Awarded· 20 Jan 2025
RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement
Luton Council · Luton, East of England
Luton Council has awarded RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement. It is a contract for supported accommodation for 16 and 17 in Luton.
Source: Find a Tender, published 10 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Sublime Care Solutions
2025
Contract starts
2025
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
2025
Contract termination
UK11 - Contract Termination Notice · 11:59
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 11:44
View notice
About this tender
In brief
Luton Council has awarded RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement. It is a contract for supported accommodation for 16 and 17 in Luton. The contract went to Sublime Care Solutions. It was awarded on 20 January 2025. The contract value is £233,576. The contract runs from 21 January 2025 to 22 August 2025. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 10 November 2025. The notice number is 072349-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05dd84.
Summary of the contracting process
The public procurement process for the project titled "RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement" was managed by Luton Council, a sub-central government public authority located in Luton, UK. This procurement was conducted under the legal framework of the UKPGA 2023/54. The industry category is Health and Social Work Services, with the related location being the UKH21 region in the United Kingdom.
Initially, the procurement method was direct, classified as "Below threshold - without competition", and followed a "lightTouch" special regime. The procurement process has reached the contract termination stage as of 10th November 2025, with the contract status recorded as “terminated” because it naturally expired on 28th August 2025. The contract, however, was originally signed on 20th January 2025 and had a gross value of £280,291.20.
Large-scale organisations, like Sublime Care Solutions Limited, the supplier for this contract, are well-suited for such opportunities, especially those capable of handling comprehensive service requirements across specified regions like UKH21.
The notice in full
Supported accommodation agency for child placement. For foster care placements
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Supported Accommodation For Young People
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 21 Jan 2025 to 22 Aug 2025 (0½ years)
- Awarded to
- Sublime Care Solutions
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK11 - Contract Termination Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £233,576
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Terminated
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 072349-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05dd84
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Luton
- Town
- Luton
- Postcode
- LU1 2BQ
- Electoral ward
- Central
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Region
- East of England
- Sub-region
- Luton
- Area
- Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Luton Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Procurement
- Address
- Luton, LU1 2BQ · East of England · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Sublime Care Solutions
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract termination notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072349-2025
- Contract details notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/072337-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05dd84 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement
Who won the RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement contract?
Luton Council awarded the contract to Sublime Care Solutions on 20 January 2025. It is due to end on 22 August 2025, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement contract worth?
The contract value is £233,576. The contract runs from 21 January 2025 to 22 August 2025 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for RFE - Supported accommodation agency for child placement?
Luton Council, based in Luton, East of England. The named contact is Procurement.
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