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Official UK procurement notice

Shared Lives Services in Buckinghamshire

Official notice

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ13)
Published estimate£10,538,000≈ £2.1m / year · £10,538,000 inc. VAT · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 7 Jul 2025
Next notice expected 31 May 2025
Contract term 5 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 5 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to contract with an innovative Provider to deliver and expand the Shared Lives Service in Buckinghamshire. The Provider will take over the existing service and work with the Council to realise it's growth ambitions to significantly increase the number of Live-In, Short Break and Day Support Arrangements available for Individuals over the next 5 -7 years. The Provider will implement a successful marketing strategy to recruit and train a pool of self-employed Carers who are able to deliver care and support services to Individuals with a wide range of social care and health needs who require varying intensities of support. The Provider should be able to demonstrate experience of managing a Shared Lives, supported lodgings or fostering service as well as strong partnership working with a Local Authority, particularly around service expansion. The Provider will aim to make Shared Lives the ' first choice' for Social Care Workers, Individuals and their Families in Buckinghamshire when considering types of care and support for an Individual.

What is Shared Lives

Shared Lives enable Individuals, with assessed eligible social care and health needs, the opportunity to live and/ or to be supported in the households of carefully selected, trained and approved Carers. Together, the person needing support, and the Carer, share the Carer's domestic, family and community life. The individuals will be supported and enabled by the Carer to achieve and maintain as much independence as possible and to live meaningful and fulfilling lives in line with their individual choices and ambitions. The Service supports a range of Individuals with varying levels of needs across a range of care cohorts including, but not limited to older people, people with mental health needs including dementia, those with a physical disability or sensory impairment, learning disabilities, autism, neurodivergences, care leavers, people recovering from addictions and people fleeing domestic violence.

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The Council requires the delivery of the following types of Shared Lives services:

• Live-in: an Individual with support needs lives with a Carer and their family (this is sometimes referred to as "long term").

• Short Break: an Individual stays with their chosen Carer on a regular basis, from one night to several weeks.

• Day Support: an Individual receives support from their Carer during the day. The Carer's home is used as a base for community activities.

Contractual Conditions:

The Provider must be registered with the CQC for the regulated activity of personal care.

The Provider will maintain an annual membership to Shared Lives Plus for the Service and each Carer.

The contract is for 5 years with a 2-year extension option. The start date of the contract will be5th January 2026.

TUPE may apply to this contract.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 0001AwardedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSEPublished valueAED 10,538,000
Contract period: 5 Jan 2026 — 4 Jan 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: South East
Value
AED 10,538,000 exc. VAT · AED 10,538,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
Option to extend for up to two years after initial term
85000000 Health and social work services85300000 Social work and related services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%

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
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
Last source update
3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Authority reference
24_25 684
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051d4f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
7 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
in-tendhost.co.uk/buckinghamshire-council ↗

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:17 BST
  2. Tender notice published
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  3. Next notice expected
    31 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    23 Jun 2025, 17:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    7 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
  6. Award decision expected by365 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  7. Latest notice published358 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
  8. Contract starts265 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Contracts signed 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—1 Oct 2025Cancelled

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · supplier not published

    Signed
    date not published
    Value
    —
    Period
    … — 4 Jan 2031
    Status
    cancelled

Notice history

13 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BSTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BSTwas £10,538,000
  3. Status changed to complete
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    3 Oct 2025, 16:20 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    6 Jun 2025, 14:34 BSTUK4
  8. Tender notice published
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BSTUK4
  9. Published value published: £10,538,000
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  10. Status changed to active
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  11. Procurement method changed
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  12. Deadline published: 7 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
    30 May 2025, 10:58 BST
  13. Pipeline notice published
    22 May 2025, 12:17 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)

Under Submissions, a correction of 1 hour was made to the deadline to submit questions and to the deadline to submit tenders.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 22 May 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCLJ-2677-YQXD The Gateway, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, South East, HP198FF

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender