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Unpaid Adult Carers Support Services
Cambridgeshire County Council · Local authority
In brief
Cambridgeshire County Council has announced plans to buy care work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £5,320,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 2 August 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 10 bids per contract for this buyer (from 33 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
The Unpaid Adult Carer Support Service is a key part of Adult Social Care’s (ASC) statutory and preventative approach to unpaid carer support.
It helps people to remain independent and delays the need for more intensive intervention by providing personalised support and connecting carers to services and activities in their local communities.
This not only improves outcomes for people receiving the support and those they care for but also enables the Council to effectively manage demand and associated costs.
The service is open to all adults aged 18 and over with caring responsibilities for people who are ordinarily resident in Cambridgeshire, with the goal of the service being to offer early intervention to adult carers, to improve health and wellbeing and prevent escalation of issues.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- 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.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 101249-2026
About the buyer
Cambridgeshire County CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
160Awards
69Suppliers it has used most for care
- Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind Ltd2 contracts
- Acorn 2 Oak Support Services Ltd1 contract
- Ag Family Support Ltd.1 contract
- Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough1 contract
- BDP Social Care Ltd1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £12.7mestimated
- £992kestimated
- £10.5mestimated
- £20mframework ceiling
- £252kestimated
From notice 101249-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 26 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 26 October 2026.