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Published 15 Apr 2025, 10:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Working Aged Adults Care Homes

Official notice

Authority: Cornwall Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK3)
Planned pipeline value£280,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Apr 2031 · up to 1 Apr 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Care home provision for adults with needs relating to a learning disability, autism, mental health and complex physical/sensory needs, and provides an opportunity for care home providers to engage with upcoming procurement activity in Cornwall.

CPV: Social services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrs
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 1 Apr 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 1 Apr 2033 with extensions
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Extension options published
85320000 Social services

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
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Apr 2025, 10:45 BST
Last source update
15 Apr 2025, 10:45 BST
Authority reference
DN763294
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015163
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social services
Delivery area
South West (UKK3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050303 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

15 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 10:45 BST
  2. Market engagement
    1 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST

    We are running a structured market engagement phase in advance of progressing the procurement process for the new contract. This will inform our commissioning strategy, the contract structure and our procurement approach. Key Lines of Enquiry will be tested through the market engagement.

    Market Engagement period May and June 2025

    Initial provider engagement sessions planned for 6th May 2025.

    Please refer to the related advert on Supplying the Southwest for further details which includes details of the initial market engagement.

  3. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 10:45 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

Cornwall Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYRH-9827-DWLP County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, South West, TR1 3AYContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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