norfolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/norfolk-county-council-ons-e10000020)
- **Published Value:** £14,917,361 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 September 2026 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work services without accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UKH16
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/principal-provider-home-support-swaffham-downham-ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b`

## 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/principal-provider-home-support-swaffham-downham-ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnorfolkcc.)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/principal-provider-home-support-swaffham-downham-ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b#participate

## Description
The Council wishes to appoint one Principal provider  to deliver home support services in Swaffham and Downham (PCN) within Norfolk. The intention is that the Principal Provider will deliver 70% of the hours and the remaining 30% will be delivered by a small number of PCN framework providers, whose appointment has been subject to a separate procurement.
There has been no market engagement for this specific procurement.  This is a re-procurement of a service previously tendered and awarded.  Full market engagement took place at this time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £14,917,361

- **Contract Period:** 18/01/2027 to 17/01/2030
- **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%2F074066-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-05T10:14:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:51:00.156Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06dc1b