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Council residential care tenders from UK public buyers
Council residential care tenders open now: 9. In the 12 months to 23 October 2026, UK public buyers published 173 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to RS CARE HOMES LIMITED on 9 Oct 2026.
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Which council residential care tenders are open now?
9 notices with a deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.
Council residential care tenders matched by text
Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.
- Flexible Framework for the Provision of Care HomesBath & North East Somerset Council · Published 3 Sep 2026This is a flexible framework, procured under the light touch regime. The framework is open throughout it's life for suppliers of care homes within a specified radios of the BANES Boundary to join. The flexible framework will be used to purchase individual and block contracts from registered care£600,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Fri 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- COV - West Midlands Children's Regional Residential Care FrameworkCoventry City Council · Published 21 Sep 2026This framework is for the provision of children's residential care across the West Midlands region. Coventry City Council is the lead local authority for the framework, which can be accessed by the 14 West Midlands Local Authorities/Trusts and their successors/any successor bodies of any of the 14 e£4,946,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Fri 23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Residential and Nursing Care Homes for Adults - Framework AgreementNottinghamshire County Council · Published 11 Sep 2026Nottinghamshire County Council is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of residential and/or nursing care home services for adults. The Council intends to appoint multiple successful bidders as Providers under the Framework. The Framework will support individuals whose primary support nValue not stated in sourceCloses Mon 9 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Plymouth Adults' Care Home Framework (Reopening 2)Plymouth City Council · Published 13 Oct 2026Plymouth City Council wishes to reopen the ITT for the addition of registered residential and nursing care homes (with a PL postcode), with facilities that provide accommodation and care for individuals who require support due to age, disability, or health conditions, to join the Plymouth Adults' Ca£500,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Wed 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) provider list for the provision of Residential Care for Younger AdultsNottinghamshire County Council · Published 19 Feb 2026Nottinghamshire County Council has set up a DPS provider list under the light touch regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR2015) for the provision of Residential Care for Younger Adults. In line with the transition arrangements under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), the Council is exte£100,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Sat 31 Jul 2027, 12:00 BST
- Residential Care for Leicestershire ResidentsLeicestershire County Council · Published 13 Dec 2024Leicestershire County Council manages the commissioning and contracting arrangements for individual packages of residential care for individual people, eligible for social care support, who are residents of Leicestershire. This Provider List is for residential care for adults who have been assessed£700,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Thu 1 Feb 2029, 12:00 GMT
- Older Peoples Care HomesSheffield City Council · Published 15 Sep 2023Care Home provision in Sheffield forms an integral part of the Health and Social Care vision for the city. The focus remains on delivering, and continuing to improve, services that keep people well in the place they call home, help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce the time people mu£150,400,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Sun 4 Feb 2029, 13:00 GMT
- Residential and Nursing Care DPS (Dynamic Purchasing System)West Northamptonshire Council · Published 17 Mar 2023The Council has successfully improved outcomes for residents by embedding strengths-based approaches.The new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will provide a solid foundation to deliver improvements and innovation including working towards the integration of health and social care at the locality leve£293,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Sat 30 Apr 2033, 23:59 BST
- Framework Agreement for Adult Care and Nursing HomesHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Published 15 Jan 2024The Council is establishing a bespoke Framework under the Light Touch Regime (Regulations 74 to 77) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 through which residential and nursing care placements will be purchased (the Framework). The Care Home Framework will be available for the Council, Southampto£7,250,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract valueCloses Fri 31 Mar 2034, 12:00 BST
No stated deadline: 3 tender notices from the last 60 days
These are tender-stage notices whose source gives no deadline and no ended status. They are not counted as open above: check the official record before treating one as live.
- Framework Agreement For Residential Care and Nursing Care of Older PeopleBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Published 2 Oct 2026To support early adoption of National Living Wage increase and uplift in fees to address recruitment and retention issues facing care providers during the coming winter period.Value not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- SCC Residential and Nursing Care Homes DPSSurrey County Council · Published 30 Sep 2026Surrey County Council and Continuing Healthcare (CHC) NHS Surrey currently run a joint procurement to identify providers for Residential and Nursing Care Homes for Older People, using a Dynamic Purchasing System. A Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) was set up in October 2021, containing the followingValue not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- Residential and Nursing Care Home ServicesStaffordshire County Council · Published 14 Sep 2026The Council invites suppliers to tender to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (known as the DPS) for the provision of Residential and Nursing care home services.Value not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
Which buyers publish the most residential care for council buyers notices?
Hampshire County Council, with 12 notices of 173 in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.
Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 173 notices in the window, read 23 October 2026.
How many residential care for council buyers notices are published each month?
About 13 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was September 2026, with 40.
6 of the 30 residential care for council buyers notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (20%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.
Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.
| Stage | Notices |
|---|---|
| Award | 80 |
| Planning | 44 |
| Contract | 23 |
| Tender | 21 |
| Tender cancellation | 5 |
| Stated value | Notices |
|---|---|
| Under £25,000 | 8 |
| £25,000 to £100,000 | 6 |
| £100,000 to £500,000 | 5 |
| £500,000 to £2 million | 2 |
| £2 million or more | 9 |
Who has won residential care for council buyers contracts recently?
ARA CARE BENFIELD HALL LIMITED won 3 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.
On 9 Oct 2026, Borough of Telford & Wrekin recorded an award to RS CARE HOMES LIMITED for “Spot Contract for the Provision of Older People Residential and Nursing Services between Borough of Telford & Wrekin and RS Care Homes Limited”, at a recorded value of £436,800.
Read the award notice. Published award value
What counts as council residential care tenders here?
Residential care tenders published by council buyers: the same title rule as the UK-wide residential care hub, kept to notices whose buyer the council tenders hub recognises by name. Notices from other buyers with the same subject are on the residential care hub; the council hub lists every subject.
Classified
This hub is chosen by buyer or place, which the catalogue does not describe, so it uses no classification.
Matched by text
The buyer's name contains one of: residential care, care home, nursing home, nursing care, council, combined authority, borough of, city of [a-z]+ council. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.
Open the official notice
Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.Check the dates
Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.Check the route to market
A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.Look at who won before
The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.
Read the buyer’s own notice before you spend a day on any of these.
Track council residential care tenders in one workspace
9 notices open now
Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.Hampshire County Council published 12 notices
The most of any buyer here, out of 173 in the last 12 months.ARA CARE BENFIELD HALL LIMITED won 3 awards
The most of any supplier in the 103 award and contract notices read for this hub.About 13 notices a month
Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 173 in the 12-month window.
Questions about this page
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- 23 October 2025 to 23 October 2026, by publication date
- Classification
- Not used for this hub
- A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
- Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
- UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.
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