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Residential and Nursing Care Home Partnership Framework in Herefordshire

Herefordshire Council · Local authority

In brief

Herefordshire 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.

It is a framework worth up to £484,000,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 8 years, starting 1 December 2026.

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 19 bids per contract for this buyer (from 13 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. The £484,000,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

Herefordshire Council is seeking to establish an Open Care Home Partnership Framework for the provision of residential and nursing care placements for Older People, Working Age Adults, and short-term discharge and reablement placements. The framework will support long-term partnership arrangements with providers to improve market sustainability, quality, outcomes for residents, and value for money. The framework will operate as an open framework, allowing providers to apply to join at defined intervals throughout its term.

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 022893-2026
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 028493-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 061119-2026
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 077765-2026
  5. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 087975-2026
  6. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 087978-2026

About the buyer

Herefordshire CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

107

Awards

73

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From notice 022893-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 13 March 2026, last updated 16 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.