Notice Information
Notice Title
Nottingham Children's Residential Homes
Notice Description
Nottingham City Council sought an experienced Provider to deliver 20-23 standard residential care beds supporting Children and Young People in care aged 5-18 years with primary presenting needs of emotional and behavioural difficulties. Providers were required to have experience of delivering Children's Residential Services with the majority of their homes having a current Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding. Any home offered as part of this contract which is already in existence must be rated as Good or Outstanding (except newly registered provision which will have this rating as a target) The Services will be delivered in units of between 2-4 beds in Ofsted registered homes which are rated Good or above. Homes will be located within 4 miles of Nottingham City border (with some exceptions as outlined in the Service Specification. The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 years from 1 September 2026 with a possible extension of 2 years on a 1+1 basis. Payments will be made on a block basis.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: A total of 2 years extension on a 1 +1 basis at the Council's discretion
Planning Information
This PME aims to gain input from the Children in Care residential market to gain their view of our plans to tender for a replacement block contract for children's residential homes in 2026. Nottingham City Council (NCC) would like to understand providers capacity, experience and expertise to support the needs of our children and young people in care and any support they may need from NCC to enable them to effectively deliver this support, along with their estimate proposed costings for placements. Providers' responses may be collectively themed, or costings averaged to support the development of the service model/ specification, but responses will be anonymised, and individual provider information will not be shared with competitors. Providers must complete the below MS form in full by 1st December 2025. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vRE2qqwTrEeCBwD7nqRO3hnWwg385VpFt_WZLZ2EjOFUQ1hDQ1VCRkFZUUgxSDk0NzREWUYxUEpZOC4u
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0548a4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040589-2026
- 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
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £33,791,401 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £33,791,401 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £19,438,849 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 May 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 30 Apr 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 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
- NOTTINGHAM 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
- NOTTINGHAM
- Postcode
- NG2 3NG
- Post Town
- Nottingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF14 Nottingham
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Nottingham
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Nottingham East
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040589-2026
1st May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015162-2026
19th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014824-2026
18th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074256-2025
17th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032327-2025
13th June 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
www.eastmidstenders.org
Associated tender documents available at the above under the title CPU2484 Children's Residential Homes
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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