Awarded· 5 Jan 2026
Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After
London Borough of Hackney · Hackney, London
London Borough of Hackney has awarded Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After. It is a contract for other health and social care in Hackney.
Source: Find a Tender, published 22 Jan 2026. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2026
Contract awarded
Action for Children
2026
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 14:53
View notice2026
Contract starts
2026
Tender cancellation
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice · 10:35
View noticeNext
2031
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
London Borough of Hackney has awarded Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After. It is a contract for other health and social care in Hackney. The contract went to Action for Children. It was awarded on 5 January 2026. The awarded value is £17,860,000. The contract runs from 20 January 2026 to 19 January 2031. It lasts 5 years.
It is run as a below threshold - unknown. Find a Tender published it on 22 January 2026. The notice number is 005637-2026. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0604cf.
Summary of the contracting process
The London Borough of Hackney has awarded a contract titled "Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After" to ACTION FOR CHILDREN, marking the completion stage of the procurement process. This contract involves the development and management of two small children's homes in Hackney, with an estimated value of £17,860,000, rising to a gross amount of £21,432,000.
The procurement was conducted under a 'Below Threshold - unknown' method and falls within the industry category of Health and Social Work Services. The contract commenced on 20th January 2026 and is expected to run until 19th January 2031, with potential extensions until 2033.
The buying organisation, the London Borough of Hackney, is a public authority within the sub-central government in the UK, with its headquarters located at the Hackney Service Centre, London.
The notice in full
The development and management of two small children's homes, from Council buildings, in Hackney for Children Looked After, to commence 2026. The estimated value of this contract is above the statutory threshold for a public contract under the Procurement Act 2023. The required UK4 Tender Notice submission was attempted on 7th August 2025 but due to an error in the submission process, the notice did not successfully publish.
Consequently and to ensure the timely fulfillment of the statutory requirement to notify the market of the contract award, this notice has been administratively classified as a 'Below-Threshold' award on the Central Digital Platform. This UK6 Contract Award Notice serves as the formal, required notification of the contract award.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 20 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2031 (5 years)
- Awarded to
- Action for Children
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procedure
- Below threshold - unknown
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Not stated in the notice: procurement method.
Values
- Awards value
- £17,860,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Cancelled
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 005637-2026
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0604cf
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Town
- East London
- Postcode
- E8 1DY
- Electoral ward
- Hackney Central
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Region
- London
- Sub-region
- Hackney and Newham
- Area
- Inner London - East
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- London Borough of Hackney
- Category
- Services
- Address
- London, E8 1DY · London · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Action for Children
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £17,860,000
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Procurement termination notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005637-2026
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002730-2026
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0604cf (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After
Who won the Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After contract?
London Borough of Hackney awarded the contract to Action for Children on 5 January 2026. It is due to end on 19 January 2031, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After contract worth?
The awarded value is £17,860,000. The contract runs from 20 January 2026 to 19 January 2031 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Commissioning Children's Homes in Hackney for Children Looked After?
London Borough of Hackney, based in Hackney, London.
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