plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

Short Term Beds

Buyer: Lancashire County Council →

BuyerLancashire County Council

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£75,000,000

Published10 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Short term accommodation based services for younger and older adults

Delivery location

UKD4, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Health and social work services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 85	11,066	1 median · 39 average (4,576 of 11,066 with a bid count)	2 average (5,241 of 11,066 with named award suppliers)	10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer	22	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKD4	85	1 median · 1.6 average (50 of 85 with a bid count)	1 average (50 of 85 with named award suppliers)	Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	225	10 median · 18.3 average (8 of 225 with a bid count)	4 average (8 of 225 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£48,794,964 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £75,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimelightTouch

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-0513df
Latest release ID	055401-2025
Latest release timestamp	Wed Sep 10 2025 12:44:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Competitive flexible procedure
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Yes
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£75,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	2

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
10 Sept 2025	planningUpdate	055401-2025
15 May 2025	planning	021552-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

10 Sept 2025 · 055401-2025 · planningUpdate

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15 May 2025 · 021552-2025 · planning

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