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Published 6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
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CE-73-21 - Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services

South Ayrshire Council
Local Council
SME eligible
Health and social work services
Other community
social and personal services
+3 more
Scotland (UKM94)
Published value
Not published
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
complete
Lots published
4
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Standard
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: South Ayrshire Council: "CE-73-21 - Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
The South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership has identified a requirement to establish a Flexible Framework Agreement and contract with suitably experienced and competent Care at Home Service Providers, who hold or can commit to obtain, prior to any appointment, the appropriate Care Inspectorate Registration, to deliver Care at Home Services across South Ayrshire on behalf of South Ayrshire Council and the South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership.

Lots and requirements (4)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Ayr and Surrounding Areas
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Troon & Prestwick and surrounding areas
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Girvan & Maybole and surrounding areas
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Super Lot
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Flexible Framework Agreement for the Provision of Care at Home Services
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 100%
Uniform evaluation weighting applied across all 4 lots.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Ayr Housing Aid Centre SCIOHolds 27.2% of historical attributable spend
Moderate Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~2× annual contract value annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: South Ayrshire Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for South Ayrshire Council. These figures describe rolling 24 months, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Requires 5 comparable published awards
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 54.5% · Mean: 2.5 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    Ayr Housing Aid Centre SCIOTop vendor: 27.2% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £9,350,456Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 22 retained awards
    Methodology & coverage notes (22 active published awards)
    Coverage: 22 active published awards; 22 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Ayr Housing Aid Centre SCIO1 win£2,540,000No published budget
    Right There1 win£1,727,200No published budget
    Access UK Limited1 win£904,875No published budget
    Thrive Care Scotland Limited2 wins£803,400No published budget
    Voluntary Action South Ayrshire2 wins£767,941No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 21:52 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 427 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 23,711 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~55 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 451 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    6 updates
    2 deadline changes
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    Knowle House SurgeryCRN: TBC
    		753 contracts£612,131,060At ceiling / not disclosed
    Chiltern Healthcare
    		445 contracts£589,385At ceiling / not disclosed
    Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd
    		300 contracts£232,055At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mountbatton Care Limited
    		251 contracts£779,257At ceiling / not disclosed
    Heritage Healthcare Milton Keynes
    		243 contracts£257,522At ceiling / not disclosed
    Emiran HealthCare
    		228 contracts£251,448At ceiling / not disclosed
    Twilight Years LTD
    		225 contracts£169,325At ceiling / not disclosed
    Cumbria View Care Services Ltd
    		219 contracts£251,097At ceiling / not disclosed
    Community Care Direct Limited
    		202 contracts£597,982At ceiling / not disclosed
    St Gregorys Homecare Ltd
    		180 contracts£212,030At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Residential and Nursing Care Home Services for Adults Aged 65 and Over Framework (Issue 2)Staffordshire County Council · 1 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST
    		£1,565,078,303
    same CPV family
    Call off for Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North NorthamptonshireNorth Northamptonshire Council · 28 Aug 2026, 11:18 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Flexible Framework for the Provision of Care HomesBath & North East Somerset Council · 3 Sept 2026, 14:03 BST
    		£600,000,000
    same CPV family
    HELP TO LIVE AT HOME SERVICE FOR ZONE 1South Tyneside Borough Council · 3 Sept 2026, 12:17 BST
    		£4,100,000
    same CPV family
    National Framework Agreement for the provision of Mental Health and Wellbeing ServicesCOUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · 3 Sept 2026, 13:24 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodStandard public procedureLegal basisStandard UK Procurement RulesProcurement categoryServices
    Notice statuscompleteProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMTLast source update6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    Classification (CPV)Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services, Social work and related services, Social work services, Social work services without accommodation
    Delivery area
    Scotland (UKM94)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02eb55
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    2. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    3. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    4. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    5. Award active
      Not published · Not published
    6. Contract active
      Signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £37,004,000
    7. Contract active
      Signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £37,004,000
    8. Contract active
      Signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £37,004,000
    9. Contract active
      Signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · £37,004,000

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (4)
    Cairllum Care, Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited, Constance Care, Delight Supported Living, ENABLE Scotland, Rainbow Services
    Not published · Not published · active
    Cairllum Care, Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited, Constance Care, Delight Supported Living, ENABLE Scotland, Rainbow Services
    Not published · Not published · active
    Cairllum Care, Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited, Constance Care, ENABLE Scotland, Rainbow Services
    Not published · Not published · active
    Cairllum Care, Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited, Constance Care, ENABLE Scotland, Rainbow Services
    Not published · Not published · active
    Contracts (4)
    Ayr and Surrounding Areas
    £37,004,000 · signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
    Troon & Prestwick and surrounding areas
    £37,004,000 · signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
    Girvan & Maybole and surrounding areas
    £37,004,000 · signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
    Super Lot
    £37,004,000 · signed 15 Mar 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
    Bid statistics
    bids: 12 (lot 1)
    electronicBids: 12 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
    smeBids: 12 (lot 1)
    bids: 12 (lot 2)
    electronicBids: 12 (lot 2)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 2)
    smeBids: 12 (lot 2)
    bids: 12 (lot 3)
    electronicBids: 12 (lot 3)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 3)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 3)
    smeBids: 12 (lot 3)
    bids: 12 (lot 4)
    electronicBids: 12 (lot 4)
    foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 4)
    foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 4)
    smeBids: 12 (lot 4)
    Bidding dynamics & price outcome
    Total bids received: 12 (12 from SMEs)
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. tender value changed
      6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    2. Status changed to complete
      6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    3. Official notice release published
      6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    4. Submission deadline changed to published date
      6 Jan 2023, 15:17 GMT
    5. Published value updated to £37,004,000
      13 Oct 2021, 12:25 BST
    6. Status changed to active
      13 Oct 2021, 12:25 BST
    7. Official notice release published
      13 Oct 2021, 12:25 BST
    8. Submission deadline changed to 17 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
      13 Oct 2021, 12:25 BST
    9. Buyer information updated
      13 Oct 2021, 12:25 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    South Ayrshire Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-FTS-4854
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    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published