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Contract for a Befriending Network

Open United Kingdom Health & social work

Buyer Hartlepool Borough Council

30 days left

Key facts

Closes
14:00 (UTC)
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

29 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 19 and 31 days, based on 2,132 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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Hartlepool Borough Council seeks a provider to develop a Befriending Network. The service has previously aimed at reducing social isolation of older people in Hartlepool and, following a review, is being expanded to socially excluded working aged people aged 18 and over, as well as older people. The provider will work with people for a specified amount of time to increase confidence and resilience, reduce social isolation and increase social contact by matching participants with volunteer Befrienders. Buyers and suppliers should note the service covers both older and working age adults in the Hartlepool area.

Description

Hartlepool Borough Council has previously commissioned a Befriending Network aimed at reducing social isolation of older people within Hartlepool. Following a service review, we are looking to expand this offer to socially excluded working aged people aged 18 + as well as older people. We would like the successful Provider to develop a Befriending Network that will work with people for a specified amount of time to increase confidence and resilience, reduce social isolation and increase social contact by matching people with volunteer Befrienders.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Health & social work.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    30 days left, 22 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €55,674 and €442,608.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 22 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 261 awards for Health & social work in United Kingdom.

Median award
€133,397
Middle half of past awards
€55,674 to €442,608

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it has no mark on the scale. The official documents may state one.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Hartlepool Borough Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
22
awards
17

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
17
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
18%

Based on 17 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Health & social work - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
CARE LINE HOMECARE LIMITED 28 €1.9M Sep 2026
SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED 22 €1.6M Sep 2026
People Asset Management Ltd 8 €2.8M Aug 2026
ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED 7 €524,843 Oct 2026
18 Week Support Limited 5 €728,858 Sep 2026

Based on 562 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

3 open tenders right now

Market context

Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) publishes no value for this notice, so it cannot be placed among the open notices of its sector. The official documents may state one.

open now in Health & social work
2,354
median open notice
€498,107

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Health & social work

different companies won awards here
436
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
10%
buyers awarded contracts here
213

Based on 555 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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