Stale Pre-tender

Supported Accommodation Services Framework for Children in Care

Details

Buyer: Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council
Value: £36,553,600
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 12 May 2025
Submission: 2 June 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

BCP Council are commissioning Supported Accommodation Services for Children in Care aged 16 - 18 years, for whom the authority has a statutory responsibility for, in line with Ofsted requirements and regulations for the sector. Supported Accommodation Services enable children to prepare for independent living, utilising support (rather than care) to aid children to achieve positive outcomes. In accordance with the sufficiency duty placed upon local authorities, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so, BCP Council intend to support children to remain living in theirlocal area; to maintain in contact with, and access to, their family and friends, education services, health and wellbeing services and local communities. The anticipated start date of the contract is April 2026. The contract will be 5 years with the option to extend for a further 3 years (5+2+1). Therefore, if all extensions were to be taken, the full length of the contract would be 8 years.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published12 May 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council is a local authority that buys through its Procurement and Contract Management Service, a team of 24 procurement and contract management professionals. Every openly advertised opportunity is published on Find a Tender. Bids are invited through ProContract, where suppliers register to receive notifications and express interest. The team runs a category management approach that gives a cross-council view of every spend area. A searchable contracts register lists awarded contracts, frameworks, concessions and dynamic purchasing systems. Goods, services and works are bought either by invitation to quote or by competitive tender.

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 Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, IT services and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council.gov