Awarded· 29 Jun 2025
Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052
Darlington Borough Council · Darlington, North East
Darlington Borough Council has awarded Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Darlington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Forever Care
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 12:58
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 12:54
View noticeNext
2029
Contract ends
4 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Darlington Borough Council has awarded Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Darlington. The contract went to Forever Care. It was awarded on 29 June 2025. The awarded value is £1,934,140. The contract runs from 6 October 2025 to 26 July 2029. It lasts 4 years.
It is run as a direct award. Find a Tender published it on 7 October 2025. The notice number is 062889-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a993.
Summary of the contracting process
Darlington Borough Council has completed a procurement process for an urgent children's residential placement, identified with the title "Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052". This service contract, valued at £1,934,140, was awarded directly to Forever Care Ltd under the "light touch" regime due to urgency and a lack of suitable alternative providers.
The procurement process falls within the health and social work services category, with Darlington, UKC13, serving as the primary delivery location. The contract period began on 7th October 2025 and is set to conclude on 26th July 2029, establishing a long-term engagement between the parties involved.
Smaller to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) like Forever Care Ltd can gain entry into lucrative public service contracts by demonstrating the necessary expertise and reliability in urgent care provisions.
The notice in full
Urgent Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 6 Oct 2025 to 26 Jul 2029 (4 years)
- Awarded to
- Forever Care
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Awards value
- £1,934,140
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 062889-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a993
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Town
- Darlington
- Postcode
- DL1 5QT
- Electoral ward
- Park East
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Darlington
- Area
- Tees Valley
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Darlington Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Darlington, DL1 5QT · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Forever Care
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £1,934,140
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062889-2025
- Transparency notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062884-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05a993 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052
Who won the Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052 contract?
Darlington Borough Council awarded the contract to Forever Care on 29 June 2025. It is due to end on 26 July 2029, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052 contract worth?
The awarded value is £1,934,140. The contract runs from 6 October 2025 to 26 July 2029 (4 years).
Who is the buyer for Children's Residential Placement - ID 393052?
Darlington Borough Council, based in Darlington, North East.
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