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Buckinghamshire Council · Local authority

In brief

Buckinghamshire Council has announced plans to buy care and healthcare work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 61 months, up to 97 months with extensions, starting 1 May 2028.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 8 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

The Council is seeking to better understand the current market position and level of provider interest in delivering a 24-hour care and support service within an Extra Care Housing setting in the south of Buckinghamshire. The scheme comprises 75 affordable rented Extra Care apartments, which form part of a larger mixed-tenure Extra Care development, including both affordable and privately occupied accommodation. Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Council wishes to explore provider appetite, capability and potential operating models for delivering care and support within this environment. In particular, the Council is seeking to understand the market's approach to managing varying occupancy levels and associated void risk. Providers are invited to outline how their organisation manages occupancy and voids within Extra Care schemes, including whether they would be willing to assume all or part of the financial risk associated with unoccupied units, and any assumptions, limitations or commercial arrangements that would support such an approach. The information gathered through this exercise will help inform the Council's future commissioning intentions and provide a clearer understanding of the viability, sustainability and affordability of alternative service delivery models.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104306-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 105028-2026

Last time this was bought

Block Residential, Nursing and Extra Care Services for Adults in Buckinghamshire

Awarded
29 September 2025
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
7 December 2035

Matched on Buckinghamshire Council, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Buckinghamshire CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

73

Awards

34

Suppliers it has used most for care

All tenders and awards from Buckinghamshire Council

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From notice 104306-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 3 November 2026, last updated 5 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 5 November 2026.