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Social Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £100,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTClosed.
- Published
- 20 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.
This procurement exercise is to establish a ‘National Flexible Framework Agreement’ in accordance with Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, “the Regulations” (further referred to as 'the Flexible Framework Agreement (FFA)') for the provision of trained and vetted Social Care Agency Workers in a variety of social care settings.
Once established, subject to the terms of the FFA, there may be opportunities for admission of new suppliers and existing suppliers may vary their service (see the Procurement Documents for full details).
The value provided in II.1.5 is an ESTIMATE only.
TENDER INFORMATION SESSIONS
Scotland Excel is running Tenderer Information Sessions on the following dates
– 22 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm and
- 23 September 2026 @ 1pm - 2.30pm.
Please contact adultsocialcare@scotland-excel.org.uk if you would like to attend either session.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85300000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 8 Dec 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 8 December 2025.
Release 080806-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 15 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 15 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Deadline in this release: Tue 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST.
Release 087374-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 20 Oct 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 20 October 2026. Stated change: Scotland Excel has been notified of a service disruption to Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) that occurred on Monday 19th October. Although Public Contracts Scotland Tenders (PCS-T) was unaffected by the disruption, the deadline for the Social Care Agency Workers (Ref. 1125) framework has now been extended to enable tenderers additional time to complete and submit their offer. A compliant tender must now be completed and submitted electronically on PCS-T before 12 noon on Wednesday 21st October 2026. Kind regards, Scotland Excel
Release 098905-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f132
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Wed 21 Oct 2026, 07:10 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 20:20 BST
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