Official UK procurement notice
CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
Authority: Stockton on Tees Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe CareCubed Adults Calculator is a widely used, evidence-based tool that supports fair and transparent care fee assessments and negotiations. The Strategic Procurement and Brokerage Team uses it to review care costs, achieve value for money, identify savings opportunities in high-cost placements, and ensure a consistent approach to setting care fees while maintaining positive relationships with care providers.
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The procurement is for the continued provision of the CareCubed Adults Calculator, an…Awarded
The procurement is for the continued provision of the CareCubed Adults Calculator, an evidence-based care costing and fee negotiation tool used by the Council's Strategic Procurement and Brokerage Team. The service supports the assessment and review of adult social care placement costs, facilitates transparent and consistent fee negotiations with care providers, and provides benchmarking and market intelligence to support value for money.
The requirement comprises a software subscription, user access, system support, maintenance, and ongoing updates for use across adult social care commissioning and brokerage activities.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 13:41 BST
- Authority reference
2026/S 000-083774- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091013- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a9dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract was awarded under the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 framework agreement (RM1557.14). The framework was established following a competitive procurement process and permits contracting authorities to award call-off contracts in accordance with the framework rules without publishing a separate contract notice. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council completed a compliant direct award process through the G-Cloud 14 Digital Marketplace and awarded the contract to the supplier offering the most economically advantageous solution that met the Council's requirements.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing ToolTitle: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool | £51,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool · Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
- Signed
- 10 Sept 2026
- Value
- £51,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing ToolAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.