Dorset Care, Support, Housing and Community Safety Framework
- Buyer
- Dorset Council
- Value
- £1,700,000,000
- Closes
- 31 March 2032
- Where
- Dorchester, the South West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Dorset Council is setting up a 10-year framework to buy care, support, housing, and community safety services for vulnerable adults. Providers can apply to join at any time and compete for individual service contracts once they meet basic entry criteria.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver personalised care and support services using a strengths-based approach that focuses on individual outcomes • Provide housing-related support and community safety services • Work flexibly through various models including individual care packages, block contracts, and personal budgets managed by service users
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a massive £1.7 billion framework dominated by regulated health and social care providers, unless you are an established care agency, housing provider, or community services organisation with relevant qualifications, registrations (likely CQC), and experience, you will not be competitive or eligible.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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