Care Signals
Daily Intelligence Sample · Wednesday 11 November 2026 · England
73 records tracked. Three actions for this week, eight live council care tenders and three operators buying directly from suppliers. Figures are static and do not update automatically.
- Intelligence records in the accumulated database (not sales leads)
- 73
- In the highest-priority band (Act now, 80+)
- 3
- Live council care tenders, deadlines to 14 Dec
- 8
- Care operators buying from suppliers
- 3
How the 73 records were built (not all in one day): 31 carried from the earlier pilot · 42 historical backfills · 0 counted as new developments on 11 Nov. The 11 Nov run added 2 items published that morning.
Act now confirmed buying and procurement · ordered by next date
The three items below are the highest-priority actions in this edition. “Who should look” is a guide, not an exclusion.
| Score | Opportunity | Who should look | Next date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Sanctuary Care is consulting suppliers on window and gutter cleaning across its care homes (est. £625k ex VAT) | Cleaning and FM contractors (operator buying directly) | Responses close 15 Nov | Find a Tender 102299-2026 (opens in a new tab) |
| 81 | Sunderland Care and Support is preparing a 6-lot accessibility equipment and adaptations framework | Stairlift, hoist and adaptations suppliers (operator buying directly) | Tender notice expected 15 Nov; engagement milestone 23 Nov | Find a Tender 104101-2026 (opens in a new tab) |
| 81 | London Borough of Hounslow is tendering LD and autism supported living (est. £37.6m ex VAT) | Suppliers to bidding providers: bid, compliance, training, recruitment | Clarifications 17 Nov; tenders 1 Dec | Find a Tender 105457-2026 (opens in a new tab) |
One record in full
Sanctuary Care is consulting suppliers on window and gutter cleaning across its care homes (responses close 15 Nov 2026)
- Entity
- Sanctuary Care Limited
- Dates
- Event 28 Oct 2026 · published 28 Oct 2026 · recorded 10 Nov · responses close 15 Nov 2026 · tender notice expected 12 Jan 2027
- Value
- £625,000 ex VAT (buyer estimate); £750,000 gross
- Confirmed facts
- Preliminary market engagement published by Sanctuary Care Limited on Find a Tender 102299-2026 (28 Oct 2026) for window cleaning and gutter cleaning/clearance across its care homes. Indicative contract 1 Jul 2027 to June 2030. Online questionnaire open until 15 Nov 2026; the notice says this is market research only, not a tender, and welcomes SMEs, regional and local suppliers and those able to cover only part of the geography or scope. Future tender notice date 12 Jan 2027.
- Inference
- Responding now is how a cleaning or FM supplier gets its coverage and pricing model into the specification before the January tender. Nothing is being awarded at this stage.
- Who could act
- Window, gutter and FM cleaning contractors, including regional SMEs (part-coverage welcomed)
- Score
- buying 35 · time 20 · value 7 · reach 11 · fit 10 · evidence 5
- Why backfilled
- Published on or before 10 Nov 2026 and not covered by the earlier pilot edition’s sources; added to the tracked database on 10 Nov.
How to read the report
Confirmed buying is shown separately from inference. Scores are out of 100. Risk flags are unscored. An award does not mean the winner is buying additional services, and a council buying care does not mean the council is buying supplier services.
- Act now80–100
- Act this week60–79
- Nurture40–59
- Watch20–39
- Log onlyunder 20
Sources and method
- Coverage
- England first. UK adult social care, starting with England. Only publicly available sources are used.
- Sources named
- Find a Tender · Contracts Finder · The Gazette · Companies House public register · CQC published datasets.
- Editorial rules
- Confirmed buying, inferred opportunities and unscored risk flags are kept apart. Every published fact links to its source. Procurement mailboxes and personal contact details are deliberately not shown.
- Status
- Daily Intelligence Sample dated 11 November 2026. It is not a formal weekly subscriber edition. Figures are static and do not update automatically.
This sample is a customer-facing illustration of the briefing. It is not a lead list and does not include contact details for any organisation named.