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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 15:04

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 forms part of Children’s Services’ specialist, Tier 4 continuum and supports outcomes identified in an agreed Care Plan. It is intended for children and young people with profound or complex needs, including learning or physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, behaviour that challenges, and complex physical or mental health needs. Delivery may include enhanced care support, behavioural management, specific care interventions and support workers with additional training. The service is designed to provide more personalised alternatives to conventional domiciliary care, while developing staff skills and improving the experience of service users. The procurement covers health and social work services delivered across Hampshire, including the areas served by the council.

This completed, competitive call-off was awarded under a framework using a selective procedure and the light-touch regime. There was one completed lot. Hampshire County Council awarded the contract to P&M Homecare Limited trading as Bluebird Care North Hampshire & West Berkshire on 15 July 2026 for £416,000 gross and £416,000 in total, including the stated currency of GBP. The contract period runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030, with extensions potentially taking the maximum period to 31 August 2034. Two possible extensions are each described as lasting up to two years and having a value of £10,750,000 excluding VAT. Contract signature was scheduled for 17 August 2026. The award was based on a competitive framework call-off.

This requirement is relevant to specialist children’s care providers, domiciliary care organisations and support-worker services able to work with profound or complex disability-related needs. Credible competitors would need experience supporting children and young people with learning or physical disabilities, autistic spectrum conditions, behaviour that challenges, and complex physical or mental health needs. Capability in behavioural management, specific care interventions and enhanced support is particularly relevant, as is the ability to provide appropriately trained support workers. Suppliers should be able to deliver personalised care within a child’s wider Care Plan and work alongside families and council children’s services. The award also indicates demand for providers that can move beyond conventional domiciliary care, develop staff skills and deliver consistent specialist support across Hampshire.

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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-06d7d5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072269-2026
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

P&M Homecare Limited

Further Information

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