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Published 23 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Care Home Provision in Somerset

Official notice

Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK23)
Planned pipeline value£800,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 31 Jan 2034 · starts 1 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lot 1 Residential Care Specification

Lot 2 Dementia Residential Care Specification

Lot 3 General Nursing Care Specification

Lot 4 OPMH Specification (Older Persons Mental Health)

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
8 yrs from 1 Feb 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2034 (8 yrs)
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligible
85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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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).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Care Home Provision in Somerset” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
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
23 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
Last source update
12 Aug 2025, 09:41 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047856
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551c5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

23 Jun 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 09:41 BST
  3. Market engagement394 days ago
    30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Engagement on the draft specifications for each Lot

    Engagement events in relation to the procurement process

    Dates and locations of events to be confirmed

    Contact: stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk

    Further to the above - dates for the engagement sessions have now been confirmed and are as follows:

    Session 1: 23.09.2025, 13:00 - 14:00

    Session 2: 25.09.2025, 10:30 - 11:30

    Content for both sessions will be the same so you only need to attend one of them. If you would like to attend, please email stephen.barker@somerset.gov.uk with the names and email addresses of those attending (max. 2 per organisation) and a Teams invitation will then be forwarded to you.

    Please ensure that those attending from your organisation are the most appropriate to feed into the discussions. If you are unable to attend the event, the presentation, notes and associated documentation will be available through the e-tender system supplierlive.proactisp2p.com ↗

    Please respond by the deadline of 12:00pm on 22.09.2025 if you wish to attend. Thank you.

    Somerset Council reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange these events at its own discretion.

    Organisations that take part will not be advantaged or disadvantaged in any way in any potential future formal procurement. Commercial confidentiality will be respected. This notice does not represent a formal commitment by Somerset Council to undertake a procurement procedure.

  4. Tender notice expected374 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts271 days ago
    1 Feb 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jun 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Aug 2025, 09:41 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Please note that the wording below has been added to the Engagement section of this notice: Further to the above - dates for the engagement sessions have now been confirmed and are as follows: Session 1: 23.09.2025, 13:00 - 14:00 Session 2: 25.09.2025, 10:30 - 11:30 Content for both sessions will be the same so you only need to attend one of them. If you would like to attend, please email stephen.…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Somerset Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPGC-1434-MQPJ County Hall, The Crescent, Taunton, South West, TA1 4DYContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure