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Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List
Suffolk County Council · Ipswich, East of England
Suffolk County Council is inviting bids for Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Ipswich.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 May 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 11:10
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 10:58
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Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
Suffolk County Council is inviting bids for Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Ipswich. The estimated value is £26,000,000. It is split across 4 lots.
Find a Tender published it on 7 May 2025. The notice number is 019326-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050b3d. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Suffolk County Council has initiated a tender update regarding the "Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List," focusing on health and social work services. This procurement is under the Light Touch Regime, compliant with PCR 2015, and involves services in the UKH14 region. The procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with an update issued on 7 May 2025.
The main aim is to invite tenders for inclusion on a Rolling Select List of approved providers covering four distinct lots: support for disabled children, general social care support, crisis support, and supervised family time. Changes to the contact email in the tender documents have been noted for clarity.
Interested providers should consider the relevant key dates provided in the updated tender documentation, where participants will be notified by the end of the month following their request to participate. By joining the Rolling Select List, companies are positioned to secure contracts potentially valued at up to £26 million, covering services in lots like crisis intervention and family support.
The procurement method allows providers to join or modify their lot bids annually, enabling adaptability and sustained engagement with Suffolk County Council for ongoing and future needs.
The notice in full
This is a Prior Information Notice to inform the market that there will be another round of tendering under an existing Rolling Select List (established under PCR2015). Tenders will be invited for inclusion on the Rolling Select List of approved, quality assured providers of Social Care Community Support intended to facilitate the provision of:
- Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (Lot 1)
- Social Care Support for Children (Lot 2)
- Crisis Support for Children (Lot 3)
- Supervised Family Time Support (Lot 4) Providers can apply to join the Rolling Select List or amend which lots they have bid for at any time, however their applications once the Select List is live will only be considered on an annual basis.
An overview of the process and the anticipated timescales will be made available in new/updated tender documentation. Bidders will be notified no later than the end of the calendar month following submission of their Request to Participate. E.g., if the submission is received in Jan, then bidders should be notified by the end of Feb.
This procurement complies with the Light Touch Regime under PCR 2015.
Lots (4)
- 01
Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (DCYP)Planned
Lot 1 is expected to provide support within a family or residential setting, by staff trained to provide personal care and administer medication. The children may be physically disabled, be neurodivergent, have specific sensory/communication needs, have learning disabilities and/or life limiting illnesses.
Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) for all individual orders placed via the Rolling Select List for the initial contract period (1/7/25 - 31/3/27) and the extension period (1/4/27 - 31/3/28).
- 02
Social Care Support for ChildrenPlanned
Lot 2 is expected to proactively support children within their family home, enabling reunification and preventing admission into care. Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) for all individual orders placed via the Rolling Select List for the initial contract period (1/7/25 - 31/3/27) and the extension period (1/4/27 - 31/3/28).
- 03
Crisis Support For ChildrenPlanned
Lot 3 is expected to support children in care at short notice following a placement breakdown (e.g., emergency placement or admissions in to care). The children are likely to have a complex profile of co-occurring need including: criminal exploitation, behavioural and emotional dysregulation, neurodivergence, and/or risks to themselves or/and others. The support will take place in a residential setting and may exceed 28 days duration.
Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) for all individual orders placed via the Rolling Select List for the initial contract period (1/7/25 - 31/3/27) and the extension period (1/4/27 - 31/3/28).
- 04
Supervised Family Time SupportPlanned
Lot 4 is expected to provide suitably trained staff to carry out Family Time sessions following Suffolk County Council's Family Time protocols. Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) for all individual orders placed via the Rolling Select List for the initial contract period (1/7/25 - 31/3/27) and the extension period (1/4/27 - 31/3/28).
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 4
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Tender
- Stages so far
- Planning, Tender
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £26,000,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 019326-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050b3d
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Postcode
- IP1 2BX
- Electoral ward
- Gipping
- Constituency
- Ipswich
- Delivery area
- Suffolk CC
- Region
- East of England
- Sub-region
- Ipswich
- Area
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Suffolk County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Ipswich, IP1 2BX · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- In-Tend portal, to register and bidin-tendhost.co.uk/suffolksourcing/aspx/ProjectManage/18555
- In-tendhost.co.ukin-tendhost.co.uk/suffolksourcing/aspx/Registration
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019326-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-050b3d (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List
How much is the Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List contract worth?
The estimated value is £26,000,000, split across 4 lots.
Who is the buyer for Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List?
Suffolk County Council, based in Ipswich, East of England.
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