How to apply for a live-in care tender
Live-in care is a form of domiciliary care where a worker lives in the person's home, and it is bought through council home care frameworks, CHC arrangements and occasional standalone contracts. You pass a selection stage, then score on continuity, working-time and rest arrangements, safeguarding a lone worker and managing complex needs at home. We check you qualify for free first.
Where live-in care is bought
Live-in care often sits inside a wider domiciliary care framework as a lot or option, rather than as its own tender. Some councils and integrated care boards buy it specifically for people who want to stay at home with high needs. Because it overlaps with CHC and complex care, the same opportunity can be advertised by either a council or an ICB depending on who funds the package.
What the quality questions reward
Live-in care raises issues standard home care does not. Expect questions on continuity and cover when the live-in worker takes breaks or leave, working-time and rest compliance, safeguarding for a lone worker in someone's home, and managing complex or end-of-life needs. Commissioners want to see how you handle the handover between workers and keep care consistent. Named arrangements and timings score; promises do not.
Common pitfalls
The frequent misses are vague cover arrangements for breaks and leave, weak lone-worker safeguarding, and ignoring working-time rules. Our domiciliary care tender writing page covers how we evidence continuity and safe cover for live-in models.
Not sure if you qualify for a tender? We check it for free, before you pay anything, and we only take bids we believe you can win. See our domiciliary care tender writing or text TENDER to get started.
Common questions
Is live-in care tendered separately from home care?
Sometimes. It is often a lot or option within a domiciliary care framework, but some buyers tender it on its own for high-need packages. We identify how your target buyer handles it in a free eligibility check.
How is continuity assessed for live-in care?
Commissioners want to see how you cover the live-in worker's breaks, leave and sickness without breaking continuity for the person. We build this from how your service actually rotates and hands over.
What does the first bid cost?
£795 for your first tender. We only take bids we believe you can win, with a 96% win rate, and rewrite free if a loss is clearly down to our writing error.
Keep reading
Service
Domiciliary care tender writing
Domiciliary care framework application
Complex care tenders
CHC homecare framework application
Browse all care tender guides, or see care tender writing by service.
Got a tender to check?
Text TENDER to +44 7822 001898and we'll tell you free whether you'd qualify, before you spend a penny.