--- title: "Care Home Provision" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07855c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07855c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07855c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07855c.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "North East Lincolnshire Council" published: "2026-10-12" --- # Care Home Provision Buyer: North East Lincolnshire Council Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07855c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-07855c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-07855c.json) ## Summary North East Lincolnshire Borough Council is reviewing the local care home market and planning future care home arrangements. The work concerns residential care services and associated social work with accommodation, with a new service specification intended to support good-quality, sustainable and person-centred care that meets local people’s needs. Delivery is in North East Lincolnshire, including Grimsby. The council’s review will examine current contractual arrangements before deciding how future care home services should be commissioned. This is at the planning stage: the council has stated its intention to procure, but has not issued an invitation to tender. It plans to engage with residents, families, representatives, health and social care professionals and partners, followed by preliminary market engagement through YORtender to gather supplier views on current arrangements and possible future models. The planned procurement is presented as a single lot and is expected to use a framework agreement. The council anticipates publishing a further notice in June 2027 and having new arrangements in place by late 2027; both timings are indicative. The planned contract period runs from December 2027 to November 2032. The plans are relevant to care home providers and suppliers able to deliver residential care and related support in North East Lincolnshire. The council is seeking arrangements that sustain good-quality, person-centred care responsive to local needs, so providers with suitable care delivery models and an understanding of local health and social care services may be well placed to contribute to market engagement and prepare for the procurement. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable participants. The upcoming engagement offers these organisations a chance to share views on existing arrangements and potential future models before the procurement is brought to market. ## Notice North East Lincolnshire Council (the Authority) is commencing a review of the care home market and its future commissioning arrangements ahead of a planned procurement for provision of future care home arrangements. The review will consider current contractual arrangements and will include the development of a new service specification to ensure that future arrangements continue to support good-quality, sustainable and person-centred care that meets the needs of local people. The Authority will shortly undertake engagement with residents, their families and representatives, alongside professionals and partners working across health and social care. This engagement will help us understand what is working well, where improvements could be made and what should be considered within future arrangements. Following this initial engagement, the Authority intends to undertake a Preliminary Market Engagement exercise to gather the markets views on current arrangements and the Authority's ideas for future models. This will be conducted via the Authority's e-tender portal, YORtender - https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER The Council currently anticipates that new contractual arrangements will be in place by late 2027. This timetable is indicative and may be subject to change as the review and engagement activity progresses. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095949-2026 | | Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | 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 | 12 Oct 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Jun 2027 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Dec 2027 - 30 Nov 2032 | | 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 | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | North East Lincolnshire Council | | Locality | GRIMSBY | | Postcode area | Doncaster | | Postcode | DN31 1HU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | | ITL 3 | TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire | | Local authority | North East Lincolnshire | | Electoral ward | West Marsh | | Westminster constituency | Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes | | Delivery location | TLE13 North and North East Lincolnshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85144000 - Residential health facilities services - 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation ## Release History - 12 Oct 2026 at 10:37 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095949-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095949-2026 12th October 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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