Official UK procurement notice
Reopening of the Over 65 Residential Care Home Framework for Swindon
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for admission to the existing Over 65 Years of Age Residential Care Home Framework for Swindon.
Project Description
Swindon Borough Council is undertaking the first annual re-opening of its existing Residential Care Home Framework for adults aged 65 years and over within the Swindon locality. This Framework was originally commissioned under public contract regulations and will continue to use this until the end of the total term. This framework commenced on 1st January 2026 and is currently operating within the initial contract period. Existing Framework providers are not required to reapply as part of this process. Successful applicants will join the existing Framework from 1st January 2027.
This procurement exercise does not constitute a new procurement or re-tender of the Framework. It provides an opportunity for providers that are not currently admitted to the Framework, or that were unsuccessful in previous application rounds, to apply for admission to the Framework.
The Framework has an initial term ending on 31st December 2027, with the option for the Council to extend by up to two further periods of two years each, resulting in a maximum potential Framework duration of six years from the original commencement date. Providers admitted through this re-opening exercise may remain on the Framework for the remainder of the Framework term, subject to extension options being exercised and continued compliance with contractual requirements.
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The estimated value of placements commissioned through the Framework during the period 1st January 2027 to 31st December 2027 is approximately £12 million, with a potential maximum Framework value of approximately £60 million should all extension periods be exercised.
The Framework will continue to be re-opened annually via the Supplying the South West Portal to allow additional providers to apply for admission.
The Framework will be advertised and all applicants must meet the minimum selection and award criteria to be admitted to the Framework.
This Framework is for in-borough residential care homes only.
For all over-65 residential care needs (standard, enhanced and complex), providers will be required to operate within the Council's published fee structure. Acceptance of the Council's fee structure will form part of the Framework requirements.
To participate, suppliers must register as a supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and register an interest in the opportunity before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please contact the Proactis Support Team at [email protected]
Tender clarification deadline: 7th October 2026, 12:00 noon (UK Local Time). Clarification questions must be submitted via the Messaging facility within the ProContract portal. Responses will be issued periodically through the portal.
Tender submission deadline: 14th October 2026, 12:00 noon (UK Local Time), via the ProContract portal: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
Please note that this opportunity may be advertised on Find a Tender Service, Contracts Finder and other procurement websites; however, Supplying the South West Portal is the only portal containing all documentation required to submit a response. The procurement reference is DN831353
No tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full, including all required attachments, and submitting them in accordance with the instructions contained within the tender documentation
CPV: Health and social work services · Metal · Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for admission to the existing Over 65 Years of Age Residential...
- Extensions
- This contract is subject to two further extensions of 24 months each.
- Variant bids
- not allowed
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Swindon Borough Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531) — and who usually turns up
Swindon Borough Council’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Swindon Borough Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 5 in CPV 8531 (2 route not published) · 9 in division 85 (3 route not published) · 17 in all categories (5 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 16 lots. All 16 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 16 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 17 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 15 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 181 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 3 notices.
South West England · Social work services (CPV 8531)
framework/DPS notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 35 in CPV 8531 (24 competed, 9 route not published) · 204 in division 85 (133 competed, 48 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 lots. 11 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 7) and 13 from older notices (bids received, middle 15).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 24 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 127 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
No estimate in pounds on this notice, so the movement stays a percentage.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST — …
- Authority reference
DN831353- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d5b
How to participate & submission route
Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 published dates · Europe/London- Notice publishedjust passed30 Sept 2026, 11:21 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 14 days · period end, not a bid countdown14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids openedin 14 days14 Oct 2026, 12:00 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- www.swindon.gov.ukReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.