HPFT - Social Care in the Community

Buyer
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Value
£36,000,000
Closes
24 November 2026
Where
HATFIELD, the East of England
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is setting up a framework to buy community-based support and homecare services for adults with mental health needs across four geographical areas of Hertfordshire. They will run this as a competitive process with an 8-year framework that reopens every 2 years.

What the buyer wants

• Provide community-based support and homecare services specifically for adults with mental health needs • Operate within one or more of four geographical lots: South East Herts, South West Herts, North West Herts, or North & Central Herts • Meet defined service levels and agreed rates set by the framework

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This is an NHS mental health services contract, so you will likely be disqualified unless you have proven experience delivering mental health support services, relevant accreditation (such as CQC registration for regulated activities), and the ability to meet NHS standards and compliance requirements. This is not a standard cleaning or general facilities contract.

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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