---
title: "Social Care and Education Placement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f718"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Bristol City Council"
published: "2026-09-10"
---

# Social Care and Education Placement

Buyer: Bristol City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f718

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

Social Care and Education Placement - DNYY3138

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086005-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £179,489 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Bristol City Council |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Postcode area | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS1 5TR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PHOENIX LEARNING & CARE HOLDINGS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 10 Sep 2026 at 15:22 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086005-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086005-2026
  10th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bristol.gov.uk
- https://phoenixlearningcare.co.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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