Residential and Nursing Care Homes for Ageing Well People in the Borough of Gateshead

Official notice

Authority: Gateshead Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement6 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC)

Framework ceiling (notional)£250,000,000total for 6 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update

Submissions closed 27 Jul 2026awarded 23 Sept 2026

Awarded to AKARI CARE LIMITED +12 more6 awards

Framework period 5 yrsends 5 Oct 2031 · starts 5 Oct 2026

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Council has established a Light Touch Framework (LTF) for Residential and Nursing Home Provision for Ageing Well People in Gateshead. This Light Touch Framework is for the provision of Residential and Nursing Care across all Resident groups, including but not limited to people with general need, individuals with learning and/or physical disabilities, mental health conditions, autism, neurological needs, palliative care and end of life care funded by the Council.

The Light Touch Framework is only applicable for Residential and Nursing Care Homes situated in the Borough of Gateshead. Please note that Bids can only be made in respect of Homes within the Borough of Gateshead that are constructed, fully operational and CQC registered at the point of Bid submission.

As the initial procurement is now concluded, the LTF is closed to new applications. However, the Council intends to re-open the LTF at least annually on the anniversary of the contract start date, to allow new or previously unsuccessful Care Homes to join the LTF. At such time new Bidders, or those who were previously unsuccessful, will need to complete new Bids accordingly. Any providers who have now been appointed to the LTF during the initial procurement exercise do not need to re-apply.

Subsequent to this, the Council may re-open and re-close the LTF at its absolute discretion, at any other interval it deems appropriate to invite new or previously unsuccessful Care Homes to join the LTF. If and when the LTF is re-opened for applicants, new Bidders will have to complete new applications / Bids accordingly. Any providers appointed to the LTF during the initial procurement exercise do not need to re-apply.

Additional Lots may be added to this LTF during the contract period.

Full details regarding the operation of this Light Touch Framework can be found in the ITT document.

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Closed framework
Call-offs: call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Bids received: 11 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 15 suppliers appointed
Framework period: 5 yrs from 5 Oct 2026

Published description of the framework

Once established, the LTF will be utilised by the Council for the provision of required Services pursuant to Individual Residence Agreements.

Only those Bidders who have been formally notified by the Council that they have been successfully appointed to the LTF will receive future placements. Any provider who does not apply, or is unsuccessful in its application, to join this LTF will receive no future placements.

individual placements under the LTF will be awarded according to the process detailed in the Schedule A Specification Clause 8 The Admission Process. The Provider will be required to enter into a Residence Agreement (see Appendices 4 & 5) with the Resident, in respect of each placement

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £250,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1General Residential, Dual RegisteredAwarded 5 yrsceiling above