Official UK procurement notice
Refresh of Framework for Adults 18+ in MH&LD Care Homes/and with Nursing
Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)·Consortium: 30 public authorities
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionIn line with the original Invitation to Tender documentation issued to Service Providers in respect of the Framework Agreement, the Trust now seeks to undertake a refresh of the Framework Agreement, to encompass the commercial arrangements.
This exercise is being conducted as an NHS and Local Authorities in Wales collaborative initiative with Velindre University NHS Trust (the “Trust”) acting as the procurement agent through NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services on behalf of all Local Health Boards and Local Authorities in Wales.
As part of the refresh exercise, Service Providers are invited, subject to the terms of this letter and the details contained within the attached documents, to:
a. revise their prices contained within the Framework Agreement. Prices can remain the same, be adjusted downwards only
b. apply to add new Care Home/Settings to its existing service provision for any of the available Lots (Annex 1 document to be completed); and/or
c. revise its service provision (i) within a current Care Home/Care Setting and Lot to instead provide the services from a current Care Home/Care Setting under a different Lot to the one under which it is currently providing the services and/or (ii) to remove Care Homes/Care Settings from its service provision.
By way of information, this exercise also allows new providers to gain entry onto the Framework Agreement (as varied), subject to satisfying the Trust’s applicable minimum selection criteria.
CPV: Health and social work services · Health services
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotApplies to lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
NHS Wales Local Health Boards, in collaboration with a number of Welsh Local Authorities (together with the Commissioners), are undertaking a new procurement exercise to refresh an all-Wales framework agreement (Framework) for the provision of services by independent providers to Adults (18+) in Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Care Home and Care Homes with Nursing.
Lot #1CS1. Care home, mental health, without continuous staffing
Lot #2CS2. Care home, learning disabilities, without continuous staffing
Lot #3CS3. Care home, mental health & learning disabilities (dual diagnosis), without continuous staffing
Lot #4CS4. Care home, mental health, with continuous staffing
Lot #5CS5. Care home, learning disabilities, with continuous staffing
Lot #6CS6. Care home, mental health & learning disabilities (dual diagnosis), with continuous staffing
Lot #7CS7. Care home with nursing, mental health, with continuous staffing
Lot #8CS8. Care home with nursing, learning disabilities, with continuous staffing
Lot #9CS9. Care home with nursing, mental health & learning disabilities (dual diagnosis), with continuous staffing
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Quality Audits: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Audits: 100
- Price: 0
- “Refresh of Framework for Adults 18+ in MH&LD Care Homes/and with Nursing” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Jul 2025, 08:58 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2025, 08:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Aug 2025 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-044548- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0569b2Find a Tender
Publisher note: NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=154068 (WA Ref:154068) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 25 Aug 2025, 12:30 BST
Timeline
31 Jul 2025 → 25 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published31 Jul 2025, 08:58 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown25 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened25 Aug 2025, 12:30 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
25 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Aneurin Bevan University Health BoardContracting authority
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health BoardContracting authority
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Bridgend County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Caerphilly County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Cardiff & Vale University Health BoardContracting authority
- Carmarthenshire County CouncilContracting authority
- Ceredigion County CouncilContracting authority
- City and County of SwanseaContracting authority
- Conwy County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardContracting authority
- Denbighshire County CouncilContracting authority
- Flintshire County CouncilContracting authority
- Gwynedd CouncilContracting authority
- Hywel Dda University Health BoardContracting authority
- Isle of Anglesey County CouncilContracting authority
- Merthyr Tydfil County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Monmouthshire County CouncilContracting authority
- Neath Port Talbot County Borough CouncilContracting authority
- Newport City CouncilContracting authority
- Pembrokeshire County CouncilContracting authority
- Powys County CouncilContracting authority
- Powys Teaching Health BoardContracting authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough CouncilContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria