COV - West Midlands Children's Regional Residential Care Framework: closed tender by Coventry City Council [#077659]

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

This framework is for the provision of children's residential care across the West Midlands region. Coventry City Council is the lead local authority for the framework, which can be accessed by the 14 West Midlands Local Authorities/Trusts and their successors/any successor bodies of any of the 14 entities. The West Midlands Children's Residential Care Framework aims to be the primary means by which residential care placements are sourced in the region from the independent market.

This is a framework re-opening and Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more of the Lots. Providers that are already on the framework can apply to be added to an additional Lot(s) and/or apply to add further Children's Residential Homes to the Framework. For example, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can now apply for Lot 3 and/or Lot 6. Similarly, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can apply to add another Children's Residential Home(s) to Lots 1 and/or 2 and apply to be added to an additional Lot(s).

Please see tender documents for more information about the framework and how it will be awarded. The tender documents can be downloaded from Coventry City Council's e-tendering portal CSW-JETS via sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands ↗.

This is a Flexible framework, which is being re-opened for a Light Touch Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 (and for the avoidance of doubt NOT as an Open Framework as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). The framework shall be re-opened at least annually and there will be additional re-openings, at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Council the flexible framework needs to be re-opened to enable the Council and any Placing Authority to discharge their statutory duties in relation to Children in Care and the current number of providers and homes do not offer sufficient capacity in terms of residential placements available across the West Midlands region.

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 21 Sept 2027, 23:59 BST.
How the procedure runs: For a full breakdown of the Competitive flexible procedure being followed, please see section 5.2.2. Stage 2 - Children's Residential Home(s) - Award Process Criteria (Pass/Fail) in Part 1 - Information Pack of the tender documents

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Open framework
Call-offs: every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
Framework period: 2 yrs 8 mo · up to 8 yrs 8 mo from 1 Mar 2027

Who may buy through it

The framework can be accessed by the 14 West Midlands Local Authorities/Trusts listed below and their successors/any successor bodies of any of the 14 entities.

Birmingham Children's Trust

The Council of the City of Coventry

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Herefordshire Council

Sandwell Children's Trust

Shropshire Council

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Walsall Council

Warwickshire County Council

Wolverhampton City Council

Worcestershire County Council

Published description of the framework

This framework is for the provision of children's residential care across the West Midlands region. Coventry City Council is the lead local authority for the framework, which can be accessed by the 14 West Midlands Local Authorities/Trusts and their successors/any successor bodies of any of the 14 entities. The West Midlands Children's Residential Care Framework aims to be the primary means by which residential care placements are sourced in the region from the independent market.

This is a framework re-opening and Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more of the Lots. Providers that are already on the framework can apply to be added to an additional Lot(s) and/or apply to add further Children's Residential Homes to the Framework. For example, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can now apply for Lot 3 and/or Lot 6. Similarly, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can apply to add another Children's Residential Home(s) to Lots 1 and/or 2 and apply to be added to an additional Lot(s).

Please see tender documents for more information about the framework and how it will be awarded. The tender documents can be downloaded from Coventry City Council's e-tendering portal CSW-JETS via sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands ↗.

This is a Flexible framework, which is being re-opened for a Light Touch Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 (and for the avoidance of doubt NOT as an Open Framework as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). The framework shall be re-opened at least annually and there will be additional re-openings, at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Council the flexible framework needs to be re-opened to enable the Council and any Placing Authority to discharge their statutory duties in relation to Children in Care and the current number of providers and homes do not offer sufficient capacity in terms of residential placements available across the West Midlands region.

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 6 lots carries the same published figure, £4,946,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Planned Residential CareRenewal 2 yrs 8 moSMEceiling above

Lot 1 is for the provision of Planned Residential Care placements

Contract period: 1 Mar 2027 – 30 Oct 2029 (2 yrs 8 mo) · up to 30 Oct 2035 with extensions