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Care Support Services for Children with a Disability CS26605B - Enhanced Support

Hampshire County Council

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30 Jul 2026 at 14:48

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Hampshire County Council is commissioning enhanced care support services for children and young people with disabilities. The service is for children and young people with profound or complex needs, including learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, challenging behaviour, and complex physical or mental health needs. Support forms part of an individual care plan and a wider package arranged through Children’s Services. It may include enhanced care, support workers with additional training, behavioural management, specific care needs and interventions. The service is intended to provide personalised alternatives to conventional domiciliary care and improve outcomes for service users. Delivery covers Hampshire, across the council’s areas in central, north and southern Hampshire. This is a specialist health and social care service.

This completed procurement was a competitive call-off under a framework, using a selective procedure for one lot. Hampshire County Council awarded the contract to Third Hand Healthcare Ltd on 15 July 2026. The recorded awarded value is £416,000 gross and £416,000 net. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030, with a maximum possible extension to 31 August 2034. Two further extensions of up to two years are described, each with a stated value of £10,750,000 excluding VAT. The tender is complete and the award is active. A future contract signature milestone was scheduled for 17 August 2026. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime and is above the relevant threshold.

This award shows demand from Hampshire County Council for specialist, enhanced support for children and young people with significant disabilities and complex health or behavioural needs. Suppliers well placed for comparable work would have experience delivering personalised care within children’s social care plans, rather than only standard domiciliary care. Relevant capability includes supporting learning and physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, challenging behaviour, complex mental or physical health needs, and delivering specific interventions safely. The requirement also favours providers able to recruit, train and supervise support workers with additional skills, including behavioural management. A credible competitor would need the operational capacity to provide flexible, individualised support across Hampshire and work closely with council children’s services and families.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Care Support Services for Children with a Disability CS26605B - Enhanced Support

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. This Service aims to facilitate the development of the market to deliver services in new and more personalised ways rather than the conventional delivery of domiciliary care which in turn will enhance the skills of staff, potentially offering greater job satisfaction, in delivering the Service and improving the experience of the Service User. This Notice relates to a call off procedure for Care Support Services for Children with a Disability - Enhanced Support. This relates to a child or young person who has more profound and complex needs due to their behaviour and/or disability and as such needs an enhanced care service and/or a Support Worker with additional training in order to meet those needs. Such needs may include behavioural management training, specific care needs or interventions. Any potential value will be awarded through subsequently awarded Individual Service Contracts rather than at this call off stage.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d7cc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072256-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£416,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

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
Not specified
Local Authority
Winchester
Electoral Ward
St Michael
Westminster Constituency
Winchester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Third Hand Healthcare Ltd

Further Information

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