Award

Tender for Strategic Partner: Delivery of Residential and Nursing Care in Gloucestershire County Council Estate.

  • Gloucestershire County Council

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-058133

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-056532 (view related notices)

Published 19 September 2025, 1:37pm



Scope

Reference

DN783685

Description

Gloucestershire County Council has sought interest from suitably-qualified tenderers from the market to enter into a Master Services Agreement (the "Contract") for the delivery of residential and nursing care services at Council homes (the "Services"). The Procurement is being run by the Council on behalf of itself. The Council is acting as the sole lead organisation throughout the Procurement and for management of the Contract.

The Procurement has resulted in the selection of a single provider to enter into the Contract for the Services.

The Council has used the competitive flexible procedure under S20(2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023.

For the purposes of the Procurement Act 2023, the Contract is a Light Touch Contract; as such, the Council is only bound by the Procurement Act 2023 to the extent that it regulates Light Touch Contracts.


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £234,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £234,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

19 September 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

19 September 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 30 September 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

1 October 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2031
  • Possible extension to 31 January 2040
  • 14 years

Description of possible extension:

The Contract may be extended by up to five years initially and then for further periods of up to five years

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

The scope will allow up to 6 additional properties for the validity period of the Master Service Agreement.

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Information about tenders

  • 2 tenders received
  • 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 0 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 0 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Unsuccessful suppliers


Submission

Submission type

Tenders


Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Suppliers

Agincare Homes Holdings Limited

  • Companies House: 07199693

Agincare House Admiralty Buildings, Castletown

Portland

DT5 1BB

United Kingdom

Region: UKK25 - Dorset

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1

Shaw healthcare

  • Companies House: 05133946

Links Court, St Mellons

Gwent

CF3 0LT

United Kingdom

Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No


Contracting authority

Gloucestershire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PZHT-7473-ZVPN

Shire Hall, Westgate Street

Gloucester

GL1 2TG

United Kingdom

Region: UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government