Tender: Flexible Framework for Adult Care Home Provision in Bath & North East Somerset

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Bath & North East Somerset Council is seeking suppliers for a flexible framework agreement to provide care homes for adults within Bath & North East Somerset under the light touch regime. The framework is open throughout its life for suppliers of registered care homes within specified radii of the BANES boundary to join and will be used to award individual and block contracts for the following specialisms: Residential & Nursing Care Homes, Dementia Care Homes, and Discharge to Assess & Intermediate Care (all within 3 miles of the BANES border), and services for Learning Disability, Autism, Physical and Cognitive impairment (acquired brain injury), and Sensory Impairment (within 9 miles of the BANES border). Key application dates include Round 1 closing 23 October 2026 at 12:00pm, Round 2 closing 5 February 2027 at 12:00pm, Round 3 closing 5 May 2027 at 12:00pm, with results of Round 3 issued in June 2027 when Round 4 closes and Round 5 opens. The framework will remain open to new entrants with periodic acceptance rounds (anticipated at least every six months) and notifications issued via Pro-Contract; successful organisations accepted onto the framework will not need to reapply for subsequent acceptance rounds. The total potential contract value inclusive of VAT is £600,000,000.