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title: "NCC004 Home Care Flexible Purchasing System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f969"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Northumberland County Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# NCC004 Home Care Flexible Purchasing System

Buyer: Northumberland County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f969

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## Summary

Northumberland County Council established a flexible purchasing system for home care services for adults with care and support needs. The requirement covers health and social care delivered in Northumberland, divided into ten geographical areas. Services are organised through a three-tier model, allowing care providers to support adults in their own homes. The procurement falls within the health and social work services category (CPV 85000000) and was run under the Light Touch Regime. The council is the buying organisation and the arrangement is intended to provide home care across the county. It is relevant to domiciliary care providers, home support organisations and wider health and social care businesses able to operate across one or more Northumberland areas.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. A flexible purchasing system was established, with one lot covering the requirement. The contract was signed on 21 March 2019 and has a stated duration of 3,600 days. Its estimated total value is £340,000,000 in total over the contract period. The award includes a large group of suppliers, including Burn Brae Care, Eleanor Nursing & Social Care, Homecare Plus Limited, My Homecare, Ascot Care, Helping Hands, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Northumbria Healthcare Trust and many other providers. The published value was later increased to £340,000,000 because the original provision did not account fully for inflation and actual and forecast spending were higher than previously reflected.

This procurement demonstrates substantial and sustained demand from Northumberland County Council for home care delivered across a broad county-wide service model. The awarded supplier base includes many small and medium-sized care providers alongside larger organisations, charities, hospices and an NHS trust. Credible competitors would therefore need established domiciliary care operations, the workforce and management capacity to support adults with care and support needs, and the ability to deliver reliably in one or more local geographical areas. Providers with strong local coverage may be well placed for individual areas, while larger operators may suit wider delivery. Experience working within structured council-funded care arrangements and the capacity to participate in a multi-provider purchasing system would be commercially relevant when this requirement next reaches the market.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This Flexible Purchasing System established a framework for the provision of home care services for adults with care and support needs. The procurement was undertaken under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The contract established a three tier model for the provision of services, split into ten geographical regions within Northumberland.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086987-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 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 | £340,000,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Northumberland County Council |
| Locality | MORPETH |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE61 2EF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC42 Northumberland |
| Local authority | Northumberland |
| Electoral ward | Morpeth Kirkhill |
| Westminster constituency | North Northumberland |
| Delivery location | TLC21 Northumberland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 30 |
| Supplier names | Burn Brae Care Limited; Eleanor Nursing and Social Care; Home Care Plus; My Homecare; ascot care; Helping Hands; L S Care Limited; Leonard Cheshire Disability; Age UK; Aspire Health and Care; Care Visions; Careline; Copper Beach; Everlasting Care; G&P Healthcare Ltd; safehands homecare; Affinity Care and Support Services Ltd; Axis Care Group Ltd; Bluebird Care; Boomerang Healthcare Limited; CEL Homecare Limited; EDE CARE LTD; Issac; John Jasper Care; MAGNUS CARE LTD; Odara Care Limited; ppl care services ltd; Routes Healthcare (North) Ltd; TC CARE GLOBAL LTD; You Us Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 15:26 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086987-2026

## Notice URLs

- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:555852-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/

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