Official UK procurement notice
Residential and Nursing Care Homes for Adults - Framework Agreement
Authority: Nottinghamshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottinghamshire County Council is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of residential and/or nursing care home services for adults. The Council intends to appoint multiple successful bidders as Providers under the Framework.
The Framework will support individuals whose primary support needs include learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, physical disabilities, brain injuries and sensory impairments. Services may include standard placements, short breaks, emergency placements, forensic provision and exceptional and highly specialist care arrangements.
The service is primarily for adults. The Council may also use the Framework to commission provision for young people aged 16 or 17, provided that the relevant home satisfies all applicable registration, policy and regulatory requirements, including those of the Care Quality Commission and/or Ofsted.
For older adults, typically those aged 65 and over, the Council will ordinarily commission residential provision through alternative contracts that the Council has developed specifically for residential care for older adults. It is anticipated that this Framework will only be used for people aged 65 years and over in exceptional circumstances where suitable provision cannot be identified via the alternative contracts.
Most placements are expected to be within the seven districts of Nottinghamshire. However, the Council may commission placements outside of Nottinghamshire where required.
Bidders are advised that, following the UK Government's publication of the English Devolution White Paper in December 2024, a programme of Local Government Reorganisation ("LGR") is underway which may affect the governance, boundaries and/or legal status of the Council during the term of any Framework or Call-Off Contract entered pursuant to this procurement. As a consequence of LGR, any Framework or Call-Off Contract may be required to be transferred, assigned or novated (in whole or in part) to one or more successor authorities or other public bodies established as part of LGR, in accordance with applicable legislation.
The Council intends to establish this Framework for an initial term of 6 years, with the option to extend for up to two further periods of 24 months (6+2+2). The maximum potential duration of the Framework is therefore 10 years.
Appointment to the Framework does not guarantee a Provider any volume of placements or minimum level of expenditure.
The Council reserves the right, at its discretion, to advertise one or more further opportunities to admit additional Providers to the Framework. No dates have been set for any such opportunities. Any future opportunity will be separately advertised and conducted in accordance with the applicable procurement requirements. A bidder that is unsuccessful in this procurement may submit a new tender in response to any future advertised opportunity but a bidder that has been successful will not need to re-apply. For the avoidance of doubt this Framework is not an Open Framework within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023.
Full details of the requirements are set out in the procurement documents.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 6 yrs · up to 10 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework
For the Framework Agreement all bidders meeting the minimum quality threshold of 60% and assessed as meeting the Conditions of Participation will be selected for award.
Awards of Call-Off Contracts under the Framework will be made using one of the following approaches:
- Direct Award; or
- Further Competition.
Circumstances for Direct Awards
A Direct Award may be made in any of the following circumstances, subject to the requirements set out in Schedule 2 of the Framework:
a) Emergency Placement
Where the Council has fewer than 72 hours to secure a placement because of an immediate risk or urgent need. Emergency Placements are exceptional and time-limited and must not be used for routine or planned placements. The award of Emergency Placements will be facilitated by the Service Profile Summary provided by each bidder when they join the Framework which includes, but is not limited to, details of 'core costs' for each care home.
b) Transfer of an Existing Placement
Where a Service User is already in an established placement commissioned by an Integrated Care Board, another commissioning body or another local authority, and responsibility for commissioning the placement transfers to the Council.
This route may only be used where it would not be proportionate or appropriate to undertake a Further Competition and it would not be in the Service User's best interests to move or re-procure the placement.
c) Individual Service User Choice
Where a Service User has expressed a clear and informed preference for a specific Provider and the Council considers it appropriate to support that preference.
This route may only be used where the Council is satisfied that the Provider can meet the Service User's assessed needs and the applicable requirements of Schedule 2.
All Direct Awards must be appropriately justified and approved and are subject to the due diligence, quality, pricing, value-for-money and contracting requirements set out in Schedule 2 of the Framework.
Circumstances for further competitions
A Further Competition may be undertaken where:
- A planned placement is required
- More than 72 hours is available to secure the placement
- Following the completion of an emergency placement period, ongoing support is required
- There is a requirement for a block arrangement for the placement of more than one individual
The evaluation criteria will be based on criteria defined at the Further Competition ITT stage.
Quality award criteria may vary in weighting between 25% and 100%.
Price award criteria may vary in weighting between 0% and 75%.
The Council reserves the right, at its discretion, to advertise one or more further opportunities to admit additional Providers to the Framework. No dates have been set for any such opportunities. Any future opportunity will be separately advertised and conducted in accordance with the applicable procurement requirements. A bidder that is unsuccessful in this procurement may submit a new tender in response to any future advertised opportunity but a bidder that has been successful will not need to re-apply. For the avoidance of doubt this Framework is not an Open Framework within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£995,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial conditions of participation exist in relation to:
Financial standing
Insurance
Data Protection
Health and Safety
Bidders will be required to confirm adherence to the Conditions of Participation as part of the tender process but further evidence will not be required unless a Framework Agreement is awarded.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of participation exist in relation to technical ability. Bidders are required to provide:
Examples of their technical ability to perform the contract
Confirmation of their ability to manage sub-contractors (if applicable)
Confirmation of compliance with Modern Slavery legislative requirements (if applicable)
Confirmation of Policies and Procedures relevant to the procurement
Confirmation of Staff Training relevant to the procurement
Details of each care home and CQC registration details
Bidders will be required to confirm adherence to the Conditions of Participation as part of the tender process but further evidence will not be required unless a Framework Agreement is awarded.
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 award criteria (1)
- Quality
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial conditions of participation exist in relation to:
Financial standing
Insurance
Data Protection
Health and Safety
Bidders will be required to confirm adherence to the Conditions of Participation as part of the tender process but further evidence will not be required unless a Framework Agreement is awarded.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of participation exist in relation to technical ability. Bidders are required to provide:
Examples of their technical ability to perform the contract
Confirmation of their ability to manage sub-contractors (if applicable)
Confirmation of compliance with Modern Slavery legislative requirements (if applicable)
Confirmation of Policies and Procedures relevant to the procurement
Confirmation of Staff Training relevant to the procurement
Details of each care home and CQC registration details
Bidders will be required to confirm adherence to the Conditions of Participation as part of the tender process but further evidence will not be required unless a Framework Agreement is awarded.
- “Residential and Nursing Care Homes for Adults - Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Nottinghamshire County Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Nottinghamshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered. Less of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 51% against 70%, n=84.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 74 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 7%
2–320% / 12%
4–620% / 15%
7+60% / 66%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Ageing Well Care Homes Framework” and “Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 3)” and “Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 4)” of this authority, but none of the 19 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£995m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–33%
4–620%
7+75%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmless CICEarlier contract | Framework Agreement for Mental Health, Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Trainingnotice published Jun 2022 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Haigh Healthcare LimitedWorked for this buyer | Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 3)notice published Oct 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Belvoir Vale Care Homes LtdWorked for this buyer | Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 3)notice published Oct 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Ideal Care Homes (Number One) LimitedWorked for this buyer | Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 3)notice published Oct 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Bancroft Home LimitedWorked for this buyer | Ageing Well Care Homes Framework (Round 3)notice published Oct 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £14 awards in 36m · last 26 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 34 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 34 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 34 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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2025, 20:52 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
DN825573- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086619- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051f92Find a Tender
- Risks
Bidders are advised that, following the UK Government's publication of the English Devolution White Paper in December 2024, a programme of Local Government Reorganisation ("LGR") is underway which may affect the governance, boundaries and/or legal status of the Council during the term of any Framework or Call-Off Contract entered pursuant to this procurement.
As a consequence of LGR, any Framework or Call-Off Contract may be required to be transferred, assigned or novated (in whole or in part) to one or more successor authorities or other public bodies established as part of LGR, in accordance with applicable legislation.
Bidders acknowledge and accept that the Council must comply with all statutory, regulatory and other legal requirements arising in connection with LGR and, to the extent necessary to do so, reserves the right to make such amendments to the procurement arrangements and/or any resulting Framework or Call-Off Contract as are required or permitted by law.
Bidders must submit their tender on the basis that such transfer, assignment, novation or amendment may occur and that no additional charges, price adjustments or termination rights shall arise solely as a result of LGR. Any reasonable steps taken by the Council or a successor authority to notify Bidders of matters arising from LGR shall be sufficient for the purposes of this procurement.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 20:52 BST
- Market engagement241 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Nottinghamshire County Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement regarding the commissioning of a Framework for the provision of Residential Care for Working Age Adults.
We will be hosting two engagement sessions - one in person at County Hall, Nottinghamshire and one online - to update the market on the current position, to outline key milestones and to provide a space for providers to ask questions about the emerging approach.
The Senior Commissioning Officer in charge of this review will be attending both meetings to lead discussions.
These sessions will cover:
The developing commissioning model and procurement route
Expected timelines and next steps for the 2026 tender
A dedicated Q&A segment to address provider queries
These events offer a key opportunity to check our direction with the market and ensure that future changes are shaped collaboratively.
Please register using the links below to secure your place at either the in-person or virtual session:
Thursday 26 February (13:00-14:00) - Online Event - www.eventbrite.com/e/1981421749792 ↗
Friday 27 February (10:00-11:30) - In-Person Event - www.eventbrite.com/e/1981422201142 ↗
- Next notice expected208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published49 days ago7 Sept 2026, 15:41 BST
- Latest notice published45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 6 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 13 days · period end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 132 days8 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 155 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 20:52 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Jan 2026, 14:35 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published7 Sept 2026, 15:41 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BSTUK4
- Published value updated11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
- Status changed to active11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Sept 2026, 16:38 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT11 Sept 2026, 16:38 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
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender