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Home care for Leicestershire 2027

Leicestershire County Council

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02 Nov 2026 at 11:25

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Summary of the contracting process

Leicestershire County Council is seeking independent home-care providers to deliver adult social care and healthcare to residents assessed as needing support at home. Services are intended to promote people’s health, safety, wellbeing and independence, helping them gain, maintain or regain skills and recover from illness. They should also help prevent avoidable hospital or residential-care admissions and support people leaving hospital or other building-based care. The requirement covers two service types: maintenance home care and live-in or 24-hour care. Care is to be delivered in Leicestershire. The council intends to work in partnership with providers that can meet its service specification, which is founded on Care Quality Commission regulations and the Care Act 2014.

The council invited offers through an open tender for places on a framework, with individual care packages allocated through call-off procedures. The tender was published on 2 November 2026. Enquiries were due by 20 November 2026 at 16:00 UTC, and bids by 9 December 2026 at 16:00 UTC. The framework is scheduled to run from 12 October 2027 to 11 October 2034; the award decision was due by 20 July 2027. The estimated total value is £496 million: £490 million for maintenance care and £1 million for live-in or 24-hour care. Both lots assess bids on quality; providers that pass all required elements are awarded a framework place. Providers must state an hourly rate within the guide rates. Electronic submissions are permitted in English.

This opportunity suits independent home-care organisations with the capability to deliver regulated adult care in people’s homes across Leicestershire. Suppliers need to demonstrate and maintain quality against the council’s service specification, including standards aligned with Care Quality Commission regulations and the Care Act 2014. Relevant operational strengths include safe, person-centred support that promotes wellbeing and independence, helps people recover skills after illness, and can reduce reliance on hospital or residential care. Providers able to support hospital discharge and transitions from building-based care may also be well placed. The framework offers routes to compete for packages in either ongoing maintenance care or intensive live-in and 24-hour care. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable participants.}

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Home care for Leicestershire 2027

Notice Description

Leicestershire County Council (the Authority) is committed to the delivery of high-quality Adult Social Care Services and Health Care Services within Home Care for residents of Leicestershire who are assessed as requiring Home Care. The Authority wishes to work in 'Partnership' with independent sector Home Care Providers ("Providers"), who can demonstrate and maintain quality standards in line with the Council's Service Specification ("Specification"), which has at its core the Care Quality Commission's Regulations and is in accordance with the Care Act 2014. Providers are required to deliver services focusing on the health, safety, enablement, progression and wellbeing of people who require such services. They must enable people to gain, maintain or regain skills to help them live independently and recover from illness. The Service, wherever possible, supports people to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and residential care. The service should also support people to be discharged from hospital or move out of long or short term, building based care.

Lot Information

Lot 1. Home Care (maintenance)

Providers will be awarded packages of care for Homecare maintenance via the Call of Procedure described within the tender documentation

Lot 3. Home Care (Live in Care/24 Hour Care)

Providers will be awarded packages of care for Homecare Live in Care / 24 Hour Care via the Call of Procedure described within the tender documentation

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07955c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103640-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
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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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£496,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£491,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Nov 2026Today
Submission Deadline
9 Dec 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
12 Oct 2027 - 11 Oct 2034 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
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
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Glenfield Faire
Westminster Constituency
Mid Leicestershire

Further Information

Notice Documents

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