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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves a tender for a Children's Residential Care Services Framework- Consortium Commissioning led by Southampton City Council. The procurement covers health and social work services and aims to provide high-quality residential care to looked after children across the Southern Region of England. The main procurement category is services. The deadline for tender submission is 25th June 2024, with subsequent bid opening on the same day.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with multiple local authorities and provide residential care services. Companies specialising in children's residential care, crisis care, parenting assessments, and therapeutic care may find this tender suitable for their expertise. The framework agreement allows for potential extensions, and additional local authorities can join the consortium, offering long-term business growth opportunities in the specified services.

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Notice Title

Children's Residential Placements - Consortia Commissioning

Notice Description

Southampton City Council has taken the lead for the purposes of tendering this opportunity. This procurement is a tender for a Children's Residential Care Services Framework- Consortium Commissioning. Local authorities across the Southern Region of England have come together to commission children's residential care using a framework agreement, in order to fulfil their statutory duty to provide high-quality residential care to looked after children within their authority. Commissioning as a consortium of authorities allows us to meaningfully engage with the market whilst enabling us to achieve efficiencies in the purchasing and development of services and advocating better care on behalf of children and young people.

Lot Information

Planned Residential Care and Same Day Residential Care

Children and young people requiring planned and / or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2, Plus 2 Years

Crisis Care

Children and young people requiring Crisis placements consisting of residential care at short notice for a relatively short duration, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education

Children and young people who require a residential placement with Department for Education (DfE) regulated education, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Residential Parenting Assessments

Parents and their Children requiring a placement for the purposes of conducting an assessment of parenting capacity, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Therapeutic Residential Care

Children and young people requiring a therapeutic residential placement, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Children with Disabilities

Children and young people with disabilities requiring planned and/ or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0468ff
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019335-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£234,523,730,000 Over £10B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jun 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Jun 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Southampton City Council
Additional Buyers

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Bracknell Forest Council

Brighton and Hove City Council

Bristol City Council

East Sussex County Council

Hampshire County Council

Isle of Wight Council

Kingston upon Thames Borough Council

Medway Borough Council

Milton Keynes Borough Council

Oxfordshire County Council

Portsmouth City Council

Reading Borough Council

Richmond upon Thames Borough Council

Slough Borough Council

Surrey County Council

West Berkshire Council

West Sussex County Council

Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council

Wokingham Borough Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BCP COUNCIL CIVIC CENTRE, BOURNE AVENUE
Postcode
SO14 7LY
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ32 Southampton
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)

Local Authority
Southampton
Electoral Ward
Bargate
Westminster Constituency
Southampton Itchen

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