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Buyers · Council, East of England

Norfolk County Council: care tenders and re-tenders

Norfolk County Council awarded 23 care contracts between May 2021 and July 2026, going by its published award notices. The largest group was supported living, with 18 contracts. The middle half were worth £300,000 to £5 million, and the median was £1.6 million (16 contracts with a published value). Award notices put 2 contracts ending in the next 18 months, so expect re-tenders. None of its tenders in these trades is open for bids today.

Open for bids now

None of this buyer's tenders in these trades is open in our index today. New notices are added every night.

Links go to the notice on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The tender documents are on the buyer's own site.

Retender calendar: the next 18 months

Contract (source notice)Expected endValueSupplier in the award notice
Reactive and Planned Building Maintenance and Associated Works. · Responsive repairsExpected Mar 2027£300,000Named in the notice
Short Breaks for Children and Young People with Disabilities aged 5 to 17 years old in Norfolk - Framework Agreement - 2nd reopening · Supported livingExpected Oct 2027£5,000,000Engage Norfolk Ltd; The Hamlet Centre Trust; The Benjamin Foundation and 4 more in the notice

Expected end dates are the initial term in each award notice. Contracts are often extended or brought forward, so a re-tender can come earlier or later. Suppliers are shown as the public award notice names them; a person's name is never shown. Bid Radar tracks re-tenders for 24 months.

What it buys

WorkContracts
Supported living18
Windows and doors2
Fire safety1
Home care1
Responsive repairs1

From 23 contracts awarded 24 May 2021 to 13 Jul 2026, grouped by the work named in each notice's title. One contract can cover more than one kind of work.

Typical contract value and length

MeasureFigureBased on
Median contract value£1.6 millionmedian of published values (whole contract, all years); 16 contracts
Lower quartile value£300,00025th percentile of published values; 16 contracts
Upper quartile value£5 million75th percentile of published values; 16 contracts
Median initial term in months42months from award to the end date in the notice, before extensions; 23 contracts
Lower quartile term in months3625th percentile; 23 contracts
Upper quartile term in months5975th percentile; 23 contracts

The median initial term was 42 months, and the middle half ran 36 to 59 months before any extension (23 contracts with an end date).

Values are the whole contract as published, often over several years. A figure needs at least 3 contracts behind it, and the middle half needs 5; otherwise it is left out.

How its tenders are marked and how many bid

  • Quality carried a median of 100% of the marks (9 contracts that published a weighting). See how tenders are scored.
  • Its tenders drew a median of 8 bids (13 contracts that published a bid count).

For context, home care and supported living lots in England and Wales drew a median of 3.5 bids (396 competed lots, October 2025 to October 2026). Across the same lots, quality carried a median of 77% of the marks (517 lots with a published weighting).

Lots and frameworks

  • 5 of the 23 contracts were set up as a framework or dynamic purchasing system, so some work comes as call-offs to firms already on one.
  • 5 of the 23 award notices name a lot, so check which lot fits your work.

More buyers in East of England

B3 Living, Bedford Borough Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Essex County Council, Flagship Housing Group, Hertfordshire County Council, Southend City Council.

Figures are automated summaries of published award notices, not advice. End dates are the initial term in the notice and are often extended or brought forward, so re-tender dates are expected, not certain. Check the tender documents before deciding to bid. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Built from 23 award notices between 24 May 2021 and 13 Jul 2026 and the live tenders in our index on 20 Oct 2026. How we work this out.

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