Notice Information
Notice Title
WCC Block contract for Residential Care Services for children and young people up to age of 18 years
Notice Description
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is seeking to commission a Children's residential care provider within Warwickshire to deliver a 6-bed block arrangement across 3 nominated local homes for children and young people (CYP) with a diverse range of needs. The aim of this contract is to ensure high-quality, stable, and therapeutic residential care that promotes positive outcomes, emotional wellbeing, and long-term stability. WCC is seeking to put in place a new block contracting arrangement for residential services for Children in Care and to replace the existing Warwickshire block contract from 7th May 2026. The new arrangements will fulfil WCC's sufficiency duty and enable WCC to achieve and ensure: * Meeting statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and the Sufficiency Duty to provide enough accommodation within the local area. * Providing safe, nurturing environments that support emotional wellbeing, education, and long-term stability. * Achieving financial efficiency through block contracts and framework agreements, reducing reliance on high-cost spot placements. * Enabling children to remain within or close to Warwickshire, maintaining community ties and access to local services. * Shaping the local provider market to ensure quality, consistency, and responsiveness to changing needs. Ensuring providers meet regulatory standards (e.g., Ofsted) and contractual obligations through robust monitoring.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Additional placements as required, as further detailed in the tender documents. Additional requirements as a consequence of the materialisation of contract risks as further detailed in the tender documents.
Renewal: The initial contract term will be 3 years however the Council reserves the right to extend the contract by further periods not exceeding 48 months (48 being the maximum available extension period) at the discretion of the Council based on the contract performance of the successful applicant(s)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051bf7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014437-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £8,550,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £8,550,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £8,550,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Oct 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 17 Feb 20266 days ago
- Contract Period
- 6 May 2026 - 6 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARWICK
- Postcode
- CV34 4SA
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Warwick
- Electoral Ward
- Warwick Saltisford
- Westminster Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014437-2026
17th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075351-2025
19th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024286-2025
21st May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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