Coming up· published 25 Apr 2025
CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked After Children
Shropshire Council · Shropshire, West Midlands
Shropshire Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Shropshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 25 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 15:05
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Shropshire Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Shropshire. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £7,000,000. The contract runs from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026. It lasts 1 year.
Find a Tender published it on 25 April 2025. The notice number is 017123-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0507df. Bids are made through the buyer's Delta eSourcing portal.
Summary of the contracting process
Shropshire Council is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked After Children". This procurement falls under the category of social work and related services, specifically targeting children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties. The services will be provided within Shropshire and delivered under a block bed contract.
The contract term is set to commence on 1st August 2025 for 12 months, with possibilities for two further 12-month extensions in 2026 and 2027. The gross value of the contract is estimated at £7,000,000. The next significant date in this process is the future notice publication on 12th May 2025, offering business entities insight into the upcoming opportunity.
The light-touch procurement regime suggests that the process may have specific conditions favouring smaller and more specialised providers, creating avenues for growth and market expansion within this sector.
The notice in full
This is a pipeline notice for the procurement of The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked After Children to be delivered under a block bed contract. The ten block bed placements within agreed Ofsted registered children's residential homes will be located within Shropshire boundaries for Shropshire Council's use at all times within the term of the contract.
A large proportion of the placements available are to be considered floating. The term floating refers to placements which could be available across multiple homes and not fixed to an individual home, allowing for greater flexibly in matching a child to a suitable home. The term of the contract will be 12 months starting from the 1st August 2025 with two optional extensions of 12 months in 2026 and 2027.
Providers will be required to deliver Residential care provision in line with the Statement of Purpose and Ofsted registration of the home.
The category of registration for homes that will provide services will be "children with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties (EBD)" as set out in the children's home regulations Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk ) For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/H75V8UD2KW To respond to this opportunity, please click here: delta-esourcing.com/respond/H75V8UD2KW
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
- 1 Aug 2025 to 31 Jul 2026 (1 year)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- Delta eSourcing
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £7,000,000
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
- 017123-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0507df
- CPV code
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Shropshire
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- Postcode
- SY3 8HQ
- Electoral ward
- Porthill
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Shropshire
- Area
- Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Shropshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Procurement
- Phone
- +44 1743252992
- Address
- Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ · West Midlands · England
Documents and links
- Pipeline notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017123-2025
- Delta eSourcing portal, to register and biddelta-esourcing.com/respond/H75V8UD2KW
- Delta-esourcing.comdelta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/H75V8UD2KW
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0507df (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked… tender open?
Shropshire Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked… contract worth?
The estimated value is £7,000,000. The contract runs from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked…?
Shropshire Council, based in Shropshire, West Midlands. The named contact is Procurement, on +44 1743252992.
How do I bid for CMCV 109 - The Provision of a Specialist Residential Care Service for Looked…?
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