Planning

Home (domiciliary) Care Services

  • London Borough of Harrow

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019704

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050eb6

Published 8 May 2025, 12:58pm



Scope

Reference

DN773056

Description

The London Borough of Harrow seeks to commission and procure home (domiciliary) care and support services, including short-term reablement care, for adults aged 18 and over with assessed and eligible needs, and home care and support for children and young adults with disabilities aged 0-18 living in Harrow. Home and reablement care relates to the provision of regulated care and support services in the community that enable adults and young people to remain living in their own home and meet their assessed social care needs and outcomes along with maintaining their autonomy, independence, skills and abilities, and personal identity.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029
  • Possible extension to 30 September 2034
  • 8 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

16 December 2025

Engagement process description

The London Borough of Harrow is seeking to engage with providers that can deliver Homecare to participate in preliminary market engagement to assist in developing the authority's requirements and approach to deliver best possible outcomes to the residents of Harrow.

We therefore would like to invite suitably qualified service providers to participate in discussions which will take place over MS Teams on the 5th June 2025 at 10am until 12.30pm.

If you would like to attend this event or have any questions, please email All.Age.Commissioning@harrow.gov.uk - Please note that places are limited to two people per organisation

The objective of this event is to get a better understanding of the following:

• Provide initial information about home care services in Harrow including strategic commissioning intentions

• Seek feedback from providers and to inform the development of the service model, specification, and tender documentation

• Provide practical advice to interested companies on local government tendering to support

submission of tender

• Breakdown barriers to entry for locally based SME companies

There may be other opportunities for providers to talk to Harrow through provider forums, one to one sessions, and a future market engagement event later in the year.


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

London Borough of Harrow

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQRC-2343-GRQR

Forward Drive

Harrow

HA3 8FL

United Kingdom

Region: UKI74 - Harrow and Hillingdon

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government