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Coming up· published 22 May 2025

Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System

Liverpool City Council · Liverpool, North West

Liverpool City Council is planning Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System. It is a contract for other health and social care in Liverpool.

Source: Find a Tender, published 22 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Pipeline notice published

    UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 07:56

    View notice
  2. 2025

    Tender notice expected

    Date given in the buyer's earlier notice

  3. 2025

    Contract starts

  4. Next

    2030

    Contract ends

    5 years after it starts

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About this tender

In brief

Liverpool City Council is planning Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System. It is a contract for other health and social care in Liverpool. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2030. It lasts 5 years.

Find a Tender published it on 22 May 2025. The notice number is 024440-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-051c7f.

Summary of the contracting process

Liverpool City Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System." This initiative falls under the services category, specifically targeting the provision of residential nursing care services.

The procurement aims to establish a flexible purchasing system to facilitate various contracts such as older people's short and long-term placements, respite and specialist placements, as well as services related to rapid hospital discharge and managing winter pressures. This tender is categorized under a "lightTouch" special regime.

Key dates include the planned start of the contract on 1st December 2025, running until 30th November 2030, with future notice expected by 1st July 2025. The contracting authority, Liverpool City Council, is situated in Liverpool, United Kingdom, at the Cunard Building, with further details available via their contact email, commercialprocurement@liverpool.gov.uk.

Organisations capable of delivering flexible and specialist care solutions, especially in rapid response and transitional services, would find this procurement process particularly beneficial. The contract's flexible nature allows small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the opportunity to bid for specific parts of the tender that align with their capabilities.

The notice in full

To establish a flexible purchasing system that enables the council to call off contracts for the following; 1. older people's short term placements 2. older people's long term placements 3. older people's respite placements 4. older people's specialist placements 5.

As 1-4 for working age placements 6. rapid hospital discharge services 7. miscellaneous provision, for example block contracts to manage winter pressures, intermediate care placements (spot), transitional placements, designated beds (as required by DHSC during Covid).

Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Other health and social care
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
1 Dec 2025 to 30 Nov 2030 (5 years)

Procedure

Notice type
UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Current stage
Planning
Stages so far
Planning
Published on
Find a Tender Service

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
Planned
Lots
Planned

Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.

References

Find a Tender notice
024440-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c7f
CPV code
85144100 - Residential nursing care services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Liverpool City Council is based in Liverpool. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Liverpool
Town
Liverpool
Postcode
L3 1DS
Electoral ward
Waterfront South
Constituency
Liverpool Riverside
Region
North West
Sub-region
Liverpool
Area
Merseyside
Country
England
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Buyer

Contracting authority

Organisation
Liverpool City Council
Category
Services
Address
Liverpool, L3 1DS · North West · England

Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.

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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System

When will the Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System tender open?

Liverpool City 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 Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System contract?

The contract runs from 1 December 2025 to 30 November 2030 (5 years).

Who is the buyer for Residential and Nursing - Flexible Purchasing System?

Liverpool City Council, based in Liverpool, North West.

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What to do next

  1. Read the early notice in full.
  2. Answer any market engagement questions.
  3. Gather your evidence and case studies now.
  4. Check your policies are up to date.
  5. Watch for the tender notice.