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Community Life Choices for Leicestershire 2026

Leicestershire County Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

17 Jul 2026 at 10:13

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
TenderUpdate

13 Mar 2026 at 11:27

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

12 Mar 2026 at 12:26

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leicestershire County Council sought health and social care services through the Community Life Choices framework for Leicestershire. The service is intended to promote independence, support personal wellbeing and help people achieve outcomes that matter to them, reducing or delaying the need for long-term support. Lot 1 covered group and one-to-one support from a building base and in the wider community, including travel training, work and volunteering support, community activities and, where required, personal care. Lot 2 covered managed personal assistants: recruiting, employing and supporting an appropriate personal assistant on behalf of an individual, with the aim of enabling that person to manage their own assistant in future. Delivery is across Leicestershire.

The council invited offers through an above-threshold open procedure for a light-touch services framework. The procurement reached tender, but was cancelled on 17 July 2026; the published information gives no cancellation reason. Questions were due by 30 March 2026 at 12:00, and bids by 15 April 2026 at 14:00. The planned contract period was 3 August 2026 to 31 August 2029, with an option to extend to 31 August 2031. The framework was intended to operate with and without reopening competition. Each lot was published with a gross value of £56 million. Evaluation was staged: participation, financial, social value and price submissions first, followed by quality assessment including GDPR responses. The planned award decision date was 21 July 2026.

This opportunity suited established community care, supported living, personal assistance and social care providers able to deliver person-centred support in community settings. Lot 1 required capacity to provide both group and one-to-one activities from a base and across the wider community, including support with travel, work, volunteering and potentially personal care. Lot 2 suited organisations able to recruit, employ, manage and support personal assistants on an individual basis; the assistants were not expected to provide personal care. Providers needed to satisfy the council’s conditions of participation and financial requirements, and submit social value, price, quality and GDPR responses. Bidders had to register on the EastMidsTenders portal and the Central Digital Platform, with bids submitted electronically in English.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Community Life Choices for Leicestershire 2026

Notice Description

Leicestershire County Council (LCC) wishes to establish the provision of the Community Life Choices framework to deliver an enabling service that promotes independence and reduces or delays the need for long term support. The core aim of the service is to help people to achieve the outcomes that matter to them in their life, which is focused on the needs, goals and well-being of the person concerned. UK2 Notice - please note that LCC is not required by the Procurement Act to conduct preliminary market engagement and on this occasion did not undertake specific engagement on the current model being procured.

Lot Information

Group activities within a defined base and out in the wider community

This includes group support and one-to-one support provided in the community from a building base. Examples of one-to-one support include travel training, support with work and volunteering opportunities. Group support can include visiting venues and groups in the local community and further afield. Within the building base and in the community this may include the delivery of personal care.

Renewal: The Community Life Choices Service (CLC) framework will run from August 2026 until August 2029, with the option to extend to 31st August 2031 (3+2).

Managed Personal Assistants

The Provider will manage individual PAs with a view to the person managing their own PA(s) in the future. The Provider is asked to supply an appropriate PA and manage the recruitment, employment and support of that employee on behalf of the person in need of support. PAs are not expected to deliver personal care. This is on a one-to-one basis and is not offered as a group option. The PA cannot facilitate a group.

Renewal: The Community Life Choices Service (CLC) framework will run from August 2026 until August 2029, with the option to extend to 31st August 2031 (3+2).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-066845
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067551-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
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
£56,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£56,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
15 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
3 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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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
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Glenfield Faire
Westminster Constituency
Mid Leicestershire

Further Information

Notice Documents

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