Planning

Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

23 Mar 2026 at 10:24

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

15 May 2025 at 08:40

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Lancashire County Council is currently in the planning stage of a tender for the Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service. This procurement focuses on health and social work services and aims to fulfil statutory obligations in supporting both adult and young carers across Lancashire, United Kingdom. The engagement exercise includes the dissemination of feedback through an online questionnaire, with submission deadlines set for 7th April 2026. The procurement method has been identified as a competitive flexible procedure, with the planned contract period commencing on 1st April 2027 and concluding on 31st March 2030. Organisations that meet the criteria for SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises) are encouraged to engage in this process to contribute to the service redesign and future tendering activities.

This tender presents considerable opportunities for businesses looking to expand into the health and social services sector, particularly those with expertise in carers' support services. It offers a significant contract value and the chance to be instrumental in shaping the county's approach to carers' services, ensuring alignment with the Carers Strategy. SMEs and VCSEs specialising in health and social work services are well-positioned to compete, thanks to favourable conditions that support smaller enterprises. Participation in the early market engagement can offer valuable insights into upcoming requirements, thus enabling businesses to develop tailored service offerings that meet the future needs of Lancashire County Council's carers' support initiatives.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service

Notice Description

Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service: The service executes Lancashire County Councils Statutory obligations to support adult carers (18+) by playing a significant role in identifying carers, carrying out carers assessments and giving support to help them to understand how they manage their caring responsibilities whilst also maintaining their own wellbeing. The service offers a range of support including information, advice, emotional support, group networks and access to Carers Assessments. Young Carers: The service fulfils Lancashire County Councils Statutory obligations to support children and young people under the age of 18 to carry out their caring responsibilities whilst also promoting and protecting their wellbeing. It provides information, representation, advice, emotional support, group networks, dedicated one to one interventions and access to carers assessments.

Planning Information

Introduction Lancashire County Council is in the process of reviewing Carers services in Lancashire. We wish to engage with key stakeholders to gather information and share initial commissioning considerations via an online questionnaire. As part of the future redesign, we are seeking feedback through this early market engagement: · to inform and shape the future service offer · ensure it is aligned to our Carers Strategy · coordinate carers services across the county The following services are being considered in this engagement: Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service - The service executes Lancashire County Councils Statutory obligations to support adult carers (18+) by playing a significant role in identifying carers, carrying out carers assessments and giving support to help them to understand how they manage their caring responsibilities whilst also maintaining their own wellbeing. The service offers a range of support including information, advice, emotional support, group networks and access to Carers Assessments. Young Carers - The service fulfils Lancashire County Councils Statutory obligations to support children and young people under the age of 18 to carry out their caring responsibilities whilst also promoting and protecting their wellbeing. It provides information, representation, advice, emotional support, group networks, dedicated one to one interventions and access to carers assessments. This engagement questionnaire has been designed to be part of our market engagement activities and is intended to build upon our existing knowledge of the market in Lancashire and the wider UK. Throughout the engagement exercise, we hope to use the information and feedback we receive to develop our plans for the future of carers services in Lancashire and to help us deliver best-in-class services. We intend to carry out further market engagement, to focus on service specific feedback and allow opportunities for further insights to inform any future procurement. For the avoidance of doubt the proposals set out within the market engagement document are the potential options and are subject to change before the Invitation to Tender is published in the event that the service is procured via a competitive process The Authority may publish the results of the Strongly Agree - Strongly Disagree questions, but will not publish the narrative submitted by respondents. Please see the link to the questionnaire below: https://forms.office.com/e/856ELuq8bW

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0513e3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026112-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Mar 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

SOCIAL VALUE PORTAL LTD

Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 0LD
Post Town
Preston
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI45 Lambeth
Delivery Location
TLD4 Lancashire
Local Authority
Lambeth
Electoral Ward
Vauxhall
Westminster Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green

Further Information

Notice Documents

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