Home care tenders in South West England

Name: Home care public contracts in South West England: awards, values and re-tenders
Creator: ClearBid Research
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

By ClearBid Research · Rebuilt every night from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder · Data to 17 Oct 2026

Public buyers in South West England awarded 129 home care contracts between December 2020 and July 2026, through 15 different buyers. The middle half were worth £0 to £2.2 million, and the median was £313,000 (52 contracts with a published value). The median contract ran for 23 months before any extension. Award notices put 1 of them ending in the next 12 months, so expect re-tenders. 1 tender is open for bids now.

Open for bids now

Reopening of Framework Agreement for Live-in Care (All-Ages), Complex Care (All-Ages) and Trusted Assessors for Spot Therapy and Clinical Psychology Provision for NHS Devon Integrated Care BoardNHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · Closes 11 Nov 2026 · £61,297,064

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 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board	Mental Health Reablement Services	31 Mar 2027	£4,180,000

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	129	award notices, December 2020 to July 2026; 129 contracts
Buyers	15	distinct buyers on those contracts; 129 contracts
Median contract value	£313,000	median of published values (whole contract, all years); 52 contracts
Lower quartile value	£0	25th percentile of published values; 52 contracts
Upper quartile value	£2.2 million	75th percentile of published values; 52 contracts
Median initial term in months	23	months from award to the end date in the notice, before extensions; 6 contracts
Lower quartile term in months	9	25th percentile; 6 contracts
Upper quartile term in months	59	75th percentile; 6 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

NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board 78 contracts, latest 17 Jun 2026
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board 23 contracts, latest 29 Jul 2026
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board 5 contracts, latest 17 Jun 2024
Somerset County Council 5 contracts, latest 1 Oct 2021
Somerset Council 3 contracts, latest 14 Nov 2025

What these tenders usually ask for

Quality carried a median of 80% of the marks (23 contracts that published a weighting). See how tenders are scored.
A median of 1 bids per contract (125 contracts that published a bid count).
5% 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 East England, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber.

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 129 award notices between 31 Dec 2020 and 29 Jul 2026 and the live tenders in our index on 17 Oct 2026. See how these pages are built.