OpenStage · tender 1675 days to close

Approved Provider List (APL-1) - Care at Home (Domiciliary Care)

HealthcareCPV 85000000

Value£522.9m

Deadline31 Mar 2031

Published18 Mar 2024

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 18 Mar 20241675 days leftCloses 31 Mar 2031

Who to contact

Mark Woolford

mark.woolford@york.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£522.9mtotal contract value

median £380k

this tender£0£564.7m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

City of York Council publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 64 notices, roughly one every 18 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

10% of City of York Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

The Approved Provider List (APL) 1 - Care at Home (Domiciliary Care) "Service" will be delivered in the main in the customer's own home (including community based settings such as Independent Living Communities), but also in the community where it is appropriate to enable the Customer to achieve their agreed outcomes.

The "Service" is available to all adults aged 18 years and over who live within the City of York Council boundaries and have been referred to the "Service" by Adult Social Care (ASC).

The procurement of the services is via a DPS for a new Approved Provider List (APL) 1 - Care at Home (Domiciliary Care) "Service" and the DPS will be reviewed periodically.

What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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