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title: "Home care for Leicestershire 2027"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07955c"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Leicestershire County Council"
published: "2026-11-02"
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# Home care for Leicestershire 2027

Buyer: Leicestershire County Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07955c

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## Summary

Leicestershire County Council is seeking independent home-care providers to deliver adult social care and healthcare to residents assessed as needing support at home. Services are intended to promote people’s health, safety, wellbeing and independence, helping them gain, maintain or regain skills and recover from illness. They should also help prevent avoidable hospital or residential-care admissions and support people leaving hospital or other building-based care. The requirement covers two service types: maintenance home care and live-in or 24-hour care. Care is to be delivered in Leicestershire. The council intends to work in partnership with providers that can meet its service specification, which is founded on Care Quality Commission regulations and the Care Act 2014.

The council invited offers through an open tender for places on a framework, with individual care packages allocated through call-off procedures. The tender was published on 2 November 2026. Enquiries were due by 20 November 2026 at 16:00 UTC, and bids by 9 December 2026 at 16:00 UTC. The framework is scheduled to run from 12 October 2027 to 11 October 2034; the award decision was due by 20 July 2027. The estimated total value is £496 million: £490 million for maintenance care and £1 million for live-in or 24-hour care. Both lots assess bids on quality; providers that pass all required elements are awarded a framework place. Providers must state an hourly rate within the guide rates. Electronic submissions are permitted in English.

This opportunity suits independent home-care organisations with the capability to deliver regulated adult care in people’s homes across Leicestershire. Suppliers need to demonstrate and maintain quality against the council’s service specification, including standards aligned with Care Quality Commission regulations and the Care Act 2014. Relevant operational strengths include safe, person-centred support that promotes wellbeing and independence, helps people recover skills after illness, and can reduce reliance on hospital or residential care. Providers able to support hospital discharge and transitions from building-based care may also be well placed. The framework offers routes to compete for packages in either ongoing maintenance care or intensive live-in and 24-hour care. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable participants.}

## Notice

Leicestershire County Council (the Authority) is committed to the delivery of high-quality Adult Social Care Services and Health Care Services within Home Care for residents of Leicestershire who are assessed as requiring Home Care. The Authority wishes to work in 'Partnership' with independent sector Home Care Providers ("Providers"), who can demonstrate and maintain quality standards in line with the Council's Service Specification ("Specification"), which has at its core the Care Quality Commission's Regulations and is in accordance with the Care Act 2014. Providers are required to deliver services focusing on the health, safety, enablement, progression and wellbeing of people who require such services. They must enable people to gain, maintain or regain skills to help them live independently and recover from illness. The Service, wherever possible, supports people to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and residential care. The service should also support people to be discharged from hospital or move out of long or short term, building based care.

### Lot Information

Lot 1. Home Care (maintenance)

Providers will be awarded packages of care for Homecare maintenance via the Call of Procedure described within the tender documentation

Lot 3. Home Care (Live in Care/24 Hour Care)

Providers will be awarded packages of care for Homecare Live in Care / 24 Hour Care via the Call of Procedure described within the tender documentation

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103640-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Nov 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Dec 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 12 Oct 2027 - 11 Oct 2034 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £496,000,000 |
| Lots value | £491,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Leicestershire County Council |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Postcode area | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 2 Nov 2026 at 11:25 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103640-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103640-2026
  2nd November 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.leics.gov.uk
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-052016
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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