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Published 10 Apr 2025, 17:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Residential Children Home Services Phase 2

Official notice

Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)
Published estimate£17,800,000≈ £5.9m / year · £21,360,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 17 Nov 2025awarded 10 Mar 2026
Award (standstill) to Jigsaw Care Services Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 15 Feb 2029 · up to 15 Feb 2031 with extensions · starts 16 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Milton Keynes City Council (The Council) wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children’s residential care to operate two Ofsted-registered therapeutic children’s homes utilising the Council’s own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs. This is a block contract to be let for an initial term of 3 years with an option for the Council to extend subject to review for up to 2 years on a year-by-year basis with the successful tenderer.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Aug 2030, 00:59 BST.

CPV: Daycare services for disabled children and young people · Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£17,800,000
Contract period: 16 Feb 2026 – 15 Feb 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 15 Feb 2031 with extensionsValue: £17,800,000 exc. VAT · £21,360,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: An option for the Council to extend for 2 extension periods of up to 12 months each with the successful tenderer.
85311300 Welfare services for children and young people85312120 Daycare services for disabled children and young people

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: As stated in tender documents

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Aug 2030
First published
10 Apr 2025, 17:28 BST
Last source update
20 Mar 2026, 15:37 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 22 Jan 2026
Authority reference
2025-126
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066386
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Daycare services for disabled children and young peopleWelfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

As stated in tender documents

Review and risk notes
Risks

As stated in tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

10 Apr 2025 → 31 Mar 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 17:28 BST
  2. Market engagement
    4 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST

    Please respond to the questions given in Market Engagement Notice document by the 12 noon; 03 June 2025. A provider engagement event will be held via Teams in w/c 23rd June 2025. To access Market Engagement document please login on in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes/aspx/Home ↗

  3. Next notice expected
    2 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published375 days ago
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
  5. Clarification questions by356 days ago
    5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  6. Submission deadline344 days ago
    17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected by278 days ago
    22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts254 days ago
    16 Feb 2026
  9. Assessment summaries sent222 days ago
    20 Mar 2026
  10. Latest notice published221 days ago
    20 Mar 2026, 15:37 GMT
  11. Standstill ends210 days ago
    31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Apr 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    10 Apr 2025, 17:28 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    7 May 2025, 15:20 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 May 2025, 08:39 BST
    UK2
  4. Tender notice published
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
    UK4
  5. Published value updated to £17,800,000
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
    was £11,800,000
  6. Status changed to active
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
  7. Procurement method changed
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
  8. Deadline published: 17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
    17 Oct 2025, 14:58 BST
  9. Contract award notice published
    20 Mar 2026, 15:37 GMT
    UK6
  10. Status changed to complete
    20 Mar 2026, 15:37 GMT
  11. Contract signature expected
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

To access Market Engagement document, web address of MKCC e-tendering portal, InTend, to provided in Description section.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 1 release · 7 May 2025
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 10 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £17,800,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Named bidders 5published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Jigsaw Care Services Ltd1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2029 · up to 30 Jun 2031Extensions: an option for the Council to extend for 2 extension periods of upto 12 months each£17,800,00010 Mar 2026standstill to 31 Mar 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5final-stage tenders50—

Who bid

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

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDZ-6131-PWZH Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 3EJContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

5 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded
  • Agile care solutions ltdBidder / tendererGB-PPON: PPDL-2821-TLRZ 381 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, South East, mk9 3hp
  • Aspire Children's CareBidder / tendererGB-PPON: PPPX-3351-BBCJ 33-35 Finchley Lane,, London, London, NW4 1BX
  • Blueleys LtdBidder / tendererGB-PPON: PCCM-7687-CVTW Cublington Road, Aston Abbotts, South East, HP22 4ND
  • CF SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tendererGB-PPON: PBDG-4264-QNCZ Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, East of England, IP10 0BF
  • Jigsaw Care Services LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMYL-1293-BGNQ Beckett House, 14 Billing Road,, Northampton, East Midlands, NN1 5AWContact email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsSuppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to register on above given portal and "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full tender documentation through this e-tendering system.

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