Notice Information
Notice Title
Care Home Services (Older People)
Notice Description
Cornwall Council is re-contracting Care Services for Older People, for providers with existing care homes registered and located within Cornwall. This will allow the Council to maintain the delivery of nursing and residential care services for older people based on existing care homes and will ensure care services are available to older people whilst the Council progresses a development framework for new schemes to bridge the gap between supply and demand in Cornwall. The new contract will commence from 1st April 2026, following the close of the existing integrated care service contract with the NHS (covering Working Age Adults and Older People). The maximum contract duration will be 8 years. This will include an initial duration of four (4) years, with an initial option to extend by two (2) years and a final option to extend by a further two (2) years. The Council intends to publish the Invitation To Tender (ITT) on 10th October 2025. Full details of the services, ITT process and timeline will be included in the ITT documentation attached to the ITT. Providers are invited to express interest via the advert on Supplying the Southwest. Opportunity ID: DN775088. Further information relating to market engagement activity undertaken by the Council is included in the advert. Please note that the Council is running two separate ITTs for Care Services: - Re-contracting the provision of care services for Working Age Adults with existing care homes DN763294 - A new contract for the provision of care services with new development schemes in Cornwall DN770144
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Initial option to extend for 2 years Final extension 1 year
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06825e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033938-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- 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
85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- £1,200,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CORNWALL 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
- TRURO
- Postcode
- TR1 3AY
- Post Town
- Truro
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cornwall
- Electoral Ward
- Truro Boscawen & Redannick
- Westminster Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033938-2026
14th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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