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Soft Market Test for Shared Lives Carer Referral Programme

Buyer: Sheffield City Council →

BuyerSheffield City Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£162,000
Published16 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Sheffield City Council is conducting this soft market test to understand the supply market for the provision of a service that identifies and refers suitable Shared Lives Carers to the Local Authority Shared Lives Scheme.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000Health services 85100000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 1 Apr 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Health services, Health and social work servicesNot 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 setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8514,4871 median · 36.6 average (6,376 of 14,487 with a bid count)2.1 average (7,229 of 14,487 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer26Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK7981 median · 47.4 average (293 of 798 with a bid count)4.4 average (328 of 798 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4301 median · 2.5 average (26 of 430 with a bid count)1 average (31 of 430 with named award suppliers)2 comparable price pairs

“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

£105,397 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £162,000.

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 agreementNot published
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 milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=99080&B=engagement7 Nov 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cdd0
Latest release ID065836-2025
Latest release timestampThu Oct 16 2025 10:00:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£162,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Oct 2025planning065836-2025

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
16 Oct 2025 · 065836-2025 · planning
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