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Children’s Home Care Provision (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)

London Borough Of Croydon · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 20:29.

Opportunity overview

The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children’s home and deliver registered services.The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term").This procurement will be carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.The required Services are being procured via a competitive tendering process and will run electronically via the Croydon Tenders Portal.All communication throughout the tender process will be via London Borough of Croydon E-Procurement Site - Home (in-tendhost.co.uk).A bidders briefing will be held on the 7th January at 11am. Please register your interest via correspondence message including, name and email of attendees on the intend portal to receive an teams invite to the event.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

St Christopher’s Fellowship

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£1.3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
24 Mar 2025
Award ID
012886-2025-LBC/CN/817-1
Status
active
Location
London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children’s home and deliver registered services.The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term").This procurement will be carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.The required Services are being procured via a competitive tendering process.Value not stated

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
LBC/TN/390
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Review Details
Review procedures are as set out in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and are time limited. Any proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Bid Opening

Date
22 Jan 2025, 12:00

Address

Street Address
Intend

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
22 Jan 2025, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
22 Jan 2025, 12:00

Classification

Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children’s home and deliver registered services.The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term").This procurement will be carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.The required Services are being procured via a competitive tendering process.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
70
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
30

Contract period

Ends
30 Jun 2032, 23:59
Starts
1 Jul 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI6
Entry 2
Region
UKI6

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and 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-133192
Name
London Borough Of Croydon

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Croydon
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bernard Weatherill House

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
London Borough Of Croydon

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-18301
Name
HM Courts and Tribunal Service

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
HM Courts and Tribunal Service
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-142852
Name
St Christopher’s Fellowship

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
St Christopher’s Fellowship

Award information

Award 1
Id
012886-2025-LBC/CN/817-1
Title
Childrens Home Care Provision
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-142852
Name
St Christopher’s Fellowship

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
012886-2025-LBC/CN/817-1
Title
Childrens Home Care Provision
Status
active
Award ID
012886-2025-LBC/CN/817-1
Date Signed
24 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
1,272,615
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Croydon · UK · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI6

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04c98f-2025-04-03T15:41:05+01:00compiled ·