Home care for Leicestershire 2027
- Buyer
- Leicestershire County Council
- Value
- £496,000,000
- Closes
- 9 December 2026
- Where
- Leicester, the East Midlands
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Leicestershire County Council wants to appoint independent home care companies to provide care in people's own homes for residents assessed as needing it. The contract is split into lots, including maintenance home care and live-in or 24-hour care, with an estimated value of £496,000,000.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver home care to Leicestershire residents assessed as needing it, following the Council's service specification. • Focus on health, safety, enablement and wellbeing, helping people gain, keep or regain skills to live independently, prevent unnecessary hospital or residential admissions, and support discharge from hospital or care settings. • Work in partnership with the Council, demonstrating and maintaining quality standards in line with CQC Regulations and the Care Act 2014. Lot 1 covers maintenance home care and Lot 3 covers live-in and 24-hour care, with packages awarded through the call-off procedure in the tender documents.
Lots
- Lot 1. Home Care (maintenance)
- Lot 3. Home Care (Live in Care/24 Hour Care)
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The very large overall value (£496,000,000) across multiple lots, and the requirement to demonstrate quality standards in line with CQC Regulations, are likely to rule out most small businesses unless they already operate as established home care providers.
Always check the tender documents.
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.
Where to apply
Bids go through Source East Midlands. Make a free account there, then search for this tender's title.
Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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