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Lancashire Carers Assessment and Support Service
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 20 Jul 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Lancashire is home to more than 112,000 unpaid carers, representing approximately 9.6% of the population aged five years and over. This is higher than the national average of 8.8%. The estimated value of unpaid care provided by carers across Lancashire is approximately £3.7 billion per year.
The number of carers is expected to increase as the population ages, people live longer with complex conditions and more care continues to be delivered within family and community settings. Many carers balance caring responsibilities alongside employment, education, family commitments and their own health needs.
The Council recognises that while thousands of carers are currently known to services, many more remain unidentified and are therefore unable to benefit from available support. Hidden carers remain a significant challenge across Lancashire, particularly within working-age populations, rural communities and communities that traditionally experience barriers to accessing support.
Lancashire County Council (LCC) is in the process of undertaking an exercise to commission the Lancashire Carers Service. As part of an options appraisal, we wish to engage with key stakeholders in relation to a potential competitive procurement of the services.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 15 May 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 May 2025.
Release 021556-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 23 Mar 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 23 March 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 026112-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 20 Jul 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 20 July 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 068412-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-0513e3
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 27 Jul 2026, 08:13 BST
- Read at
- Sun 18 Oct 2026, 15:03 BST
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