Coming up· published 9 Jul 2025
Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without Nursing) for Older People
Warwickshire County Council · Warwick, West Midlands
Warwickshire County Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Warwick.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 08:53
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2031
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Warwickshire County Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Warwick. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 31 July 2026 to 31 July 2031. It lasts 5 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 9 July 2025. The notice number is 038449-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Warwickshire County Council is conducting a preliminary market engagement focused on "Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without Nursing) for Older People" within the health and social work services sector. This market engagement exercise is in the planning stage and aims to gather insights from residential care providers about future commissioning, specifically for block bed arrangements in the Warwickshire region.
Interested parties must express their interest via Warwickshire's e-tendering system, CSW-JETS, before the scheduled milestone due date of 31st August 2025. This procurement initiative falls under the "services" category, indicating a specific interest in light-touch regimes above the procurement threshold.
Smaller enterprises (SMEs) and organisations in the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors are encouraged to participate, with a contract period potential start from August 2026 to July 2031, and possible extension to 2033. These block contracts ensure a constant demand for care home services, predictable income, and streamlined administrative duties, advantageous for providers looking to secure a reliable revenue stream while contributing to community care projects.
The notice in full
This is a preliminary market engagement exercise. The Council is seeking views from providers of residential care (with or without nursing care) on the future commissioning of block bed arrangements in Warwickshire. The Council currently holds block contracts for 258 beds in care homes in Warwickshire for people aged 65+.
The Council pays a rate of around PS750 per bed per week for an allocation of beds with each contracted provider and the provider and the Council work to ensure that the utilisation of this capacity is managed closely and void levels are at a minimum during the contract.
The Council and the providers recognise that the block contracts have a number of benefits: Confirmed supply of beds at affordable rates for WCC; Reliable demand and income for the care homes; Faster referral and admission times, and minimal contracting admin for each new person moving into a block bed. The Council wishes to increase the number of beds it block contracts.
This would include more beds at the current block rate levels, but the Council would also be interested in care home providers proposals about block contracting for services to meet the needs of people with higher support needs than could be arranged at the current fee levels. If you have any questions regarding this Market testing exercise, then please contact absa@warwickshire.gov.uk or raise a query using the correspondence function.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2031 (5 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 038449-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Warwick
- Town
- Coventry
- Postcode
- CV34 4SA
- Electoral ward
- Warwick Saltisford
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Delivery area
- Warwickshire CC
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Warwickshire CC
- Area
- Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Warwickshire County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Warwick, CV34 4SA · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038449-2025
- In-Tend portal, to register and bidin-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-055ba6 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without… tender open?
Warwickshire County Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without… contract?
The contract runs from 31 July 2026 to 31 July 2031 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without…?
Warwickshire County Council, based in Warwick, West Midlands.
How do I bid for Market Testing for Block Contracts for Residential Care Homes (with or without…?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
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