Notice Information
Notice Title
Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)
Notice Description
Plymouth City Council wishes to reopen the ITT for the addition of registered residential and nursing care homes (with a PL postcode), with facilities that provide accommodation and care for individuals who require support due to age, disability, or health conditions, to join the Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework. The services offered by the Provider will range from assistance with daily living tasks to comprehensive nursing care for those with complex medical needs. Care homes should promote safety, dignity, and quality of life, while ensuring that People who draw on care and support receive tailored support to meet their individual needs. The Authority has split its requirement into lots: Lot One Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services (with a PL postcode) Lot Two Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services with innovation (with a PL postcode) A supplier may tender for one Lot or can also submit a combination tender covering more than one (or all) Lots.
Lot Information
Lot 1. Residential Care Home with or without Nursing Services with a PL postcode
Care homes aim to create a homelike environment, offering communal living spaces, meals, and recreational activities to foster social interaction and a sense of community. Residential Care provides support with daily living tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, and mobility. Suitable for individuals who do not require regular medical attention but need assistance with their overall well-being and safety. Also includes specialised, intensive support provided within a residential care home setting for individuals who have significant and complex needs. These needs can stem from physical disabilities, chronic medical conditions, mental health issues, or developmental disabilities that require round-the-clock care and supervision. Nursing Care provides support for individuals with complex medical needs or chronic health conditions that require regular or continuous medical oversight, within nursing homes. Nursing homes are often more clinical in nature, equipped with medical facilities to cater to high-level care needs, while still offering some social and recreational activities and will be able to manage intricate medical, physical, psychological, and social factors. It requires specialised knowledge, critical thinking, and coordination across disciplines to ensure optimal patient outcomes. The framework also welcome care homes that provide highly specialised and complex care for individuals with severe cognitive impairment and/or complex mental health needs and/or bariatric care requirements and/or behaviours that challenge, beyond the requirements of Residential High or Nursing High Needs Care.
Options: The Authority reserves the right, during the term of the contract, to procure additional services from the appointed Provider(s) where required to meet changing operational, demographic, legislative, or strategic needs. These options may include: Additional purchases of care home placements, including increases in the volume of placements commissioned under the contract. Service expansion, including the addition of care home capacity, specialist provision, new service user cohorts, or services delivered within additional geographical areas. Contract variations to reflect changes in legislation, statutory guidance, commissioning requirements, funding arrangements, performance measures, reporting requirements, or service specifications. Changes arising from Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), including changes to commissioning arrangements, governance structures, participating authorities, service boundaries, contract management arrangements, or service delivery requirements. These options may be exercised where there is an identified service need, available funding, and satisfactory provider performance. Any modifications will be undertaken in accordance with the terms of the contract and applicable procurement legislation.
Renewal: Original framework contract is 5 years, available extensions are 3 + 2 years
Lot 2. Residential & Nursing Care Home Services InnovationAs described in Lot 1 plus we would invite providers to self-select to join a group to work with us on future commissioning, contracting and procurement options for complex care. This will be framed as continuing the work already started with the market and include references to intermediate care and aspirations around pricing and staffing models which reduce the need for 1:1 support.
Options: The Authority reserves the right, during the term of the contract, to procure additional services from the appointed Provider(s) where required to meet changing operational, demographic, legislative, or strategic needs. These options may include: Additional purchases of care home placements, including increases in the volume of placements commissioned under the contract. Service expansion, including the addition of care home capacity, specialist provision, new service user cohorts, or services delivered within additional geographical areas. Contract variations to reflect changes in legislation, statutory guidance, commissioning requirements, funding arrangements, performance measures, reporting requirements, or service specifications. Changes arising from Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), including changes to commissioning arrangements, governance structures, participating authorities, service boundaries, contract management arrangements, or service delivery requirements. These options may be exercised where there is an identified service need, available funding, and satisfactory provider performance. Any modifications will be undertaken in accordance with the terms of the contract and applicable procurement legislation.
Renewal: Original framework contract is 5 years, available extensions are 3 + 2 years
Planning Information
We would like to engage with the Homecare market and attend the forthcoming market engagement events. The events will be in relation to the procurement of Light Touch services for Homecare Framework Tender in Plymouth. Plymouth City Council (PCC) are seeking to engage with the provider market who would be interested in providing Homecare Services. The services will be procured through 6 proposed lots: Lot 1: Core Community Homecare Lot 2: Dementia & Mental Health Lot 3: Rapid Response & Hospital Discharge Lot 4: Complex Care & Treatment of Disease, Disorder or Injury (TDDI) Lot 5: Carers Emergency Response Service (CERS) Lot 6: South-East & Rural Sector - Core Community Homecare Proposed contract: The Commissioners intend to procure these services with a planned start date of 1st April 2027. Contract period will be for 3 years plus 2 additional 3 year increments (3+3+3), with an end date subject to extension(s) of 31 March 2036. Estimated Annual Contract Value - length of contract (based on 2025/26): £201,686,778 Details of Homecare Framework Market engagement events: Event 1: The Strategy Launch & Vision (Face-to-Face) Where: Crownhill Court, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL6 5DH Date: Friday 14 August 2026 Time: 11.00 -13:00 (2 hours) ...................................................................................................... Event 2: Service Specification & Commercials Deep Dive (Face-to-Face) Where: Crownhill Court, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, PL6 5DH Date: Friday 21 August 2026 Time: 13.00 -16:00 (3 hours) .................................................................................................... Event 3: The Mass Briefing (Virtual) Where: Microsoft Teams Date: Wednesday 26 August 2026 Time: 13.30 -15.30 (2 hours) How to book a place: please email jointcommissioning@plymouth.gov.uk with the subject field of Plymouth Homecare Framework Market Event. Places will be restricted to 2 per organisation. We would value your input as part of our Market Engagement Survey https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/uksziUcAfZ
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06de45
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096361-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £500,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Oct 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Nov 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 6 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2030 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2027-02-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Plymouth City 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
- PLYMOUTH
- Postcode
- PL1 3BJ
- Postcode Area
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK41 Plymouth
- Delivery Location
- TLK41 Plymouth
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- Local Authority
- Plymouth
- Electoral Ward
- St Peter and the Waterfront
- Westminster Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096361-2026
13th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074930-2026
6th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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