External Placements for Looked After Children
Details
- Buyer
- Thurrock Council
- Supplier(s)
8 suppliers
- Caring Hearts Fostering Ltd
- Chrysalis Care Ltd
- Compass Children's Homes
- Everyone Everywhere Care Services Limited
- Look Ahead Care and Support Ltd
- Netpex Ltd
- Orchard House - Northampton Ltd
- Young People at Heart Ltd
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Duration
- 5 years
- Topic
- Social work services with accommodation
- Published
- 3 June 2020
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This contract will provide placements for looked after children, and is split into five lots: 1. Supported Accommodation 2. Residential Care 3. Independent Foster Agencies 4. Family Assessment Centres 5. Residential Care Ages 16 & 17 Please note this contract (Select List) started in 2019. The Select List has the option to open for new applications on an annual basis. This exercise is the first re-opening of the Select List. Start and end dates are estimated. Lots 4 and 5 were not awarded due to no compliant bids being received.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date18 May 2020
- Completed: Award published3 June 2020Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date30 June 2025
About the buyer
Thurrock Council buys as a local authority, with a dedicated procurement team managing purchasing and supplier relationships. Suppliers trade through the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal, used for purchase orders, invoices and profile management. Larger contracts go to formal competitive tender, advertised through the government's Find a Tender service. Contracts Finder lists smaller opportunities for suppliers to browse or set alerts against. The council keeps no approved supplier lists, opening most work to open competition. Thurrock Council is also a member of the Procurement Agency for Essex, sharing opportunities with councils across the county.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Thurrock Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 85311000 · Social work services with accommodation
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@thurrock-council.gov |
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