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HH108-27-HB Adult Social Care Commissioning Flexible Framework
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £2,421,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- Thu 31 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.
- Published
- 2 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
NHS Highland, acting as the Lead Agency for Integrated Health and Social Care for Adults on behalf of the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership (HHSCP), is reopening its established Flexible Framework Agreement for the provision of Adult Social Care Services across the Highland Council area.
This framework reopening will allow:
existing framework providers to apply for admission to additional service lots; and potential new providers to apply for admission to the flexible framework.
The services covered by the framework are:
Lot 1: Care at Home Services
Sub Lot 1A: Care at Home
Sub Lot 1B: Enhanced Responder Service
Sub Lot 1C: Specialist Overnight Service
Lot 2: Residential and Nursing Care Home Placements
Lot 3: Registered Day Care Services
Lot 4: Supported Living Services
Sub Lot 4A: Supported Living
Sub Lot 4B: Housing Support
Sub Lot 4C: Home-Based Respite
Sub Lot 4D: Waking Night Responder Service
New Contracts awarded under this existing flexible framework are expected to commence on 1 July 2027.
Admission to the flexible framework does not guarantee the award of any contract, nor any minimum volume or value of business to providers.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85000000
- 85144100
- 85312100
- 98000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 23 Dec 2024Tender notice
Tender notice published 23 December 2024.
Deadline in this release: Mon 31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST.
Release 041410-2024
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 2 Oct 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 2 October 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Thu 31 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 093151-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cca5
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Fri 9 Oct 2026, 08:16 BST
- Read at
- Sat 17 Oct 2026, 03:52 BST
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