Soft Market Test for Carers Support Service
Details
- Topic
- Health and social work services
- Published
- 18 November 2025
- Submission
- 15 December 2025
- Source
- uk:bluelight
Tender description
Sheffield City Council is preparing to recommission its Unpaid Carers Support Service from January 1st, 2027. This soft market test seeks to: • Understand the level of interest from organisations in delivering a future service that recognises, values, and supports carers. • Gather feedback from providers to gain market insight, shaping our service specification accordingly, to ensure the carers support service is as good as it possibly can be and fit for the future. The Council is committed to developing a service that is proactive, personalised, preventative and accessible, enabling carers to continue to care for as long as they want to.
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published18 November 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date15 December 2025
About the buyer
Sheffield City Council is a local authority for the city of Sheffield, and runs its own procurement function for contracts across the organisation. Tender opportunities are advertised on YORtender, the council's e-tendering portal shared with local authorities across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Contracts above threshold also appear on Find a Tender, with lower-value opportunities listed on Contracts Finder. Framework agreements let the council call off from appointed suppliers without a fresh advertisement. An evaluation panel scores each bid, and the highest-scoring supplier wins the contract. Contract details are then published in the Contract Register within YORtender.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Sheffield City Council's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and IT services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 85000000 · Health and social work services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@sheffield-city-council.gov |
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