Closed tender

Preliminary Market Engagement for Urgent Community Response and 24hr Response Service (UCR24)

Details

Buyer: Nottinghamshire County Council
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 2 March 2026
Submission: 13 March 2026
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Nottinghamshire County Council is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) in relation to a proposed integrated countywide Urgent Community Response (UCR) and 24hr Response service. The proposed service will combine short-term urgent home-based care support with a 24-hour response service for assistive technology / alarm-related call-outs for registered clients. The purpose of this engagement is to seek provider feedback to inform the further development of the service specification, test market appetite and deliverability (including countywide coverage and response expectations), and inform the procurement approach. This engagement is not a call for competition and participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process. Providers are invited to review the attached documents and submit feedback via the attached questionnaire: 1. UCR Market Feedback Questionnaire, Appendix 1 Draft Specification, and Appendix 2 Market Engagement Slides. A virtual market engagement drop-in session will be held on 10 March 2026, 2:00pm–3:30pm (UK time) via Microsoft Teams using the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/33956690664788?p=jMz51S9Zad4sIVks0F Keywords: Urgent Community Response

Timeline

Completed: Tender published2 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date13 March 2026

About the buyer

Nottinghamshire County Council is a local authority whose procurement runs through a single, award-winning centralised team. The procurement team is organised into categories that mirror the council's own service areas, spanning adult social care, children's and cultural services, the chief executive's office and place-based services.

A procurement pipeline lists contracts due for re-tender and new projects over the next two years, and is refreshed annually.

Over the past 5 years, most of Nottinghamshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@nottinghamshire-county-council.gov