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Social Care and Education Placement

Bristol City Council

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10 Sep 2026 at 15:22

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bristol City Council commissioned a social care and education placement service. The requirement falls within health and social work services and is part of the council’s light-touch social care activity. The council is based in Bristol, while the awarded supplier, Phoenix Learning & Care Holdings Limited, is based in Tiverton. The recorded delivery area is in the United Kingdom’s South West, although no more specific delivery place is stated. This is a service requirement rather than a goods supply or construction project. It is relevant to organisations providing placements that combine care and educational support, particularly providers able to work with a local authority commissioning social care and education provision.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a direct, below-threshold procedure without competition. One lot was awarded to Phoenix Learning & Care Holdings Limited, an SME. The award is active and the contract was signed on 31 August 2026. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. Its gross value is £179,489.67. The recorded award concerns health and social work services. The procurement used the light-touch regime, and the contract is below the applicable threshold. The published outcome identifies a single supplier and a single contract; no comparative evaluation criteria or competitive tender process is recorded.

This outcome provides evidence that Bristol City Council purchases specialist social care and education placements from independent providers, including SMEs. Competitors would need to demonstrate the ability to deliver health and social work services that meet both care and educational placement needs, work within a local-authority commissioning environment and support service delivery across the South West area recorded for the requirement. Phoenix Learning & Care Holdings Limited’s award indicates that a specialist care and learning provider can satisfy this type of demand. Organisations monitoring similar requirements should therefore assess their placement capacity, safeguarding and care-delivery arrangements, educational support capability, and ability to manage referrals and ongoing coordination with a council.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Social Care and Education Placement

Notice Description

Social Care and Education Placement - DNYY3138

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f718
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086005-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
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
Not specified
Contracts Value
£179,489 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Bristol City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS1 5TR
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK51 Bristol, City of
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bristol, City of
Electoral Ward
Hotwells and Harbourside
Westminster Constituency
Bristol Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PHOENIX LEARNING & CARE HOLDINGS LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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