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title: "CALL-OFF: Children's Services Re-Opening of the Open Select List 2025 for all Independent Placement"
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buyer: "Lincolnshire County Council"
published: "2026-09-11"
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# CALL-OFF: Children's Services Re-Opening of the Open Select List 2025 for all Independent Placement

Buyer: Lincolnshire County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e75c4d59-e19e-45a6-9ac0-b8db2ce6be92

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## Summary

Lincolnshire County Council commissioned residential children's home support for children’s services. The requirement falls within health and social work services, with related community, social and personal services. Delivery was in Lincoln, in the East Midlands. The work was a service rather than goods or construction, and formed part of the council’s arrangements for independent placements. The selected provider was Parenting Assessments for All (PAFA), an independent organisation based in Heswall, Wirral. The opportunity was intended to suit both small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. Businesses with a residential children’s home service, or a directly relevant independent placement service, would be operating in the core area of this requirement.

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. It was a selective call-off from a framework agreement, under the council’s Open Select List 2025 for independent placements. The tender deadline was 10 November 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Lincolnshire County Council awarded the contract to Parenting Assessments for All (PAFA) on 11 August 2026. The awarded value is £0 GBP. The contract runs from 11 August 2026 to 31 August 2027. The award is active, and the contract period matches the published award period. The procurement was evaluated through the framework call-off route; the available information does not set out separate quality, price or other scoring criteria.

Although this contract has been awarded, it shows that Lincolnshire County Council uses a framework call-off route to source residential children’s home support for independent placements in Lincoln. The requirement is relevant to providers able to deliver support in a residential children’s home and to organisations that can participate through an open select list or similar framework arrangement. The council identified the opportunity as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, so smaller specialist providers and mission-led organisations may be credible competitors alongside larger established suppliers. Businesses considering future work with this buyer should be able to demonstrate a dependable residential placement service focused on children’s support and delivery in Lincolnshire.

## Notice

Provision of support in a Residential Children's Home

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6dac0f7e-5776-454b-8cad-eeed60b5ce76 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 11 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lincolnshire County Council |
| Locality | LINCOLN |
| Postcode area | Lincoln |
| Postcode | LN1 1YL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF3 Lincolnshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF30 Lincolnshire CC |
| Local authority | Lincoln |
| Electoral ward | Carholme |
| Westminster constituency | Lincoln |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Parenting Assessments for All - PAFA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 11 Sep 2026 at 12:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6dac0f7e-5776-454b-8cad-eeed60b5ce76

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6dac0f7e-5776-454b-8cad-eeed60b5ce76
  11th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://app.panacea-software.com/lcc/
  Click above to Apply (link to e-procurement portal)

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