Notice Information
Notice Title
Residential Children Home Services Phase 2
Notice Description
Milton Keynes City Council (The Council) wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children's residential care to operate two Ofsted-registered therapeutic children's homes utilising the Council's own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs. This is a block contract to be let for an initial term of 3 years with an option for the Council to extend subject to review for up to 2 years on a year-by-year basis with the successful tenderer.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0001
Renewal: An option for the Council to extend for 2 extension periods of up to 12 months each with the successful tenderer.
Planning Information
Please respond to the questions given in Market Engagement Notice document by the 12 noon; 03 June 2025. A provider engagement event will be held via Teams in w/c 23rd June 2025. To access Market Engagement document please login on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025908-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
85312120 - Daycare services for handicapped children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £17,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £17,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £17,800,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 10 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-08-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MILTON KEYNES CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MILTON KEYNES
- Postcode
- MK9 3EJ
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Electoral Ward
- Central Milton Keynes
- Westminster Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025908-2026
20th March 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066386-2025
17th October 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019546-2025
8th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019447-2025
7th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014408-2025
10th April 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home
Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to register on above given portal and "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this e-tendering system.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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