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Care Support Services for Children with a Disability (2026)

Hampshire County Council

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Summary of the contracting process

Hampshire County Council is commissioning specialist care support services for children and young people with disabilities. The service covers children with learning or physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, challenging behaviour, and complex physical or mental health needs. Support may include domiciliary and personal care, community support, overnight care, and assistance in the child’s own home, a residential or foster home, or local community. Provision is tailored from light-touch to intensive support, may be time-limited or ongoing, and supports outcomes in agreed care plans. Providers must supply reliable, consistent workers and help families use assistive technologies where appropriate. Services are delivered across Hampshire, including Southampton, Portsmouth and surrounding areas. The procurement is for health and social work services (CPV 85000000).

The procurement has been awarded through an open procedure to a single framework lot. Twenty-seven suppliers were selected, including Absolute Healthcare Providers, Acerta24, Appletree Support, Bluebird Care, CAS Care Solutions, Global Healthcare Solutions, Invictus Complex Care, JJR Care, Kope-Medics, Melbury, Newcross, Nurse Plus, Observe Care, J&K Care Specialists, OneCall 24, P&M Homecare, Pathways of Hope, Redjacket Specialist Care, Relief Care Agency, Request Services, Standby 24, Starlight Healthcare, The Rose Road Association, Third Hand Healthcare, Total Community Care, Triple Care Healthcare and Whispers Care Solutions. Awards were made on 29 April 2026 at £680,000 each. Contracts were signed on 18 May 2026 and run to 17 May 2030, with possible extensions to 17 May 2034. The framework’s estimated value is £45,000,000. Evaluation required a Care Quality Commission rating of Good or above and a specialism in caring for children aged 0 to 18.

This award demonstrates sustained demand from Hampshire County Council for specialist children’s care delivered in homes, residential and foster settings, and communities. It also shows that the authority uses a multi-supplier framework to access individual service contracts and call-offs rather than relying on one provider. A credible future competitor would need the operational capacity to provide flexible support, including domiciliary, personal, overnight and community care, across varying levels of need. It would need suitably trained and reliable staff, continuity for children and families, Enhanced DBS checks, and the ability to work to care plans and social care outcomes. Providers should also be able to deliver care meeting Care Quality Commission guidance, hold a Good or better rating, demonstrate expertise with children aged 0 to 18, and identify useful assistive technology or equipment.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Care Support Services for Children with a Disability (2026)

Notice Description

Hampshire County Council Children's Services commissions care support for children and young people with disabilities. The children and young people requiring care support services will include those with severe disabilities such as learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, behaviour that challenges and complex physical or mental health needs. The Services are part of a holistic support package for the child / young person that meets identified outcomes as part of a Care Plan as agreed by the Council's County Allocation Panel. This Service is part of Hampshire County Council's Children's Services Department's continuum of services which support children and young people with disabilities. Care support is a Tier 4 specialist service, which can be offered to a family following a social care assessment where the Disabled Children's Team criteria has been met and/or an unmet social care need has been identified. The Services will have the following features: * provides a time limited or ongoing intervention for families, dependent on need * provides a range of different types of support to be available (e.g. domiciliary care, personal care, support in the community, overnight care etc.) * provides flexible levels of support to meet individual needs (some families may only need light touch, and some will need intensive) * provides support at both the times that is assessed as a need by the Social Worker and requested by families, for the time period required (e.g., one hour at the beginning and / or end of the day) * provides suitably trained, reliable, consistent workers; known to the child or young person, all of whom will have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check, to ensure continuity and stability for families * delivers Excellent / Good care in accordance with Care Quality Commission guidance for providers of health and social care services for children and young people * identifies opportunities for the use of assistive care technologies and equipment to enable families to support their child independently in their own home or for the young person to access the community independently * can support a child or young person in their own homes whilst the parent or carer is not present * can support a child or young person in a residential home, foster home or their own home * can support the child or young person in their local communities The current Care Support for Children with a Disability Framework was developed by Hampshire County Council to address growing and evolving needs in social care, for children who require support in their home environment and to safeguard these children. The service is coming to the end of it's life span and is required to be retendered to ensure Hampshire may meet the needs of its eligible residents. The new framework will be an evolution from the current Framework and the Authority is looking is looking for contracts for services under the Framework to commence from 01/09/2026. This is a light touch contract as set out in section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023. As such the Council is establishing a Framework which will be open for new entrants across it's entire term. However, the Council reserves the right to temporarily pause the Framework for new entrants at any point. Any pause will be communicated through the Councils electronic tendering system. The Timetable in section 4.1 relates to the initial application window. Once the Framework commences it will be reopened for new applications and suppliers will be able to apply at any point up until 3 months before the Framework expires.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: There are 2 contract extensions, detailed below: Extension 1 Maximum duration: 2 years and 0 month Value ex VAT: PS 12,000,000 Extension 2 Maximum duration: 2 years and 0 month Value ex VAT: PS 12,000,000

Planning Information

Hampshire County Council are seeking the views of the market on the development of the services outlined in the service description through an online market engagement session will take place on the 21st January 2026 between 10 am and 11am via MS Teams. The Council will use the event to provide an overview of the planned procurement process and a high level timetable. In addition to this, the event will also be an opportunity to seek feedback from the Market regarding the proposed care types detailed in the draft Service Specification and the Council’s anticipated approach to pricing for this service going forward Suppliers wishing to attend should register (if not already registered) on the Council's e-tendering platform, In-tend (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home) and 'Express Interest' against the project 'CS26605 Care Support Services for Children with a Disability'. Please then use the Correspondence function for the project and provide the name of attendees and their email addresses that invitations can be issued to. Suppliers wishing to attend need to confirm with the Council, via the correspondence function of In-tend, by 9:00 on Tuesday 20th January 2026.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0603f0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082148-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

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
£45,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£45,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£680,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
£680,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
21 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Mar 2026Expired
Award Date
29 Apr 20264 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Hampshire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WINCHESTER
Postcode
SO23 8UJ
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)
TLJ36 Central Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLJ35 South Hampshire, TLJ36 Central Hampshire, TLJ37 North Hampshire
Local Authority
Winchester
Electoral Ward
St Michael
Westminster Constituency
Winchester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
27
Supplier Names

Absolute Healthcare Providers Limited

Acerta24 Limited

Appletree Support Limited

Belrose Limited

CAS Care Solutions Ltd

Global Healthcare Solutions Limited

Invictus Complex Care

JJR Care Ltd

Kope-Medics Ltd

Melbury Ltd

Newcross Healthcare Solutions Limited

Nurse Plus & Carer Plus UK Ltd

Observe Care Ltd

J & K CARE SPECIALISTS LIMITED

Onecall24 Healthcare Limited

P&M Homecare Limited

PATHWAYS OF HOPE LIMITED

Redjacket Specialist Care Ltd

Relief Care Agency Ltd

Request Services Limited

Standby 24 Limited

Starlight Healthcare

The Rose Road Association

Third Hand Healthcare Ltd

Total Community Care Limited

Triple Care Healthcare Services Limited

Whispers Care Solutions Limited

Further Information

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