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North Yorkshire Adult Social Care - Thriving Care Homes Framework

The North Yorkshire Council · Local authority

In brief

The North Yorkshire 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 8 years, starting 1 September 2027.

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

Usually high: a median of 21 bids per contract for this buyer (from 126 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work.

What the notice says

North Yorkshire Council (the Authority) is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement and to assist with drafting a future tender specification for the Thriving in Care Homes Framework. The Authority is looking to set up an open framework for a total duration of 8 years . There will be no limit to the number of suppliers that will be appointed to the framework. The framework will be split into two Lots. Lot 1 will cover the following service levels (tiers): • Tier 1 - Standard Care – For providers supporting people whose needs are generally stable and can be met through planned, consistent care delivery, without the need for…Read the full description
North Yorkshire Council (the Authority) is requesting information from suppliers to help determine the scope and feasibility of its requirement and to assist with drafting a future tender specification for the Thriving in Care Homes Framework. The Authority is looking to set up an open framework for a total duration of 8 years . There will be no limit to the number of suppliers that will be appointed to the framework. The framework will be split into two Lots. Lot 1 will cover the following service levels (tiers): • Tier 1 - Standard Care – For providers supporting people whose needs are generally stable and can be met through planned, consistent care delivery, without the need for intensive specialist intervention. • Tier 2 – Enhanced Care – For providers able to support people with more complex and fluctuating needs requiring frequent monitoring and responsive intervention to manage risk, distress, and deterioration. • Tier 3 – Frailty and Dementia (complex/specialist) – For providers able to support people whose needs are highly complex, unstable or associated with significant risk and require intensive specialist intervention, and often sustained intervention to maintain safety and stability Lot 2 - Specialist, is for providers that are able to support people with people with profound and multiple disabilities, in particular, people who may have learning disabilities, autism, mental health, physical disabilities, sensory impairments and/or acquired brain injury. The value within the notice has been published as £0, as the service is demand based it is not yet known what the maximum framework value will be. A maximum contract value will be confirmed in the tender notice once published. The Request for Information can be found by searching for Quote/Tender 100113049 in the YORTender system. Guidance on searching for an opportunity is available at the following link: https://youtu.be/HpaCOac31S8.

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 079211-2026

Last time this was bought

North Yorkshire Bed-based Intermediate Care Services (100-NYC-HA)

Awarded
23 July 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots

Matched on The North Yorkshire 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

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From notice 079211-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 19 August 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.