Published date: 21 May 2024

Last edited date: 21 May 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£2,345,237,300

Procurement reference

EC09/01/3486

Published date

21 May 2024

Closing date

25 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

1 October 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

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 1 - Planned Residential Care and Same Day Residential Care
Lot 2 - Crisis Care
Lot 3 - Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education
Lot 4 - Residential Parenting Assessments
Lot 5 - Therapeutic Residential Care
Lot 6 - Children with Disabilities

More information

Links

Additional text

The framework duration has optional extensions of two periods of 2 years, making a potential total contract duration of 8 years.

The authorities included in the consortium are:
• 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
• London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames Council
• Medway Council
• Milton Keynes Council
• Oxfordshire County Council
• Portsmouth City Council
• Reading Borough Council
• Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Council
• Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council
• Slough Children's Trust
• Southampton City Council
• Surrey County Council
• West Berkshire County Council
• West Sussex County Council
• Wokingham Borough Council

The range value of the framework is an estimate only, as this is a Framework Agreement and spend cannot be guaranteed, a more accurate indication of values will only be available either retrospectively or when Block Contracts are awarded. The option for other Local Authorities to join the consortium is available. The framework will remain open for new or improved applications to join, but the evaluation of the bids after the framework commencement date will be quarterly. Further details are included in the tender documents.

About the buyer

Address

Civic Centre,Civic Centre Road
SOUTHAMPTON
SO147LY
England

Telephone

02380833000

Email

tendermanagement@southampton.gov.uk