✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 7 Oct 2026, 12:46.
Opportunity overview
North Northamptonshire Council (hereafter referred to as the "Council") wishes to invite Tender Responses for the supply of Home Care services in North Northamptonshire.
The Council is setting up a DPS for Home Care Services. The award of the contract will be for an initial 36 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, making 48 months in total..
Through a temporary accommodation service improvement project, in the short term the Council remains focussed on four main aims related to temporary accommodation use:
- Reducing the use of bed and breakfast / hotel accommodation
- Keeping the number of temporary accommodation placements outside of North Northamptonshire as close to zero as possible
- Improving the standards of nightly paid supplier managed temporary accommodation
- Maximising income from both council-owned and nightly paid temporary accommodation
Please visit the North Northamptonshire Council e-Procurement Portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc/aspx/Home) to express an interest in this opportunity and to access the tender documentation.
The light touch regime (LTR) applies to the Services under this DPS, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Classification
CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
Published notice details
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
NNC00000158
Main Procurement Category
services
Legal basis
Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX
Classification
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Amendments
Entry 1
Id
3
Description
Value is incorrect- total value is £27 499 764, annual value is £6874941
Buyer, suppliers and contacts
Organisation 1
Name
North Northamptonshire Council
Id
GB-FTS-187384
Identifier
Legal Name
North Northamptonshire Council
Id
none
Scheme Entered
Local Authority
Address
Street Address
North Northamptonshire Council - Sheerness House, 41 Meadow Road
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
1
094641-2026tenderUpdate ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
North Northamptonshire Council has published an open tender update for a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The title and temporary-accommodation aims indicate supplier-managed nightly paid temporary accommodation, but the description also says the DPS is for Home Care Services; the supplied notice does not resolve this conflict. Suppliers must use the Council e-procurement portal to express interest and access tender documents.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to providers of supplier-managed temporary accommodation or home care services, but suppliers should verify the actual service scope in the tender documents because the notice is contradictory.
Key points identified
Service scopeConflicting: supplier-managed temporary accommodation and Home Care Services are both stated.Evidence: Title: "Nightly Purchased, Supplier Managed Temporary Accommodation"; description: "supply of Home Care services" and "DPS for Home Care Services".
Tender portal accessExpress interest and access tender documentation via the North Northamptonshire Council e-Procurement Portal.Evidence: "Please visit the North Northamptonshire Council e-Procurement Portal ... to express an interest in this opportunity and to access the tender documentation."
Accommodation improvement aimsReduce bed and breakfast/hotel use; minimise placements outside North Northamptonshire; improve standards of nightly paid supplier-managed temporary accommodation; maximise income.Evidence: The description lists four temporary-accommodation aims.
86% approved-analysis confidence4 supplier criteria identified2 risks or unknowns
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North Northamptonshire Council has published an open tender update for a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). The title and temporary-accommodation aims indicate supplier-managed nightly paid temporary accommodation, but the description also says the DPS is for Home Care Services; the supplied notice does not resolve this conflict. Suppliers must use the Council e-procurement portal to express interest and access tender documents.
Who this may suit
Potentially relevant to providers of supplier-managed temporary accommodation or home care services, but suppliers should verify the actual service scope in the tender documents because the notice is contradictory.
Key deliverables
Supplier-managed nightly paid temporary accommodation (indicated by title and stated temporary-accommodation aims)
Home Care Services (stated in the DPS description)
Support for reducing bed and breakfast/hotel use, minimising out-of-area placements, improving accommodation standards and maximising income (temporary-accommodation aims)
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
4 criteria identified
Service scope
99% confidence
Conflicting: supplier-managed temporary accommodation and Home Care Services are both stated.
View supporting evidence
Title: "Nightly Purchased, Supplier Managed Temporary Accommodation"; description: "supply of Home Care services" and "DPS for Home Care Services".
Tender portal access
99% confidence
Express interest and access tender documentation via the North Northamptonshire Council e-Procurement Portal.
View supporting evidence
"Please visit the North Northamptonshire Council e-Procurement Portal ... to express an interest in this opportunity and to access the tender documentation."
Accommodation improvement aims
98% confidence
Reduce bed and breakfast/hotel use; minimise placements outside North Northamptonshire; improve standards of nightly paid supplier-managed temporary accommodation; maximise income.
View supporting evidence
The description lists four temporary-accommodation aims.
Supplier eligibility requirements
98% confidence
Unknown from the supplied notice.
View supporting evidence
No explicit supplier selection or eligibility criteria are provided.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Contract/DPS term
99% confidence
Initial 36 months, with an option to extend by 12 months; maximum 48 months.
View supporting evidence
"The award of the contract will be for an initial 36 months, with an option to extend for a further 12 months, making 48 months in total."
Contract value
100% confidence
Unknown.
View supporting evidence
No value is supplied.
Delivery
Geographic focus
97% confidence
North Northamptonshire; the Council aims to keep temporary-accommodation placements outside the area as close to zero as possible.
View supporting evidence
The description refers to North Northamptonshire and states an aim to keep placements outside it close to zero.
Start date
100% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start date is supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procurement route
99% confidence
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
View supporting evidence
"The Council is setting up a DPS".
Regime
99% confidence
Light Touch Regime (LTR) under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
View supporting evidence
"The light touch regime (LTR) applies to the Services under this DPS, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015."
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open tender update.
View supporting evidence
Display status is "open" and notice type is "tenderUpdate".
Submission deadline
100% confidence
Unknown.
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No submission deadline is supplied.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Material scope contradiction
99% confidence
The title and temporary-accommodation content conflict with the stated Home Care Services DPS scope.
View supporting evidence
Title names temporary accommodation, while the description says "supply of Home Care services" and "DPS for Home Care Services".
Tender requirements unavailable in supplied data
99% confidence
Detailed scope, selection criteria, pricing, submission deadline and contract start date are unknown and must be checked in the tender documentation.
View supporting evidence
The notice directs suppliers to the e-procurement portal for tender documentation, but no such documents are supplied.
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