--- title: "Residential and Nursing Care for Adults - Care Home Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-058594" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-058594" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058594.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058594.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-08-12" --- # Residential and Nursing Care for Adults - Care Home Services Buyer: MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-058594 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-058594) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-058594.json) ## Summary Manchester City Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for "Residential and Nursing Care for Adults - Care Home Services". The council is aiming to redesign care home services as part of its Achieving Better Outcomes Together programme, aligning with its 10-Year Care Home Strategy and the Our Manchester Strategy. A virtual market engagement session is scheduled for Tuesday, 26th August from 12pm to 2pm, offering potential providers the chance to participate in shaping the future of adult care home provision in Manchester. Interested parties should contact the Commissioning Manager, Gemma Williams, by 21st August 2025. The procurement category is services, with the expectation that the contract period will run from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2029, with possible extension to 2031. This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses involved in residential nursing care services to collaborate and innovate with a major public authority. Firms that can provide comprehensive care home services that are responsive, inclusive, and sustainable will be well-suited to compete in this tender. Manchester City Council encourages participation from organisations that can contribute valuable insights and solutions, helping to shape service specifications, key performance indicators, and quality assurance measures. Organisations registered as VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises) may find this particularly advantageous, as the procurement process supports such entities. This engagement is part of the light touch regime, focusing on collaborative engagement and innovative contracting solutions. ## Notice Manchester City Council is seeking to engage with existing and potential organisations of residential and nursing care homes for adults in relation to our Care Home Services needs. ### Planning Information Manchester City Council is committed to working collaboratively with both existing and prospective providers of residential and nursing care for adults as part of the re-design of care home services. This engagement process represents a key opportunity to co-develop a future model of care that is responsive, inclusive, and sustainable. We will be hosting a virtual market engagement session on Tuesday 26th August at 12pm - 2pm. Through this engagement session we aim to: Explore how care home services contribute to the Achieving Better Outcomes Together programme, align with the 10-Year care home strategy, overarching commissioning plan and the Our Manchester strategy.  Inform providers about the current market landscape including demographics for key service areas and share our contracting ambitions. Utilise provider insights to develop a range of commissioning and contract management options. This includes shaping service specifications, key performance indicators (KPIs), outcome and quality assurance measures, and identifying opportunities for innovation. We encourage all interested organisations to participate in this process and help shape the future of adult care home provision in Manchester. If you are interested in attending, please contact Gemma Williams - Commissioning Manager at gemma.williams2@manchester.gov.uk by no later than Thursday 21st August 2025. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047814-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Aug 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M60 2LA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Piccadilly | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85144100 - Residential nursing care services ## Release History - 12 Aug 2025 at 07:20 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047814-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/047814-2025 12th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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