Notice Information
Notice Title
CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked After Children
Notice Description
This is a pipeline notice for the procurement of The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked After Children to be delivered under a block bed contract. The ten block bed placements within agreed Ofsted registered children's residential homes will be located within Shropshire boundaries for Shropshire Council's use at all times within the term of the contract. A large proportion of the placements available are to be considered floating. The term floating refers to placements which could be available across multiple homes and not fixed to an individual home, allowing for greater flexibly in matching a child to a suitable home. The term of the contract will be 12 months starting from the 1st August 2025 with two optional extensions of 12 months in 2026 and 2027. Providers will be required to deliver Residential care provision in line with the Statement of Purpose and Ofsted registration of the home. The category of registration for homes that will provide services will be "children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties (EBD)" as set out in the children's home regulations Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk ) For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/H75V8UD2KW To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/H75V8UD2KW
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0507df
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017123-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 12 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurement@shropshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1743252992
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHREWSBURY
- Postcode
- SY3 8HQ
- Post Town
- Shrewsbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG22 Shropshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Shropshire
- Electoral Ward
- Porthill
- Westminster Constituency
- Shrewsbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017123-2025
25th April 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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