Home care tenders in South East England
Open for bids now
No home care tender in South East England 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.
Likely re-tenders in the next 12 months
| Buyer | Contract | Ends (estimate) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHS SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT SERVICES | Framework For Children's and Young People's Complex Domiciliary Care Services | 26 May 2027 | £30,000,000 |
| Bracknell Forest Borough Council | Reopening the Home Care Support Framework (Flexible Framework) | 30 Sept 2027 | £250,000 |
End dates are the initial term in the award notice. Contracts are often extended or brought forward, so a re-tender can come earlier or later. Bid Radar tracks them for 24 months.
Typical contract values and lengths
| Measure | Figure | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Contracts awarded | 20 | award notices, December 2020 to September 2026; 20 contracts |
| Buyers | 16 | distinct buyers on those contracts; 20 contracts |
| Median contract value | £5 million | median of published values (whole contract, all years); 19 contracts |
| Lower quartile value | £200,000 | 25th percentile of published values; 19 contracts |
| Upper quartile value | £30 million | 75th percentile of published values; 19 contracts |
| Median initial term in months | 30 | months from award to the end date in the notice, before extensions; 9 contracts |
| Lower quartile term in months | 24 | 25th percentile; 9 contracts |
| Upper quartile term in months | 65 | 75th percentile; 9 contracts |
Values are the whole contract as published, often over several years. Lengths run from the award date to the end date in the notice.
Main buyers
- Isle of Wight Council 4 contracts, latest 23 May 2022
- NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) on behalf of NHS England 2 contracts, latest 1 Sept 2026
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 1 contract, latest 21 Aug 2026
- Medway Council 1 contract, latest 7 Apr 2026
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council 1 contract, latest 17 Feb 2026
What these tenders usually ask for
- Quality carried a median of 100% of the marks (15 contracts that published a weighting). See how tenders are scored.
- A median of 2 bids per contract (17 contracts that published a bid count).
- 25% were set up as frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems, so some work comes as call-offs you only see once you are on one.
- We don't yet hold enough public tender packs for this trade to say how many questions they ask. The Bid Matcher reads each live tender's documents where they are public.
More tenders
Home care elsewhere: East Midlands, London, North East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Figures are automated summaries of published notices, not advice. Contract end dates come from award notices and are often extended or brought forward, so re-tender dates are estimates. Check the tender documents before deciding to bid. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Built from 20 award notices between 23 Dec 2020 and 1 Sept 2026 and the live tenders in our index on 17 Oct 2026. See how these pages are built.