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HCC- Oct/25 - The Provision of Residential Placements for Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs across four sites – Brickendon, Cassiobury, Clothall and Melbourn

Hertfordshire County Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 03:42.

Opportunity overview

This is an Award Notice. Hertfordshire County Council went out to procurement for the Provision of Residential Placements for Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Complex Needs across four sites – Brickendon, Cassiobury, Clothall and Melbourn. The Council wishes to procure separate ‘Block Contract’ arrangements to provide Ofsted registered residential homes for Children and Young People aged 7 to 18 with complex needs. This will be divided into four Lots . The Council procured this contract using the Open Procedure as defined in the Procurement Act 2023. The Council reserves the right at any time to cease the procurement process and not award a Contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice. If the Council takes up this right, then they will not be responsible for or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any organisation or tenderer as a result. Lot 2 - Melbourn and Lot 4 - Brickendon have not been awarded. Lot 2 - Melbourn The decision has been made not to proceed with the award of this contract as per section 3.5 of the ITT. This is due to a change in requirement to the original contract that was not known at the time of tender. We appreciate the time and effort put in by tenderers, and understand this will be disappointing, however the Council anticipates re-tendering this alongside an additional property within the next few months. Lot 4 - Brickendon The decision has been made not to proceed with the award of this contract as per section 3.5 of the ITT. This is due to a change in requirement to the original contract that was not known at the time of the tender. We appreciate the time and effort put in by tenderers, and understand this will be disappointing, however the Council intends to re-issue a tender opportunity for this Lot within the next few months. The Council regrets the necessity for this action, but revised requirements are essential in ensuring the delivery of the right outcomes. You will be notified on In-Tend of any future procurement for this service. The Council’s current intention is that a new procurement for the Services may be commenced, once the Council have been able to review and revise the requirements.

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.

1st Class Support and Housing Ltd

Matched by normalised name
Published award value
£9.2m
Awarded
9 Aug 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PJRZ-4558-QVWG
Location
Sittingbourne, UKJ43, ME10 5JZ, United Kingdom

Frontline Social Care Ltd

Matched by number
Published award value
£8m
Awarded
9 Aug 2026
Award ID
2
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 15049900
Location
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, UKH23, EN6 4RY, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated
  • Lot 2Value not stated
  • Lot 3Value not stated
  • Lot 4Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
HCC2516958 to HCC2516961
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete
Entry 2
Id
2
Status
complete
Entry 3
Id
3
Status
complete
Entry 4
Id
4
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Hertfordshire County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWJT-5264-WYMY

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWJT-5264-WYMY

Address

Street Address
Robertson House, Six Hills Way
Locality
Stevenage
Postal Code
SG1 2FQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
1st Class Support and Housing Ltd
Id
GB-PPON-PJRZ-4558-QVWG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJRZ-4558-QVWG

Address

Street Address
8 Realgar Court,
Locality
Sittingbourne
Postal Code
ME10 5JZ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ43

Contact

Roles

supplier
tenderer

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No
Organisation 3
Name
Frontline Social Care Ltd
Id
GB-COH-15049900

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
15049900

Address

Street Address
Sopers House, Sopers Road, Cuffley,
Locality
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Postal Code
EN6 4RY
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH23

Contact

Roles

supplier
tenderer

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Lot 1 - Clothall
Status
pending
Date
10 Aug 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
11 Aug 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85300000
Description
Social work and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
85310000
Description
Social work services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311000
Description
Social work services with accommodation
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
11,074,536
Amount
9,228,780
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PJRZ-4558-QVWG
Name
1st Class Support and Housing Ltd

Standstill Period

Ends
21 Aug 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
14 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
13 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
13 Aug 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is an option to extend the contract up to a further two (2) years. Therefore the maximum duration of this contract could be five (5) years.

Options

Description
There may be an opportunity within the Contract to create additional bed(s) as part of the overall Clothall registration. The Council will decide at its absolute discretion, whether to extend the Contract to include additional bed(s) and such decision is dependent on successful delivery of the existing Service, and the identification of suitable property locally to the Clothall property (within 20-30 minutes travel by vehicle). Any Contract amendment will not exceed the maximum bed registration for a single Registered Manager.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
076398-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Aug 2026, 16:16
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Award 2
Id
2
Title
Lot 3 - Cassiobury
Status
pending
Date
10 Aug 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
11 Aug 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
3
Related Lot
3

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85300000
Description
Social work and related services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
85310000
Description
Social work services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311000
Description
Social work services with accommodation
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH23
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
9,572,904
Amount
7,977,420
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-15049900
Name
Frontline Social Care Ltd

Standstill Period

Ends
21 Aug 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
14 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
13 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
13 Aug 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is the option to extend up to a further two (2) years. Therefore the maximum duration of this contract could be five (5) years.

Options

Description
There may be an opportunity within the Contract to create additional bed(s) as part of the overall Cassiobury registration. The Council will decide at its absolute discretion, whether to extend the Contract to include additional bed(s) and such decision is dependent on successful delivery of the existing Service, and the identification of suitable property locally to the Cassiobury property (within 20-30 minutes travel by vehicle). Any Contract amendment will not exceed the maximum bed registration for a single Registered Manager.

Related lots

3

Documents

Entry 1
Id
076398-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Aug 2026, 16:16
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
2
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
1 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Award 3
Id
-1
Status
active
Final Status Date
11 Aug 2026, 00:00

Related lots

2
4

Documents

Entry 1
Id
076398-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
11 Aug 2026, 16:16
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Stevenage · UKH23 · SG1 2FQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 076398-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·