Official UK procurement notice
Residential Services for Older People FRAMEWORK
Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Berkshire Council is planning to establish a multi-provider open framework for the provision of residential services for older people. The framework will provide a route for placing eligible individuals in residential and nursing care settings, including provision for people living with dementia and other age-related or complex care needs.
CPV: Health and social work services · Residential nursing care services · Social work services with accommodation · Welfare services for the elderly
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Residential Services for Older People FRAMEWORK” 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 West Berkshire District Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
West Berkshire District Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
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.
No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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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. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered. 24 known-location awards sit across 2 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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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 76 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.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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%
2–30%
4–60%
7+100%
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.
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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.
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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
Lot #1CPV 85No real estimate
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. The bar shows 79 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–36%
4–616%
7+72%
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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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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 Oct 2026, 11:42 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Oct 2026, 11:42 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099895- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078db3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
22 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published3 days ago22 Oct 2026, 11:42 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 9 days2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
West Berkshire Council is undertaking a Pre-Market Engagement (PME) exercise to support the development of a new Residential Care Framework for older people.
The Council is seeking feedback from residential and nursing care providers to help inform the framework structure, service specification and procurement approach. Feedback received through this engagement will help shape the final framework design.
Scope
The proposed framework is expected to provide placements for older people requiring:
- Residential care
- Residential dementia care
- Nursing care
- Nursing dementia care
- Innovative models of residential care and support
The final scope of the framework will be informed by provider feedback received through this engagement exercise.
Feedback Sought
The Council welcomes provider views on:
- Framework design and structure
- Market capacity and future demand
- Workforce challenges
- Pricing and fee review arrangements
- Dementia and specialist provision
- Quality assurance requirements
- Market sustainability
- Innovation and social value opportunities
Provider Engagement Event
Providers are invited to attend the engagement event to hear more about the Council's proposals and provide feedback.
Details of the event and registration arrangements are set out below.
The PME event will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams on 03 November 2026, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. The session will provide an overview of the proposed framework and offer providers an opportunity to ask questions and share feedback with representatives from Adult Social Care, Commissioning and Procurement.
If you are interested in attending, please confirm your attendance by emailing [email protected].
When confirming your attendance, please include the following details:
- organisation’s name;
- attendee name or names; and
- email address for each attendee.
A Microsoft Teams invitation will be issued following confirmation of attendance.
- Tender notice expectedin 16 days9 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 158 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Oct 2026, 11:42 BSTUK2
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
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender