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CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool

Stockton on Tees Borough Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 15:21.

Opportunity overview

The CareCubed Adults Calculator is a widely used, evidence-based tool that supports fair and transparent care fee assessments and negotiations. The Strategic Procurement and Brokerage Team uses it to review care costs, achieve value for money, identify savings opportunities in high-cost placements, and ensure a consistent approach to setting care fees while maintaining positive relationships with care providers.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£51k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
9 Sept 2026
Award ID
091013-2026-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH ocds-h6vhtk-06f1f7
Location
Chatham, UKC, ME4 4QZ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV72222300 — Information technology services

Lots

  • The procurement is for the continued provision of the CareCubed Adults Calculator, an evidence-based care costing and fee negotiation tool used by the Council's Strategic Procurement and Brokerage Team. The service supports the assessment and review of adult social care placement costs, facilitates transparent and consistent fee negotiations with care providers, and provides benchmarking and market intelligence to support value for money. The requirement comprises a software subscription, user access, system support, maintenance, and ongoing updates for use across adult social care commissioning and brokerage activities.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2026/S 000-083774
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The contract was awarded under the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 framework agreement (RM1557.14). The framework was established following a competitive procurement process and permits contracting authorities to award call-off contracts in accordance with the framework rules without publishing a separate contract notice. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council completed a compliant direct award process through the G-Cloud 14 Digital Marketplace and awarded the contract to the supplier offering the most economically advantageous solution that met the Council's requirements.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
72222300
Description
Information technology services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
The procurement is for the continued provision of the CareCubed Adults Calculator, an evidence-based care costing and fee negotiation tool used by the Council's Strategic Procurement and Brokerage Team. The service supports the assessment and review of adult social care placement costs, facilitates transparent and consistent fee negotiations with care providers, and provides benchmarking and market intelligence to support value for money. The requirement comprises a software subscription, user access, system support, maintenance, and ongoing updates for use across adult social care commissioning and brokerage activities.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72222300
Description
Information technology services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
Id
GB-FTS-142680

Identifier

Legal Name
Stockton on Tees Borough Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
Dunedin House, Columbia Drive, Thornaby
Locality
Stockton on Tees
Region
UKC11
Postal Code
TS176BJ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Name
Sonia Newhouse

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
Id
GB-COH-ocds-h6vhtk-06f1f7

Identifier

Legal Name
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06f1f7
Scheme
GB-COH

Address

Street Address
Maritime Place, Quayside, Chatham Maritime
Locality
Chatham
Region
UKC
Postal Code
ME4 4QZ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
The High Court of Justice
Id
GB-FTS-186981

Identifier

Legal Name
The High Court of Justice

Address

Street Address
London
Locality
The Strand
Postal Code
WC2A 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
091013-2026-1
Title
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-ocds-h6vhtk-06f1f7
Name
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
091013-2026-1
Award ID
091013-2026-1
Title
Title: CareCubed - National Care Costing Tool
Status
active
Date Signed
10 Sept 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
51,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stockton on Tees · UKC11 · TS176BJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 091013-2026award, contract ·