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title: "Children's Residential Placements - Consortia Commissioning"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0468ff"
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buyer: "SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-06-24"
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# Children's Residential Placements - Consortia Commissioning

Buyer: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0468ff

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## Summary

The procurement process involves a tender for a Children's Residential Care Services Framework- Consortium Commissioning led by Southampton City Council. The procurement covers health and social work services and aims to provide high-quality residential care to looked after children across the Southern Region of England. The main procurement category is services. The deadline for tender submission is 25th June 2024, with subsequent bid opening on the same day.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the health and social work services sector to engage with multiple local authorities and provide residential care services. Companies specialising in children's residential care, crisis care, parenting assessments, and therapeutic care may find this tender suitable for their expertise. The framework agreement allows for potential extensions, and additional local authorities can join the consortium, offering long-term business growth opportunities in the specified services.

## Notice

Southampton City Council has taken the lead for the purposes of tendering this opportunity. This procurement is a tender for a Children's Residential Care Services Framework- Consortium Commissioning. Local authorities across the Southern Region of England have come together to commission children's residential care using a framework agreement, in order to fulfil their statutory duty to provide high-quality residential care to looked after children within their authority. Commissioning as a consortium of authorities allows us to meaningfully engage with the market whilst enabling us to achieve efficiencies in the purchasing and development of services and advocating better care on behalf of children and young people.

### Lot Information

Planned Residential Care and Same Day Residential Care

Children and young people requiring planned and / or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2, Plus 2 Years

Crisis Care

Children and young people requiring Crisis placements consisting of residential care at short notice for a relatively short duration, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education

Children and young people who require a residential placement with Department for Education (DfE) regulated education, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Residential Parenting Assessments

Parents and their Children requiring a placement for the purposes of conducting an assessment of parenting capacity, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Therapeutic Residential Care

Children and young people requiring a therapeutic residential placement, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

Children with Disabilities

Children and young people with disabilities requiring planned and/ or same day residential care and accommodation only, who are normally resident within the Local Authorities as included in the Local Authorities across the Southern Region Specification (LASR).

Renewal: Plus 2 Plus 2 Years

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019335-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Jun 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £234,523,730,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | BOURNEMOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH AND POOLE COUNCIL; BRACKNELL FOREST COUNCIL; BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL; BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL; EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL; HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL; KINGSTON UPON THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL; MEDWAY BOROUGH COUNCIL; MILTON KEYNES BOROUGH COUNCIL; OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL; READING BOROUGH COUNCIL; RICHMOND UPON THAMES BOROUGH COUNCIL; SLOUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL; SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL; WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL; WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL; WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL; WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO14 7LY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ15 Berkshire East |
| Local authority | Windsor and Maidenhead |
| Electoral ward | St Mary's |
| Westminster constituency | Maidenhead |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 24 Jun 2024 at 15:16 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019335-2024
- 21 May 2024 at 07:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015930-2024
- 20 May 2024 at 15:25 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015894-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk
- http://www.iow.gov.uk
- http://www.kingston.gov.uk
- http://www.medway.gov.uk
- http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk
- http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
- http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk
- http://www.rbwm.gov.uk
- http://www.reading.gov.uk
- http://www.richmond.gov.uk
- http://www.slough.gov.uk
- http://www.southampton.gov.uk
- http://www.surrey.gov.uk
- http://www.westberks.gov.uk
- http://www.westsussex.gov.uk
- http://www.wokingham.gov.uk
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
- https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk
- https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/
- https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/
- https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
- https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/

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