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title: "Care home services and care home redevelopment opportunities in Cornwall"
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# Care home services and care home redevelopment opportunities in Cornwall

Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-653afd58-1571-40c2-9d15-dd2c5784c14e

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## Summary

The Cornwall Council is currently inviting business participation in a procurement process for the provision of care home services and care home redevelopment opportunities in Cornwall. The procurement process is at the planning stage, with an engagement end date set for 29th September 2023. The opportunity falls under the industry category of Construction work and Real estate services, with a contract value of £172,000,000. Interested businesses should engage with the Council through the provided platforms to explore this opportunity.

This tender by Cornwall Council presents an opportunity for businesses involved in construction, real estate services, health, and social work services. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are encouraged to participate. The scope of the opportunity includes purchasing land, building and operating care homes, securing funding for redevelopment, and providing care services in Cornwall. Businesses with expertise in these areas are well-suited to compete for this rewarding contract.

## Notice

Cornwall Council (the 'Council') published a contract notice (2023/S 000-019524) on the 7th July 2023 to commence a procurement process for an opportunity titled 'Care home services and care home re-development opportunities in Cornwall - DN635670'. Following the return date for this procurement process and the Council's evaluation of the responses received the Council has taken a decision to abandon this procurement process and are now conducting some additional market engagement to further understand how the Council could make this opportunity more attractive to potential applicants ahead of a second procurement process. If you are interested in participating in the Council's soft market engagement exercise please refer to the instruction provided in the Additional Details section of this notice. Full details of the Council's abandoned procurement process are provided in the soft market engagement document, an overview is also provided in the Additional Details section of this notice. Additional information: If you are interested in participating in the Council's soft market engagement you are invited to: a) Register on the Council's Due-North system https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk , b) Express an interest in the project titled "Care services and the re-development of two care homes in Cornwall - DN635670", c) Download the soft market engagement document, d) Complete the "Information Required" section at the end of soft market engagement document, and e) Return your completed soft market engagement document via the ProContract system https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk by 12 noon Friday 29th September 2023. Providers participating in this soft market engagement exercise are asked to note the following: - This soft market engagement is an information gathering exercise only, - Any proposals submitted by providers will be subject to the development and approval by the Council, and, as such, this exercise implies no commercial commitment and is not a formal tender document, and - Participation in this soft market engagement will not prejudice a provider participating in any future procurement for the opportunity in this document. Within the Council's abandoned procurement the Council sought to procure one (1) Service Provider to deliver care services and the redevelopment of the following two care home Sites located in Cornwall: - Site 1 - Trefula Nursing Home, St Day, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5ET, and - Site 2 - Trengrouse, Trengrouse Way, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8BA. The Council's abandoned procurement required the Service Provider to: 1)Purchase of the freehold interest in the two (2) Sites with a restriction for the Service Provider to build and operate a care home on each Site. 2) Undertake the operational management of the existing nursing care home at Site 1 while the Service Provider redevelops Site 1 in accordance with the Contract that will include the provision of care services and dedicate access to a number of guaranteed beds for Council placements that must be priced either below or within the Council's fee methodology, 3) Secure funding, to enable the Service Provider to design, obtain planning permission, redevelop and construct a scheme on each of the two (2) Sites. As a minimum each scheme must include a new build care home on each Site to provide accommodation that is fit for purpose, designed to modern standards and meets the Council's design principles for new build care homes, good practice for dementia friendly environments and any relevant CQC and legislative requirements. In addition to providing a new build care home on each of the two (2) Sites, the Service Provider will also be required to gain the best possible use of the wider Sites, and 4) Following completion of the schemes, to own and undertake the operational management of the scheme at each of the two (2) Sites and provide the provision of care services at the two (2) new build care homes developed on the Sites in accordance with the Council's care services contract that requires the Service Provider to provide the Council with dedicated access to a number of the guaranteed beds and the ability to spot purchase additional beds for local authority placements that must be priced below or within the Council's fee methodology Full details of the Council's abandoned procurement process is also provided in the soft market engagement document.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad07d693-5c52-401e-b6cd-fa1e64633c6d |
| Notice type | Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Not specified |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Sep 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 29 Sep 2023 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £172,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 70 - Real estate services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 45000000 - Construction work
- 70000000 - Real estate services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 27 Sep 2023 at 11:48 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad07d693-5c52-401e-b6cd-fa1e64633c6d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad07d693-5c52-401e-b6cd-fa1e64633c6d
  27th September 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=5ca034d6-df11-ee11-8123-005056b64545
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk
- https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

## Provenance

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