# SOL - Residential and Nursing Care Home Beds for Older People FCA - AWARD

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Solihull MBC \(SOL\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Solihull MBC \(SOL\)](/buyers/solihull-mbc-sol/contract-awards)
- Supplier: 3a Care Solihull LTd
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 27 September 2021
- Published: 4 October 2021
- Contract start: 1 September 2021
- Contract end: 31 August 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e1fb3a28-c3da-4f90-a5fb-8f67796b6449-473569
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4d5feace-1a28-4d23-b358-99e8d798058e

## Description

Solihull MBC are tendering to create a Flexible Contracting Arrangement \(FCA\) under the Light Touch regime of the PCR 2015 to purchase residential and nursing care home beds for older people\. This FCA will be with a range of providers and will be used to purchase both individual placements and also to run mini-competitions to award block contracts\. The FCA will be for 5 years with options to extend for up to 24 months plus 24 months\. The Council is not committing to any volumes through the FCA\. The Council may open the FCA as required throughout the life of the arrangement for new tenderers to have the opportunity to obtain a place on the FCA\. The Council may release mini competitions to those providers on the FCA to bid for block contracts throughout the life of the arrangement\. This current opportunity includes the initial creation of the FCA and also a range of block contract opportunities with differing contract lengths with a total value of £17\.5m\. Delivery of block contracts will be required to be within Solihull Borough\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e1fb3a28-c3da-4f90-a5fb-8f67796b6449-473569)