Official UK procurement notice
Residential and Nursing DPS Accredited List
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council is seeking to establish an accredited list of residential and nursing providers to deliver a range and choice of quality assured board, lodging, personal care and registered nursing services in a residential setting to both elderly and working age adults with disabilities in the county (including placements funded through Continuing Healthcare and Section 117 placements made under the Mental Health Act 1983). This service will be designed to enable individuals to either maintain their current level of independence or regain as much autonomy as practically possible whilst promoting their well-being and facilitating their attainment of personalised outcomes. In addition, the Service must encompass the facility to meet both people's long term care needs whilst also providing sufficient support and care to meet their short term needs.
Successful applicants which secure a place on the accredited list will be required to facilitate the delivery of the following outcomes:
- Delivering care that is person-centred, supporting a person's independence and whole well-being.
- Delivering support that enables people to maintain personal choice about everyday life.
- Delivering care that reflects safe, effective practice and maintains quality as a high priority.
- Delivering care through well-maintained professional partnerships supported by good leadership.
CPV: Health and social work services
What 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 DPS Accredited List” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Feb 2026, 12:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Feb 2026, 12:40 GMT
- Authority reference
DN166836- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-015664- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065936Find a Tender
Notice history
1 release on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
The Residential and Nursing DPS Accredited List was published under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) and will continue to be operated in accordance with the terms of PCR 2015. Herefordshire Council is extending this DPS until 23rd February 2029 in line with the extension period permitted pursuant to the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provision…
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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