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title: "Call off for Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North Northamptonshire"
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published: "2026-08-28"
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# Call off for Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North Northamptonshire

Buyer: North Northamptonshire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ee64

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## Summary

North Northamptonshire Council procured home care services to support Discharge to Assess into Community. The service enables people who are medically fit to leave hospital, but have identified social care needs, to return to their own homes for a period of care and assessment before a longer-term arrangement is identified. Its purpose is to improve hospital discharge, reduce delayed transfers of care and support pressures across health and social care services. The work is health and social care provision (CPV 85000000) delivered across North Northamptonshire, covering the Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northamptonshire localities. This is a service requirement for home care providers able to support vulnerable people safely in their own homes during transition from hospital to ongoing care.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a call-off competition under North Northamptonshire Council’s existing Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System. It used a limited procedure without a prior publication of a call for competition. The four locality lots are recorded as cancelled, while 15 active awards and contracts were made: Universal Care Services (UK) Limited, Caredom Healthcare, CT Care Ltd, ASHVIC 24/7 QUALITY CARE SERVICES LIMITED, Clover Healthcare Limited, Lavender Support Services Ltd, Phoenix All Care Ltd, Dunamis Healthcare Ltd, LifeSprings Care Services Ltd, Mega Resources Limited, Better Living Support Group Ltd, Alpha Health and Social Care Services Ltd, Aroma Care People Ltd, OSMANTHUSCARELTD and Tarynatt Healthcare Ltd. Each contract is valued at £208,000, was signed on 28 August 2026, starts on 1 September 2026 and runs for 37 months including a 12-month extension option. Quality carried 100% of the evaluation weighting; price carried 0%.

This award demonstrates established demand from North Northamptonshire Council for home care that can begin promptly after hospital discharge and operate across several localities. A credible future supplier would need to provide safe, reliable care in people’s homes, support assessment of changing needs and work effectively with health and social care professionals to move people towards suitable long-term arrangements. Providers should be able to manage geographically distributed delivery across North Northamptonshire and maintain sufficient staffing and operational resilience for year-round pressures. The competition attracted between four and eight bids for the individual awards, and all recorded suppliers were small or medium-sized enterprises. The evaluation placed all weight on quality, so demonstrable care quality, safeguarding, workforce capability, continuity, responsiveness and experience of discharge-to-assess or comparable community care would be central to competing when this requirement returns.

## Notice

North Northamptonshire Council (hereafter referred to as "The Council") invited quotations for the provision Call-off for North Northamptonshire Council Discharge to Assess (DTA) into Community under the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire. The Council invited Providers who submitted an Expression of Interest in response to the Expression of Interest - Call off to Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North Northamptonshire' published via ProContract on 22 May 2026. This provision enables timely hospital discharge to an individual's own home for those people with identified social care needs that are medically fit for discharge and require a further period of care and assessment to identify an appropriate long-term care arrangement. DTA provision seeks to promote improved demand management and flow across the health and social care system to reduce the number of Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC) and support the Health and Social care system for the potential impact of all year-round pressures. The Contract will start from Tuesday 01 September 2026. The duration of the contract will be for 2 years and 1 month + option to extend for 12 months, making a total of 37 months (end date aligned with the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS).

### Lot Information

Corby Locality

Services for Corby locality

Options: The duration of the contract will be for 2 years and 1 month + option to extend for 12 months, making a total of 37 months (end date aligned with the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS).

Kettering Locality

Services for Kettering Locality

Options: The duration of the contract will be for 2 years and 1 month + option to extend for 12 months, making a total of 37 months (end date aligned with the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS).

Wellingborough Locality

Services of Wellingborough locality

Options: The duration of the contract will be for 2 years and 1 month + option to extend for 12 months, making a total of 37 months (end date aligned with the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS).

East Northamptonshire Locality

Services for East Northamptonshire locality

Options: The duration of the contract will be for 2 years and 1 month + option to extend for 12 months, making a total of 37 months (end date aligned with the North Northamptonshire Council Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS).

### Procurement Information

The contract has been awarded following a call-off competition conducted in accordance with the terms of an existing framework agreement/Dynamic Purchasing System established and procured in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract was awarded under the terms of the North Northamptonshire Council - North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services for North Northamptonshire DPS. F21: Social and other specific services - public contracts (contract notice) Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-010107 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03bd2f

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082107-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £208,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Northamptonshire Council |
| Locality | CORBY |
| Postcode area | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN17 1QG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Corby West |
| Westminster constituency | Corby and East Northamptonshire |
| Delivery location | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 15 |
| Supplier names | UNIVERSAL CARE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED; Caredom Healthcare; CT Care Ltd; ASHVIC 24/7 QUALITY CARE SERVICES LIMITED; Clover Healthcare Limited; Lavender Support Services Limited; PHOENIX ALL CARE LTD; Dunamis Healthcare Ltd; LifeSprings Care Services Ltd; Mega Resources Limited; Better Living Support Group Ltd; Alpha Health & Social Care Services Ltd; Aroma Care People Ltd; OSMANTHUSCARELTD; Tarynatt Healthcare Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 28 Aug 2026 at 11:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082107-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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