HH108-27-HB Adult Social Care Commissioning Flexible Framework
- Buyer
- NHS Highland
- Value
- £2,421,000,000
- Closes
- 31 December 2026
- Where
- Inverness, Scotland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
NHS Highland is reopening a framework agreement to buy adult social care services across the Highland area. They need providers for home care, residential care homes, day centres, and supported living services. This is not a single contract but a framework where providers can apply to be approved, and actual work comes later when the NHS calls off specific services.
What the buyer wants
• Provide personal care and support services to adults in their own homes (Lot 1A), or rapid response support after hospital discharge (Lot 1B), or specialist overnight care (Lot 1C) • Operate registered residential or nursing care home placements for adults (Lot 2) • Deliver registered day care services for adults (Lot 3) • Provide supported living arrangements, housing support, home-based respite, and waking night responder services (Lot 4A-4D)
Lots
- Care at Home
- Residential and Nursing Care Home Placements
- Registered Day Care
- Supported Living
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This framework will disqualify most small businesses unless you already operate as a registered care provider with Care Inspectorate approval, qualified staff, and established premises; admission to the framework does not guarantee any actual work, so you must be able to operate without initial income.
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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