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HH108-27-HB Adult Social Care Commissioning Flexible Framework

Open United Kingdom Health & social work

Buyer NHS Highland

90 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€2.8B
€2,835,791,175 · converted from GBP
Competition
Open race
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 90 days
  4. Awarded pending
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Open race

No supplier dominates: 6 different companies have won the last 7 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Based on 7 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.

Key points

NHS Highland, acting as the Lead Agency for Integrated Health and Social Care for Adults on behalf of the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership (HHSCP), is reopening its established Flexible Framework Agreement for the provision of Adult Social Care Services across the Highland Council area. This framework reopening will allow: existing framework providers to apply for admission to additional service lots; and potential new providers to apply for admission to the flexible framework. The services covered by the framework are: Lot 1: Care at Home Services Sub Lot 1A: Care at Home Sub Lot 1B: Enhanced Responder Service Sub Lot 1C: Specialist Overnight Service Lot 2: Residential and Nursing Care Home Placements Lot 3: Registered Day Care Services Lot 4: Supported Living Services Sub Lot 4A: Supported Living Sub Lot 4B: Housing Support Sub Lot 4C: Home-Based Respite Sub Lot 4D: Waking Night Responder Service New Contracts awarded under this existing flexible framework are expected to commence on 1 July 2027. Admission to the flexible framework does not guarantee the award of any contract, nor any minimum volume or value of business to providers.
Original text
NHS Highland, acting as the Lead Agency for Integrated Health and Social Care for Adults on behalf of the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership (HHSCP), is reopening its established Flexible Framework Agreement for the provision of Adult Social Care Services across the Highland Council area. This framework reopening will allow: existing framework providers to apply for admission to additional service lots; and potential new providers to apply for admission to the flexible framework. The services covered by the framework are: Lot 1: Care at Home Services Sub Lot 1A: Care at Home Sub Lot 1B: Enhanced Responder Service Sub Lot 1C: Specialist Overnight Service Lot 2: Residential and Nursing Care Home Placements Lot 3: Registered Day Care Services Lot 4: Supported Living Services Sub Lot 4A: Supported Living Sub Lot 4B: Housing Support Sub Lot 4C: Home-Based Respite Sub Lot 4D: Waking Night Responder Service New Contracts awarded under this existing flexible framework are expected to commence on 1 July 2027. Admission to the flexible framework does not guarantee the award of any contract, nor any minimum volume or value of business to providers.

Bid or no-bid?

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  1. Check this first:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Restricted procedure: suppliers first ask to take part, and only those the buyer selects are invited to bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €2.8B.

  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?

    90 days left, 65 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €98,661 and €179,321.

  6. In your favour:

    Do we know this buyer?

    6 different companies won the last 7 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Restricted procedure: suppliers first ask to take part, and only those the buyer selects are invited to bid.
  • Documents in English.

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What this buyer has paid before

Based on 5 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This notice
€2.8B
Median award
€128,295
Middle half of past awards
€98,661 to €179,321

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

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

The buyer

Full buyer profile

NHS Highland

United Kingdom

notices in the register
51
awards
46
awarded in total
€7.8M

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

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Custody and Offender Medical Services (COMS) 2 Sep 2026
Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Ltd 1 €409,282 Jul 2026
Pertemps Medical Limited 1 €179,321 Mar 2026
Marie Curie 1 €128,295 Apr 2025
Synaptik 1 €98,661 Mar 2026

Based on 7 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

Market context

Larger than 99% of the open notices in Health & social work across Europe.

open now in Health & social work
2,127
median open notice
€335,322

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