Official UK procurement notice
Residential and Nursing Care Services for Older People
Authority: North Northamptonshire Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe new arrangements will initially cover:
- Residential care for older people
- Nursing care for older people
- Respite care
- Discharge to Assess (D2A) provision
We are also working with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) to explore opportunities for greater integration within the new contractual arrangements. ICB involvement will be subject to completion and approval of the relevant internal governance processes.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 7 yrs from 1 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “Residential and Nursing Care Services for Older People” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How North Northamptonshire Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
North Northamptonshire Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 66 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid21% / 1%
2–317% / 11%
4–68% / 24%
7+54% / 64%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “North Northamptonshire Council - Residential and Nursing Care Homes Services (DPS)” and “North Northamptonshire Council - Residential and Nursing Care Home Services (DPS)” and “North Northamptonshire Council Residential and Nursing Care Home Services (DPS)” of this authority, but none of the 18 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 85Estimate not published
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 101 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid1%
2–311%
4–624%
7+64%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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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| METHODIST HOMESEarlier contract | North Northamptonshire Council - Residential and Nursing Care Homes Services Reopening (DPS)notice published Sept 2024 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Crown Care Rossendale LimitedEarlier contract | North Northamptonshire Council - Residential and Nursing Care Homes Services Reopening (DPS)notice published Sept 2024 | — | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
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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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
44% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
44% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (44% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
North Northamptonshire Council - Residential and Nursing Care Homes Services (DPS), winner not published; the published contract ends 31 Aug 2027.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 5 Oct 2026, 11:17 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:53 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093792- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078089Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
5 Oct 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published23 days ago5 Oct 2026, 11:17 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 14 days11 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
North Northamptonshire Council is pleased to invite care home providers to our first face to face market engagement event as we begin the recommissioning of our Residential and Nursing Care Services for Older People.
This engagement event is an important opportunity for providers to hear about our emerging plans for the recommissioning, understand the proposed direction of travel and provide feedback to help inform the development of the new service and contractual arrangements.
The session will provide an overview of the proposed approach, including the scope of the new contract, anticipated commissioning intentions and procurement process. There will also be an opportunity for providers to ask questions and share their views.
We would strongly encourage existing and prospective providers to attend and contribute to the development of the future residential and nursing care offer across North Northamptonshire.
Further information regarding the procurement timetable and next steps will be shared as the recommissioning progresses.
Online Market Engagement Event
Date: Wednesday 11 November 2026
Format: In person at Thrapston Council Chambers, Cedar Drive, NN14 4LZ
Time: 11am – 12.30pm
- Tender notice expectedin 184 days1 May 2027, 00:59 BST
- Contract startsin 307 days1 Sept 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Oct 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Oct 2026, 11:17 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published5 Oct 2026, 12:53 BSTUK2
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
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- NHS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender