Notice Information
Notice Title
2.0 Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After
Notice Description
The London Borough of Hackney is looking to commission an experienced Children's Home provider to run and operate 2 new Children's Homes in Hackney out of Council owned properties. The home will accommodate a maximum of 6 children between them (in a 2 bed and 4 bed home), from the ages of 11 and 17.The Council has a legal obligation under the Children Act 1989 to provide suitable accommodation for children looked after in order to fulfil its corporate parenting responsibilities. We recognise the exceptionally challenging staffing climate in relation to support work and residential care staff, as well as the complexities and challenges around OFSTED registration. As a result of this, our aim is to work in partnership with an experienced provider who is already delivering OFSTED registered children's homes services. Commissioning an experienced partner provider with an established staff and management pool, means that we are able to enhance the quality of experience and care for children looked after. We want to build a partnership with a provider who has a track record of delivering good and outstanding homes to help us deliver excellent services for children looked after in Hackney. The maximum duration of the contract will be seven years, comprising an initial period of five years with the option to extend for a further two years (5+1+1). Conditions of Participation In order to have their Invitation to Tender assessed a supplier must pass the qualifying Conditions of Participation as set out on the Procurement Portal within the Procurement Specific Questionnaire(PSQ) These include but are not limited to the following: -Providers will need to demonstrate that they have been operating children's homes in England for at least 2 years and hold current active OFSTED registration. Please refer to the 'Technical Ability' and 'Project Specific Questions' of the PSQ (this will be tested via a series of questions which will ALL require a 'PASS' mark) -For the financial appraisal, we would seek that Providers have a Contract Turnover ratio of less than 50%, Eg: Annual Contract Value Total Annual Turnover.Please refer to the 'Financial Capacity' section of the PSQ for further details. The Conditions of Participation will be tested over a series of questions within the PSQ. Please refer to the PSQ for the full list of 'conditions of participation' for this procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0614f1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013722-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £17,860,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £17,860,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Feb 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 9 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HACKNEY
- Postcode
- E8 1DY
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
-
- Local Authority
- Hackney
- Electoral Ward
- Hackney Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013722-2026
16th February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010870-2026
6th February 2026 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010203-2026
4th February 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009263-2026
3rd February 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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