Official UK procurement notice
Short Term Beds · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·On behalf of: SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Planned pipeline value£75,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 11 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionShort term accommodation based services for younger and older adults
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
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).
What this means for your bid
- “Short Term Beds” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
- 15 May 2025, 09:39 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 13:44 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055401- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0513dfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
15 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published15 May 2025, 09:39 BST
- Latest notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:44 BST
- Tender notice expected11 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts213 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025- Pipeline notice published15 May 2025, 09:39 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published10 Sept 2025, 13:44 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)
Short term accommodation based services for younger and older adults. Inclusion of 'and older adults'.
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 noticeOther public bodies
- SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTDProcuring entityEvaluation and ongoing contract management support for the social value deliverables under the future contract.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender