Official UK procurement notice
Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults - NEW ENTRANTS
Authority: West Dunbartonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Notice confirms that the Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults has now been established in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (further referred to as 'the Flexible Framework Agreement').
This Flexible Framework Agreement was established for the provision of Care at Home Services which will be delivered to Supported Persons residing within West Dunbartonshire and who are clients of the Council acting on behalf of West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
The Flexible Framework Agreement will remain open to allow new Providers ("New Entrants") to participate throughout the Open Period. Further information about New Entrant applications is set out in Section VI.3, Additional Information.
The value provided in II.1.5 is an ESTIMATE only for the total period of the Flexible Framework of 5 years, with an option to extend a further 2 years which will be 5 April 2033.
CPV: Functional support · Housing services · Social work services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Clydebank and surrounding areas
West Dunbartonshire Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified, experienced and registered Providers onto an open and flexible Care at Home Framework for Adults.
The Services required under the terms of this Flexible Framework are those which fall under Self-Directed Support (Scotland) Act 2013 (SDS) Options 2 and 3.
The Service shall be delivered in a range of ways including providing personal care, personal support and housing support within Supported Persons own homes, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, each day per year.
Lot #2Dumbarton, Vale of Leven and surrounding areas
West Dunbartonshire Council are seeking to appoint suitably qualified, experienced and registered Providers onto an open and flexible Care at Home Framework for Adults.
The Services required under the terms of this Flexible Framework are those which fall under Self-Directed Support (Scotland) Act 2013 (SDS) Options 2 and 3.
The Service shall be delivered in a range of ways including providing personal care, personal support and housing support within Supported Persons own homes, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, each day per year.
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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).
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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).
The scope of Services to be provided under the Flexible Framework falls within the definition of a “social and other specific” service under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and therefore the Flexible Framework is not subject to the full requirements of the aforementioned regulations.
- Technical & professional ability
It is a material condition of this Contract that as at the Commencement Date and throughout the contract period the Provider shall have in respect of the Services a current certificate of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as a Care at Home Service.
The Provider must have at the time of submission of the tender and at the time of the award being issued Care Inspectorate grades of 3 (adequate) and above across all areas of performance examined during inspections which cover “Quality of Care and Support”, “Quality of Staffing” and “Quality of Management and Leadership” or an equivalent Care Inspectorate framework criteria.
Any Provider who is newly registered must obtain at its first inspection and thereafter maintain the aforementioned Care Inspectorate grades.
Tenderers should provide Registration number(s) and any supporting information at Section 4A.2 in the SPD
- Shortlisting
- Please refer to section VI.3 for financial checks and insurance requirements under this Contract.
- “Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
West Dunbartonshire Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Scotland.
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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.
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Half of these awards were announced within 73 days of the bid deadline.
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No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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1 bid16%
2–322%
4–618%
7+44%
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Our matching links this notice to “Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults” of this authority, but none of the 19 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1Clydebank and surrounding areasCPV 85310000Estimate not published
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1 bid2%
2–321%
4–68%
7+70%
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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 | Why listed |
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| Alternatives West Dunbartonshire Community Drug ServiceWorked for this buyer | Provision of Community outreach addiction servicesnotice published Jul 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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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 |
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| £749k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £10m 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. | 14% above n=2 | |
| £21m17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 8 live · £99m 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. | 27% below n=3 | |
| £17m2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=1 | |
| £1.8m13 awards in 36m · last this month | None on file | at estimate n=5 | |
| £13m7 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 |
Lot #2Dumbarton, Vale of Leven and surrounding areasCPV 85310000Estimate not published
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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 bid2%
2–323%
4–68%
7+67%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Alternatives West Dunbartonshire Community Drug ServiceWorked for this buyer | Provision of Community outreach addiction servicesnotice published Jul 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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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 |
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| £749k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 1 live · £10m 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. | 14% above n=2 | |
| £21m17 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 8 live · £99m 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. | 27% below n=3 | |
| £1.8m13 awards in 36m · last this month | None on file | at estimate n=5 | |
| £13m7 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | None on file | at estimate n=3 | |
Livingston HomereachLarge | £4.0m1 awards in 36m · last 5 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 earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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84% title match.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
84% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (84% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults, winner not published; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 12:47 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 12:47 BST
- Authority reference
2425-01- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056618- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5dfFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
It is a condition of this contract that as at the Commencement Date and throughout the entire contract period the Provider shall have a current certificate of registration under the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 as a Care at Home Service. The Provider must maintain a minimum score of 3 (adequate) in each key questions inspected. Any Provider who is newly registered must obtain at its first inspection a minimum score of 3 (adequate) across all key questions inspected and thereafter maintain a score of 3 (adequate) or higher for the duration of the contract.
Publisher note: Minimum level(s) of standards required: Turnover - Bidders must demonstrate and annual turnover for each of the 2 previous years of greater than 50,000.00 GBP. Ratios - a Pass in any two of the three ratios as an overall Pass for Economic and Financial standing. - (Ratio 1) Acid Test – (Current Assets-stock)/Current Liabilities. To pass the Acid Test Ratio question the bidder must have a score of greater than 1. - (Ratio 2) Return on Capital Employed %– Profit/Capital employed. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to score a positive figure/Percentage. - (Ratio 3) Current Ratio – Current Assets/Liabilities. To pass this question the Council require the bidder to achieve a score of greater than 1. Insurance It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Q4B.5.1a Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance - 5 million GBP Q4B5.1b Employers (Compulsory) Liability Insurance – 10 million GBP Q4B.5.2 Public Liability Insurance – 10 million GBP Q4B 5.2 Professional Indemnity (Including Administration of Medication) = 5 million GBP Documentation requested for the above insurances should include name of insurers, policy numbers, expiry date and limits of any one incident and annual aggregate caps and the excesses under the policies. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31717. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: If the spend with a provider is more then 50,000GBP per year Social Benefits will be required. (SC Ref:833164)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Public Contracts Scotland- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 5 Oct 2032, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 Jun 2026 → 5 Oct 2032 · 2 dates- Notice published128 days ago16 Jun 2026, 12:47 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Oct 2032, 12:00 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
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dumbarton Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.