Open Framework for Supported Living, Community Outreach and Day Opportunity Services
- Buyer
- Cheshire East Council
- Value
- £428,000,000
- Closes
- 2 December 2026
- Where
- Crewe, the North West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Cheshire East Council is setting up an approved list of care providers, called a framework, that it can draw on for several years to buy support for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs or physical and sensory impairments. The support covers living in supported housing, outreach in the community, and daytime activities, split into six lots by level of need. The estimated total value is £428,000,000.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver high quality, safe care and support that promotes independence, choice, dignity, control and quality of life for each individual. • Provide support within the lot or lots applied for, from low level supported living through to complex needs, community outreach and day opportunities, including support for behaviours that challenge where needed. • Offer modernised care and support that delivers value for money.
Lots
- Supported Living - Low Level Needs
- Supported Living - Moderate and High Needs
- Supported Living - Complex Needs
- Community Outreach Support
- Day Opportunities
- Innovation
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice does not set out any specific eligibility thresholds, certifications or financial tests, but the very large combined value and the range of complex care lots mean that a small business would need to show it can deliver care at scale, and the notice gives no detail on how that would be assessed.
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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 The Chest. Make a free account there, then search for this tender's title.
Questions about this tender? Email the buyer at procurementeast@cheshireeast.gov.uk.
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