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NHS Highland

NHS-676-Adult Shared Lives Service

HealthcareCPV 85300000
Value£567k
Deadline31 Aug 2026
Published31 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 31 Jul 202630 days leftCloses 31 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Jacqueline Paterson
nhsh.care-contracts@nhs.scot
+44 1463704000

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
£567ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provision of an Adult Shared Lives Service in Highland (excluding Argyll and Bute)

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d90d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
072798-2026
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