--- title: "Children's External Placements Education & Tuition PDPS" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-02-21" --- # Children's External Placements Education & Tuition PDPS Buyer: PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6e9e6a93-2fc7-49cb-9461-32c1ab353b17.json) ## Summary Peterborough City Council has announced a tender for Children's External Placements Education & Tuition, with an estimated contract value of £738,162,313. The procurement seeks to establish a multi-supplier "pseudo DPS" (PDPS) agreement, reopening at twelve-month intervals for new providers to apply. The primary industry category is health and social work services, and the geographical focus is the United Kingdom, specifically England. This procurement, classified under the Light Touch Regime, follows a modified open procedure and includes six lots covering various services such as Independent Fostering Agencies, Residential Children's Homes, and Out of School Tuition. The tender process is active with a deadline for submissions on 24th March 2025, and the contract period spans from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2029. This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses that deliver services within the health and social work sector, especially for SMEs and VCSEs. Companies specialising in fostering, residential care, special education, and alternative provisions can compete for contracts across six lots, including the potential for participating in mini-competitions. Such opportunities can foster business growth through stable revenue streams over the four-year contract period. Providers with experience in supporting children and young people to remain in their local areas, meeting the specific requirements of each lot, will be well-positioned to take advantage of this substantial procurement initiative. ## Notice The procurement is to set up a multi supplier "pseudo DPS" (referred to as "PDPS"). As the PDPS Agreement will be "pseudo PDPS", it will look and feel similar to a DPS agreement set up under Regulation 34 of the PCR. This means that the Authority envisages the PDPS will re-open at (12) twelve-month intervals (or at other intervals at the Authority's discretion) for new providers to apply or previously unsuccessful providers to re-apply. Reopening of the PDPS is solely at the discretion of the Authority. The Procurement is being run using a procedure similar to the open procedure described in Regulation 27of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). However, the Authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the open procedure given the flexibilities permitted by Regulation 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in the conduct of procurements for "Social and Other Specific Services", otherwise referred to as "Light Touch Regime" procurement * Lot 1 Independent Fostering Agencies * Lot 2 Residential Children's Homes * Lot 3 Independent Special Education Provisions/Post 16 Placements * Lot 4 Out of School Tuition * Lot 5 Post 16 Alternative Provision There is an additional Lot 6 which will comprise of mini competition stage, Please note that only those bidders that are awarded onto Lots as detailed below will be invited to participate in mini competition * Lot 6a - Only those successfully awarded onto Lot 1 Independent Fostering Agency will be invited to participate * Lot 6b - Only those successfully awarded onto Lot 2 Residential Children's Homes will be invited to participate * Lot 6c - Only those successfully awarded ont Lot 3 Independent Special Education Provision will be invited to participate * Lot 6d - Only those successfully awarded onto Lot 4 Out of School Tuition and Alternative Provision will be invited to participate * Lot 6e - Only those successfully awarded onto Lot 5 Post 16 Education will be invited to participate Where it is appropriate to do so, Peterborough is committed to supporting children and young people to remain living and learning in their local area. Please Note For Independent Special Educational Provisions offering 38+ week boarding or 52 week placements, Providers will need to meet the requirements within both the Lot 3 Specification (for ISEPS) and Lot 2 Specification (for Residential Children's Homes) The definition of Partner Organisation for the purpose of this procurement will be any Educational Establishment within Peterborough as defined at: https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/residents/schools-and-education/all-schools-colleges, or any Local Authority Council in England whether County, Unitary, District, Borough, Metropolitan, parish or community Council as defined at http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/240f6aca-df10-45a3-a674-4a2a69286438 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Feb 2025 | | Submission deadline | 24 Mar 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £738,162,313 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Post town | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE2 8TY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Fletton and Stanground | | Westminster constituency | North West Cambridgeshire | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 21 Feb 2025 at 15:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/240f6aca-df10-45a3-a674-4a2a69286438 - 21 Feb 2025 at 09:09 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/853f6ce4-b50c-4fe8-be41-058392c002e4 - 21 Feb 2025 at 08:44 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f27f53ca-b4d5-4ad4-a7c4-a85e10f1c6c8 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/240f6aca-df10-45a3-a674-4a2a69286438 21st February 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/853f6ce4-b50c-4fe8-be41-058392c002e4 21st February 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f27f53ca-b4d5-4ad4-a7c4-a85e10f1c6c8 21st February 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/index.htm - https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/supply-opportunities - https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/residents/schools-and-education/all-schools-colleges ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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