Award

Ask AI about this notice

Summarise, research or assess it with AI

View Markdown

Share this notice

Send this contract to a colleague

Homecare for Leicestershire 2026

Leicestershire County Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

07 Aug 2026 at 16:05

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

06 Oct 2025 at 17:32

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

20 Aug 2025 at 11:11

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 May 2025 at 09:39

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leicestershire County Council procured adult home care and healthcare services for residents assessed as needing support at home. The requirement covers routine home care, continuing healthcare, and live-in or 24-hour care across Leicestershire. Services are intended to promote health, safety, independence, recovery and wellbeing; help people gain, maintain or regain skills; prevent avoidable hospital or residential care admissions; and support discharge from hospital or movement out of building-based care. Providers work to the Council’s service specification, covering health and social work services (CPV 85000000). The buyer is Leicestershire County Council, based in Leicester. The opportunity was divided into home care maintenance, continuing healthcare, and live-in or 24-hour care lots.

The procurement is complete and awards were made on 7 August 2026 through an open procedure. It established a framework with reopening of competition for individual packages of care. Lot 1, Home Care (maintenance), was awarded to 88 named providers for £490,000,000 gross, and Lot 3, Home Care (Live in Care/24 Hour Care), to Agincare Live-In Care (Central) Ltd, Ruby Care Services Ltd and Specialist Homecare Group Ltd for £1,000,000 gross. Lot 2, Continuing Health Care, is recorded as active with no award value shown. The framework lots run from 25 September 2026 to 24 September 2034; the awarded contracts run from 12 October 2026 to 11 October 2034. Evaluation required a questionnaire, quality method statements and a 15-minute presentation, with rates within specified ranges.

This requirement shows sustained demand from Leicestershire County Council for regulated home care delivered by independent providers, including small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary or community organisations. A credible competitor would need the operational capacity to deliver care across Leicestershire, including routine domiciliary care, continuing healthcare and, where relevant, live-in or 24-hour support. Providers must meet the Council’s service specification and maintain quality standards aligned with Care Quality Commission regulations, the Care Act 2014 and the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care. They would also need to complete the required digital registration, satisfy participation conditions, submit compliant hourly rates, provide strong written quality responses and present their approach clearly. Framework call-offs require providers able to respond to individual care packages.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Information

Notice Title

Homecare for Leicestershire 2026

Notice Description

Leicestershire County Council (the Authority) is committed to the delivery of high-quality Adult Social Care Services and Health Care Services within Home Care for residents of Leicestershire who are assessed as requiring Home Care. The Authority wishes to work in 'Partnership' with independent sector Home Care Providers ("Providers"), who can demonstrate and maintain quality standards in line with the Council's Service Specification ("Specification"), which has at its core the Care Quality Commission's Regulations, National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care 2018 and is in accordance with the Care Act 2014. Providers are required to deliver services focusing on the health, safety, enablement, progression and wellbeing of people who require such services. They must enable people to gain, maintain or regain skills to help them live independently and recover from illness. The Service, wherever possible, supports people to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and residential care. The service should also support people to be discharged from hospital or move out of long or short term, building based care.

Lot Information

Home Care (maintenance) Home Care (Continuing Health Care) Home Care (Live in Care/24 Hour Care)

Planning Information

Leicestershire County Council currently holds virtual Homecare Provider meetings every 2 months to all Providers including those who are current Providers on the Homecare for Leicestershire Framework Providers to discuss current issues and inform the market of future commissioning intentions.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-052016
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075430-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

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
£496,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£496,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
£497,000,000 £100M-£1B
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
10 Nov 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
29 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
12 Oct 2026 - 11 Oct 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active, Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicestershire County Council
Contact Name
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Email
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Contact Phone
Available with D3 Tenders Premium →

Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE3 8RA
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Glenfield Faire
Westminster Constituency
Mid Leicestershire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
91
Supplier Names

2M HEALTH & HOME CARE SERVICES LTD

A&R GUARDIAN SERVICES LIMITED

ABSOLUTE CARE AGENCY (EM) LIMITED

ADAPTUS CARES LIMITED

ADDCARE LTD

AGINCARE LIVE-IN CARE (CENTRAL) LTD

ALPHA-IMPERIAL PRIVATE LTD

AMICARE DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES LTD

ANYTIME RECRUITMENT LIMITED

ARCH FUTURES LTD

BLESSING'S CARE LTD

BRIGHT INTERGRATED CARE LTD

CAPITAL CARE RESOURCES LIMITED

CARE AT HOME (MIDLANDS) LIMITED

CAREDOM HEALTHCARE LIMITED

CARING HANDS LEICESTER LIMITED

CARITAS CARE SOLUTIONS LTD

CARONNE CARE LIMITED

CHRISTINE-MARIE CARE LIMITED

CINOX HEALTHCARE LTD

CITY & COUNTY CARE SERVICES LIMITED

CORNERSTONE AUTHENTIC CARE LTD

DCK CARE LTD

DEVA CARE LIMITED

DKM HEALTHCARE LIMITED

EDEN HOUSING & SUPPORT LTD

ELIEZER SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES LIMITED

ENMORE CARE SUPPLY LTD

ESHA HOME HELP LTD

EVERYDAY LIVING CARE LTD

EVOLVING CARE LIMITED

FIRST 2 CARE SERVICE LTD

FOSSE HEALTHCARE LIMITED

GIVECARE LIMITED

GN WELLSPRINGS CARE SERVICES LTD

HELP AT HOME (EGERTON LODGE) LIMITED

HELPFUL HOME CARE LIMITED

Homecare For You Ltd

INDEPENDANT COMMUNITY SUPPORT LIMITED

INSPIRE LIVES CARE SERVICES LTD

KENSA HEALTH HOME CARE LTD

KEY 2 CARE LIMITED

KRIS CARERS LIMITED

LIFECOME CARE LIMITED

LIKE CARE LIMITED

LIVINGSTONE HEALTH CARE LIMITED

MEDACS HEALTHCARE LIMITED

MELTON CARE SERVICES LIMITED

MERCURY CARE SERVICES LIMITED

MI LIFE CARE SERVICES LIMITED

MIDLANDS CARE DIRECT LTD

MOBILE CARE SERVICES LIMITED

MUKUNDI LIMITED

MY HOMECARE HFW LTD

OAKS HEALTHCARE LTD

OASIS CARE AND TRAINING AGENCY (OCTA)

PASSION HEALTH CARE LIMITED

PASSIONATE HOMECARE LTD (T/A My Homecare)

PRACTICAL CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

PRESTIGE CARE 247 LTD

PRESTIGE SOCIAL CARE SERVICES LTD

PRIVATE HOME CARE UK LIMITED

PURE HEALTHCARE SOLUTION LTD

R K S DOMICILIARY CARE LTD

RAINBOW CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

REAL IMAGING LTD

REIGN SUPREME CARE SERVICES LTD

RELIANCE COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED

RESILIENT HEALTHCARE LIMITED

RUBY CARE SERVICES LTD

SECAPLUS LIMITED

SENSITIVE CARE SOLUTIONS LTD

SHEPSHED CARERS LIMITED

SOVA HEALTHCARE LEICESTER LTD

SPECIALIST HOMECARE GROUP LTD

SPIRIT HOME CARE LIMITED

SVK CARE LTD

TRINITY TOWERS LIMITED

TRUST IN CARE LIMITED

UK CARE TEAM LTD

UNIVERSAL CARE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

VALLEY CARE DIRECT LIMITED

VILLAGE HOMECARE LIMITED

WARWICKSHIRE LIVING LTD

WESTMINSTER HOMECARE LIMITED

WOODCOCK CARE SERVICES LTD

WOODLEIGH HEALTHCARE LIMITED

WYVILLE HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED

XCEL HOMES LTD

YOURCARE24 LTD

ZENTAR HEALTHCARE LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

Notice URLs

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

JSON Markdown

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

Loading OCDS record...