Official UK procurement notice
Contract for 3x Ofsted Registered Residential Children's Homes for Children with Disabilities
Authority: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA single Service Provider for 3 solo placement Ofsted registered Residential Children Homes for Children with Disabilities who are looked after by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.
The properties are owned by the Council and are located within the Redcar and Cleveland area. The Service Provider will be required to sign Lease Agreements for each of the properties as part of the Contract.
- No preliminary market engagement: The Contracting Authority has carried out preliminary market engagement in relation to the contracting opportunity. The preliminary market engagement was conducted prior to the commencement of the Procurement Act 2023 which is why a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice was not published. A face-to-face presentation including Question and Answer session was held 17 December 2024, with the opportunity advertised openly to suppliers on the e-tender system (ProContract). The presentation slides were also subsequently published openly on the e-tender system to allow suppliers not able to attend the session to access the same information and opportunity to raise questions. The slides from the market engagement presentation and responses to questions received are included in this tender pack for information.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£10,920,000
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation are included in the Invitation To Tender, and include:
- Committing to obtain required insurance levels if awarded the contract
- Data protection
- Health & Safety
- Compliance with Equality Legislation
Please see Tender for details.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of Participation are included in the Invitation To Tender, and include:
- Information Security
- Safeguarding Children
- Ofsted Registration
Please see Tender for details.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: As detailed in the tender documents.
- Price: As detailed in the tender documents
- Economic & financial standing
Conditions of Participation are included in the Invitation To Tender, and include:
- Committing to obtain required insurance levels if awarded the contract
- Data protection
- Health & Safety
- Compliance with Equality Legislation
Please see Tender for details.
- Technical & professional ability
Conditions of Participation are included in the Invitation To Tender, and include:
- Information Security
- Safeguarding Children
- Ofsted Registration
Please see Tender for details.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Apr 2025, 12:14 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
OPEN2025628- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014556- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050150Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 May 2025, 14:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please be advised that Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council are conducting this procurement via Open (www.open-uk.org ↗). If you go to Browse Opportunities at the top of the page and Filter on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council you can then search for this opportunity. Tenders must be submitted via the Open system.
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Timeline
11 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 12:14 BST
- Submission deadline19 May 2025, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by26 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published16 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Standstill ends25 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Tender notice published11 Apr 2025, 12:14 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published16 Jul 2025, 16:00 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Contract signature expected26 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| North East Autism Society1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: 2 x 12 month optional extension periods available. For Property 3 only, an additional break clause is included to provide the option to end the contract relating to this property in February 2027. | £9,819,228 | 16 Jul 2025standstill to 25 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 3 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonNorth East Autism SocietyVCSE · North East England
- did not winVCARE RESIDENTIAL LTD · Yorkshire and the Humber
- did not winFREYA GROUP LIMITED · North East England
- did not winCOMPASSIONATE CHILDREN'S CARE & SUPPORT LIMITED · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- COMPASSIONATE CHILDREN'S CARE & SUPPORT LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- FREYA GROUP LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- North East Autism SocietyAwarded supplier
- VCARE RESIDENTIAL LTDBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender