Official UK procurement notice
SCE0076- High Dependency Bed Service
Authority: Leicester City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLeicester City Council is looking at the recommissioning of our local High Dependency bed service of behalf of Leicestershire County Council and our LNR ICB.
High Dependency Intermediate Care provides a short-term, intensive care and support bedded service in a non-clinical environment (i.e. nursing home) within the Leicester or Leicestershire area. This discharge pathway is for individuals with complex health and social care needs who require a higher level of support than traditional intermediate care services. The service aims to support timely hospital discharge, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, promote recovery, reablement and rehabilitation, and enable people to regain as much independence as possible within a community setting.
The service specific requirements includes a provider offering fifteen dedicated High Dependency Intermediate Care beds within a CQC-registered nursing home that is rated Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission at the point of tender submission. It is proposed that these beds are to be block booked for the maximum contract term of 3 years on a 2+1 basis.
This contract is being awarded through the Competitive Process under the Provider Selection Regime. Full detailed requirements can be accessed through the published suite of documents.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Rehabilitation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,877,277
- Economic & financial standing
Providers must satisfy the basic selection questionnaire if they are awarded the contract. The conditions are proportionate having regard to the nature, complexity and cost of the public contract.
Full detail on legal and financial capacity, and technical ability conditions of participation can be located within the published tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Providers must satisfy the requirement to be able to provide fifteen dedicated High Dependency Intermediate Care beds within a CQC-registered nursing home that is rated Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission at the point of tender submission.
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Key Criteria Assessment: 60%
- Site Visit: 20%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Key Criteria Assessment: The assessment of the key criteria assessment forms part of the quality element of this requirement which accounts for 60% of the maximum total score. Full details on how this element will be evaluated can be found within the published tender documents. A minimum overall quality score threshold of 65% of the maximum quality score (65% of the maximum 60% score set for Quality) has been set. Any response not meeting this minimum score will be rejected.
- Site Visit : A site visit will be conducted for providers meeting the minimum quality threshold set for the key criteria assessment stage. A site visit assessment forms part of the quality element for this requirement which accounts for 20% of the maximum total score. Full details on how this element will be evaluated can be found within the published tender documents. A minimum overall quality score threshold of 65% of the maximum quality score (65% of the maximum 20% score set for Quality) has been set. Any response not meeting this minimum score will be rejected.
- Price: The assessment of the price element of service delivery which accounts for 20% of the maximum total score. Full detail on how the price element will be evaluated can be located within the published tender documents.
- Economic & financial standing
Providers must satisfy the basic selection questionnaire if they are awarded the contract. The conditions are proportionate having regard to the nature, complexity and cost of the public contract.
Full detail on legal and financial capacity, and technical ability conditions of participation can be located within the published tender documentation.
- Technical & professional ability
Providers must satisfy the requirement to be able to provide fifteen dedicated High Dependency Intermediate Care beds within a CQC-registered nursing home that is rated Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission at the point of tender submission.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £4,870,605 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Leicester City Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Leicester City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. 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.
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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.
Here, local means registered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in East Midlands.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 52 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.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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% / 23%
2–350% / 26%
4–617% / 32%
7+33% / 19%
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.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate29% / 23%
Within ±2%71% / 65%
Above estimate0% / 12%
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
Lot #1CPV 8531Published estimate£4.9m
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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 bid19%
2–326%
4–627%
7+28%
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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.
Based on 14 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£4.2m–£4.9m
Estimate£4.9m
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 | Match |
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| EVERDALE GRANGE LTDLive contract | DA0012 - High Dependency Discharge to Assess Residential Serviceruns to Mar 2027 | — | £1.4m | 46% match |
| Framework Housing AssociationWorked for this buyer | ASC0286 - Leicester Inpatient Detox Service (Stabilisation and Withdrawal)notice published Feb 2023 | — | — | 80% match |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £74m14 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 17 live · £137m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £26m7 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 6 live · £54m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
| £38m7 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £1.3m7 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Enrych LtdSME | £1.9m1 awards in 36m · last 15 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 match score 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 for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 31 Mar 2029
- First published
- 6 Jul 2026, 17:05 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
SCE0076- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098001- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c4a5Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Nov 2026
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published105 days ago6 Jul 2026, 17:05 BST
- Market engagement63 days ago17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
**THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION**
This process does not constitute a formal tender or other competitive bidding process and will not result in the letting of a Contract.
Leicester City Council invites providers to attend our upcoming market engagement event for the High Dependency Intermediate Care (HD) service model. It is anticipated that tenders would be sought in mid-September for an anticipated contract start date of 1st April 2027, immediately after the end of our current contract providing Discharge to Assess High Dependency RRR Residential service to Leicester and Leicestershire.
This market engagement event will give providers an opportunity to gain an early understanding of the proposed model, ask questions, and prepare for participation in the forthcoming tender process.
What is High Dependency Intermediate Care (HD)?
High Dependency Intermediate Care provides a short-term, intensive care and support bedded service in a non-clinical environment (i.e. nursing home) within the Leicester or Leicestershire area. This discharge pathway is for individuals with complex health and social care needs who require a higher level of support than traditional intermediate care services. The service aims to support timely hospital discharge, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, promote recovery, reablement and rehabilitation, and enable people to regain as much independence as possible within a community setting.
The service specific requirements include a minimum of fifteen dedicated High Dependency Intermediate Care beds within a CQC-registered nursing home that is rated Good or Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission at the point of tender submission (anticipated mid-September). It is proposed that these beds are to be block booked for a maximum contract term of 3 years on a 1+1+1 basis. Also included as a proposed requirement is for the location of these beds to be within a Leicester or Leicestershire care home.
During the event we will:
- Provide an overview of the proposed High Dependency Intermediate Care model.
- Explain the cohort of people the service is designed to support and the expected outcomes.
- Outline the service requirements, care expectations, and partnership working arrangements.
- Discuss the forthcoming procurement process and tender opportunity.
- Answer questions and gather feedback to help shape the final service model and procurement approach.
This event will take place on Tuesday 18th August 2026 and will take place from 11am until 12:30pm.
We would welcome your attendance and encourage you to share this invitation with appropriate colleagues within your organisation.
Please confirm your attendance by no later than 14:00hrs on Monday 17th August by completing and sending through the Market Engagement Booking Form to [email protected] which can be found by accessing the proactis advert-
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
Once you have confirmed your attendance, a link to join the session will be shared with the confirmed attendees via their email addresses.
We look forward to discussing this opportunity with you.
- Next notice expected48 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published4 days ago16 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days2 Nov 2026
- Submission deadlinein 24 days13 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 78 days5 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 163 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Jul 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Jul 2026, 17:05 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Aug 2026, 09:59 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published16 Oct 2026, 14:19 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £4,877,27716 Oct 2026, 14:19 BSTwas £1
- Status changed to active16 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Oct 2026, 14:19 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Nov 2026, 14:00 GMT16 Oct 2026, 14:19 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 (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender