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Residential Children's Home Service

Milton Keynes City Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Milton Keynes City Council (the Council) requires provision of Residential Children's Home Service. The contract is to commission an external provider to operate a residential children’s home, utilising the Council’s property. It will be Ofsted-registered Children’s Home offering care for up to 2 Young People with complex needs. The procurement is being run under Light Touch Regime. Intended mainly for planned medium-term placements (3 to 12 months) to bring children back into area, offer stability and focused work to enable move-on to mainstream residential, foster care, SA or home.

Awarded to

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CF Support Services Limited

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£7.3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
3 Apr 2025
Award ID
019467-2025-2024-199-1
Status
active
Identifier
06872748
Location
Ipswich, UK, IP10 0BF, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services
  • CPV85310000 — Social work services
  • CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people

Lots

  • The Council wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children’s residential care to operate an Ofsted-registered 2-bed therapeutic children’s home utilising one of the Council’s own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs.These needs may include, but are not limited to, trauma, attachment, offending including gang affiliation and weapon use, mental health including hospital step down, neurodevelopment (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and or Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD), substance use and child sexual/criminal exploitation presenting high levels of risk. This is a block Contract, to be let for three (3) years from the agreed service commencement date, with the option to extend subject to review for up to a further two (2) years on a year by year basis.This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible. Additional information: The maximum contract value for the whole term of the contract including extensions will be £7,900,000. This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible.£7.9m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2024-199
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Review Details
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. Applicants may seek further clarification from the Contracting Authority following receipt of this information and the Contracting Authority will provide further clarification as appropriate. If any clarification regarding the award of the Contract has not been successfully resolved, an Applicant can consider its option under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Applicants would need to obtain their own legal advice.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Section
IV.2.2

New Value

Date
17 Jan 2025, 12:00

Old Value

Date
10 Jan 2025, 12:00
Entry 2

Where

Label
Conditions for opening of tenders
Section
IV.2.7

New Value

Date
17 Jan 2025, 12:00

Old Value

Date
10 Jan 2025, 12:00

Bid Opening

Date
10 Jan 2025, 12:00

Address

Street Address
Milton Keynes City Council

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Recurrence

Description
2029

Expected award period

Starts
10 Jan 2025, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
10 Jan 2025, 12:00

Contract terms

Has Electronic Payment
Yes

Classification

Id
85311300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

written

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
As stated in procurement documents

Applies To

supplier

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The Council wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children’s residential care to operate an Ofsted-registered 2-bed therapeutic children’s home utilising one of the Council’s own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs.These needs may include, but are not limited to, trauma, attachment, offending including gang affiliation and weapon use, mental health including hospital step down, neurodevelopment (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and or Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD), substance use and child sexual/criminal exploitation presenting high levels of risk. This is a block Contract, to be let for three (3) years from the agreed service commencement date, with the option to extend subject to review for up to a further two (2) years on a year by year basis.This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible. Additional information: The maximum contract value for the whole term of the contract including extensions will be £7,900,000. This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible.

Value

Amount
7,900,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
An option to extend subject to review for up to a further two (2) years on a year by year basis

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
60
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
40

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ12
Entry 2
Region
UKJ12
Entry 3
Region
UKJ12

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85311300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Welfare services for children and young people
Entry 2
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 3
Id
85310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Social work services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-73644
Name
Milton Keynes City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ12
Locality
Milton Keynes
Postal Code
MK9 3EJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Civic Office, 1 Saxon Gate East

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Milton Keynes City Council

Contact

Telephone
+44 1908691691
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-38338
Name
High Court Royal Court of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
WC24 2LL
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
High Court Royal Court of Justice
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-146977
Name
CF Support Services Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Ipswich
Postal Code
IP10 0BF
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
11, Three Rivers Business Centre, Felixstowe Road

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
06872748
Legal Name
CF Support Services Limited

Award information

Award 1
Id
019467-2025-2024-199-1
Title
Resident Children’s Home Service
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-146977
Name
CF Support Services Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
019467-2025-2024-199-1
Title
Resident Children’s Home Service
Status
active
Award ID
019467-2025-2024-199-1
Date Signed
4 Apr 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
7,297,760
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Milton Keynes · UKJ12 · MK9 3EJ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ12

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04c29a-2025-05-07T15:49:47+01:00compiled ·