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Published 26 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Domiciliary Care Services · West Berkshire District Council (Jun 2025)

Official notice

Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesLight touch regime
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 5 yrsends 31 Dec 2030 · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Domiciliary Care Services across West Berkshire.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Social work services without accommodation

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
5 yrs from 1 Jan 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
  • “Domiciliary Care Services” 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
Unspecified in notice
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
26 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035542
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work servicesSocial work services without accommodation
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055484 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

26 Jun 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
  2. Market engagement
    10 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST

    West Berkshire Council (WBC) is undertaking early market engagement for its upcoming Domiciliary Care Services for Adults Contracts. A virtual meeting will be held via Teams on Wednesday 9th July at 11:00am.

    The meeting will include a presentation around the needs and requirements of the contract, followed by an opportunity for potential bidders to share any thoughts and feedback. Potential bidders will also be given the opportunity to ask questions about the service and tendering process. Please confirm your attendance to rebecca.page1@westberks.gov.uk, who will then issue the link to the virtual meeting.

  3. Tender notice expected391 days ago
    2 Oct 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts300 days ago
    1 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 17:07 BST
    UK2

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

West Berkshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTXJ-8922-CMNQ Market Street, Newbury, South East, RG14 5LD Contact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure