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HPFT Social Care in the Community

Details

Buyer: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Published: 25 June 2026
Submission: 20 November 2026in 2 months
Source: uk:atamis:dhsc

Tender description

HPFT - Social Care in the Community Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is currently developing a new Support in the Community Framework for the provision of community-based support and homecare services for adults with mental health needs. This will be a competitive procurement process, delivered in line with the Procurement Act 2023, and will introduce a structured framework with defined service levels, geographical lots and agreed rates to support a sustainable, high-quality provider market across Hertfordshire.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published25 June 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date20 November 2026in 2 months

About the buyer

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust delivers mental health, learning disability and autism services, and buys as an NHS foundation trust through a shared regional procurement service. Hertfordshire and West Essex NHS Procurement Services runs strategic and transactional procurement for the trust and partner providers. Suppliers register through Atamis, the shared service's eCommercial system. Contracts Finder lists smaller opportunities alongside the regional portal. The trust is lead provider in the East of England Collaborative, working with five NHS mental health providers. Care extends into Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and architectural and engineering services.