Official UK procurement notice
Residential, Nursing and Extra Care Services
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBuckinghamshire Council intends to procure a comprehensive range of Residential Care, Nursing Care, and Extra Care Services for adults with eligible health and social care needs. The procurement will focus on securing long‑term, high‑quality care and support delivered across multiple residential establishments, aligned with local commissioning priorities and the legal duties placed on authorities under adult social care legislation.
The scope of the provision is expected to include:
- Residential care services providing accommodation, personal care, daily living support, and wellbeing‑focused activities.
- Nursing care services delivering 24‑hour health‑related support by registered nurses, including complex needs management and clinical oversight.
- Extra Care services offering on‑site care and support within dedicated housing schemes that promote independence while ensuring access to responsive care.
- Integrated support that emphasises dignity, safety, personalisation, and co‑produced care planning.
- A service model that ensures continuity of care, increased placement stability, and improved outcomes for older adults and adults with complex needs.
This procurement will support the authority’s long‑term strategic aim of ensuring a sustainable, high‑quality care market that offers choice, specialist support, and resilience across health and social care.
Estimated Contract Value:
The authority anticipates the contract value will exceed the £2 million threshold required for an individual UK1 Pipeline Notice.
Planned Procurement Approach:
The procurement is expected to follow a Light Touch Regime approach.
The procurement will be structured to encourage:
- Market stability and long‑term partnership working.
- Participation from SMEs and diverse care providers.
- High‑quality, person‑centred delivery models.
Market Considerations:
Publication of this pipeline notice aims to:
- Provide early opportunity for providers, including SMEs and VCSE organisations, to prepare for tendering and capacity planning.
- Stimulate innovations in extra care and residential support, such as technology‑enabled care, outcome‑focused delivery, and enhanced independence‑promoting models.
- Strengthen market readiness in areas including workforce development, digital care management, and complex‑needs service capability.
Estimated Procurement Timeline:
Tender Notice (UK4): Expected within the forthcoming reporting cycle, consistent with UK1 requirements to provide 18‑month forward visibility.
Service Commencement:
To be confirmed as part of the Tender Notice.
Contract Length: Anticipated to be multi‑year.
Additional Context:
There will be an increased emphasis on:
- Integration of residential and extra care services with health partners.
- Strengthening placements for older adults and individuals with complex or long‑term conditions.
- Maintaining a resilient care market through block contracting, strategic partnerships, and outcome‑focused commissioning.
This future procurement forms part of the authority’s broader adult social care transformation ambitions, ensuring high‑quality provision that promotes independence, safety, and improved well-being outcomes.
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Oct 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
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- “Residential, Nursing and Extra Care Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Buckinghamshire Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Agincare Homes Holdings LtdLive contract | Block Residential, Nursing and Extra Care Services for Adults in Buckinghamshireruns to Dec 2035 | — | £89m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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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.
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58% title match.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
58% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (58% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Block Residential, Nursing and Extra Care Services for Adults in Buckinghamshire — held by Agincare Homes Holdings Ltd; the published contract ends 7 Dec 2035.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 1 Apr 2026, 10:29 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2026, 10:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030178- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067a57Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
1 Apr 2026 → 1 Oct 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published203 days ago1 Apr 2026, 10:29 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 162 days1 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 344 days1 Oct 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published1 Apr 2026, 10:29 BSTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- 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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender