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Social Care Procedures

Lancashire County Council

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24 Jul 2026 at 09:59

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Summary of the contracting process

Lancashire County Council procured the provision and ongoing maintenance of social care policies and procedures manuals. The requirement is a service supported by data services and software or information systems. Delivery covers council activity across England, including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, and South West. The council is based at County Hall in Preston. The requirement concerns maintaining operational policy and procedure manuals for social care, rather than general software supply alone. It is therefore most relevant to suppliers that combine social care policy content, procedure-management capability and the technical systems or information services needed to maintain and support those manuals across a geographically broad public-sector operation.

The procurement is complete and an active award was made to SIGNIS LIMITED, an SME based in Rotherham. The contract was signed on 10 July 2026. It was awarded through the G-Cloud 14 framework using a limited direct-award procedure without prior publication of a competition notice, under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The stated term is two years, with one optional 12-month extension. The requirement was evaluated on price. One bid was recorded; valid bid values ranged from £42,446 to £432,753, but no awarded contract value is published. The procurement was structured as one lot, with the lot record marked cancelled even though the associated award and contract are active. The selected supplier is SIGNIS LIMITED.

This award demonstrates demand from Lancashire County Council for a specialist social care policies-and-procedures manual service delivered through a public-sector cloud framework. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need authoritative social care policy and procedure content, the ability to maintain manuals over a multi-year service term, and systems or information-services expertise supporting controlled access, updates and reliable use by council teams. The route used here also shows the commercial importance of being an eligible supplier on a suitable framework, with the council selecting a direct award through G-Cloud 14 rather than running an open competition. An SME won the award, indicating that delivery is not limited to the largest technology or consultancy providers. Experience serving local-authority social care environments would strengthen credibility.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Social Care Procedures

Notice Description

Provision and maintenance of Social Care Policies and Procedures Manuals. Awarded via G-Cloud 14 for 2 years with one optional 12-months extension

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision and maintenance of Social Care Policies and Procedures Manuals.

Options: 1 x 12 months optional extension available

Procurement Information

Direct award via G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement under Public Contract Regulations 2015

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d2c5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070055-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

72300000 - Data services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Lancashire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR1 0LD
Postcode Area
Preston
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Signis Ltd

Further Information

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