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Care Home Services

Cornwall Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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22 Oct 2026 at 08:52

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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22 Oct 2026 at 08:49

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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09 Oct 2026 at 15:46

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cornwall Council has awarded a care home services contract to Sanctuary Care Limited for on-site care and support. The work is classified as social work services with accommodation and is to be delivered in Cornwall. This is a service requirement for people needing care and support in a residential setting, rather than a supply of goods or construction work. The council is the buyer, while Sanctuary Care Limited is the selected provider. The procurement is focused on the delivery of care home services under the council’s strategic partnership arrangements.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Sanctuary Care Limited by direct award. Cornwall Council relied on the supplier’s claimed exclusive rights under its Strategic Partnership Agreement, stating that there were no reasonable alternatives. The award date was 28 August 2026 and the awarded value is £1,082,000,000. The contract period is 1 January 2027 to 30 September 2034, with options for three further eight-year periods and one further four-year period, to a maximum total duration of 36 years. The council expects the contract to be signed by 16 November 2026. The procurement was not divided into separately described lots, and no evaluation criteria are recorded.

For suppliers assessing future care home opportunities with Cornwall Council, this award indicates demand for large-scale, long-term residential care and on-site support. A credible competitor would need the operational capacity to run care home services across Cornwall over an extended contract, with the workforce and service delivery capability required for continuing residential care. The council’s stated basis for this award was an exclusive right arising from a strategic partnership, rather than a competitive comparison of bids. Suppliers should therefore take account of the buyer’s existing partnership arrangements and whether they could establish a position capable of addressing the same requirement when it next comes to market. The selected provider is a large care company, indicating the scale of organisation that secured this contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Care Home Services

Notice Description

Care Home Services - Sanctuary

Procurement Information

Cornwall Council (the "Authority") wishes to award a contract to the Supplier for the delivery of on-site care and support services. The Authority considers it can directly award a contract to the Supplier under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 in reliance on direct award justification in paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023. This allows direct award where: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required; and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. The Supplier is party to a 40 year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) with the Authority, commencing in 2022. The SPA holds that the Authority provide for the agreement of a new Care Contract on a reasonably balanced basis for similar forms of contract and to be on no worse terms than the Care Homes Contract. The Authority's position is that the SPA creates an exclusive right for the Supplier to be awarded a new care contract. On the basis "a particular supplier has exclusive rights which means only that supplier can supply the services and there are no reasonable alternatives to those services"

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078506
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099751-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,082,000,000 £1B-£10B
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Oct 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Aug 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Jan 2027 - 30 Sep 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cornwall Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3AY
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Sanctuary Care

Further Information

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