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title: "Westmorland and Furness Council - Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services"
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# Westmorland and Furness Council - Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/westmorland-and-furness-council-any-qualified-provider-aqp-framework-for-the-provision-of--ocds-h6vhtk-040602). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Westmorland and Furness Council: "Westmorland and Furness Council - Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £41,100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Mar 2027. Published submission portal: www.sproc.net.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 160 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Westmorland and Furness Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/westmorland-and-furness-council-ons-e06000064)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £41,100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 March 2027 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040602`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/westmorland-and-furness-council-any-qualified-provider-aqp-framework-for-the-provision-of--ocds-h6vhtk-040602#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sproc.net](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sproc.net)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/westmorland-and-furness-council-any-qualified-provider-aqp-framework-for-the-provision-of--ocds-h6vhtk-040602#participate

## Description
Social care support during the day for people living in their own homes. Main place of delivery will be at the residence of the service user, within the Westmorland and Furness footprint.
Providers who currently have call off contracts on the current Any Qualified Provider (AQP) Framework for the provision of Home Care Services, who successfully join the new framework, will have those call-off contracts transferred.
The AQP Framework is available for use by NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and future successor organisations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** An Any Qualified Provider (AQP) 'framework' is to be set up to meet the needs of Social Care support during the day for people living in their own homes. An AQP framework will ensure sufficient capacity to meet demand for clients in Cumbria. 
The AQP...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028607-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-09-28T11:09:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:47:03.558Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040602