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
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 07:56
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
Next
2030
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
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.
Key facts
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
Location
- 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
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Liverpool City Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Liverpool, L3 1DS · North West · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
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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