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Supporting Stability and Sufficiency of children in care placements

Derbyshire County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 22:48.

Opportunity overview

Market engagement event Derbyshire County Council has over 1000 children in care. Approximately 50% of these children in care are in placements sourced through external providers, within residential, fostering and supported accommodation. This is an opportunity for OFSTED registered providers to support in the delivery of Good and Outstanding quality, stable and local placements to the Council's Children in Care. The Council is committed to driving a dynamic, outcomes focused, child-centred placement market, which offers good value, quality and choice. The Council also aim to ensure that the right placement is found the first time, on time, every time and to deliver statutory duties. The Council is wanting to develop partnerships that will help the Council's Commissioners and Providers to address areas of sufficiency and establish a clear and strategic sense of direction for future provision within Derbyshire. The Council would welcome responses from foster care providers, residential providers, and supported accommodation providers to work with the Council to find creative solutions for Derbyshire's Children in Care.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value 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
CCS059/CCS047
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Feb 2027, 00:00
Ends
31 Jan 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Provider Engagement event The event will be held on Monday 16th March 2026 10am -12.30pm (commencing at 10.30am). The event will be held at Lea Green, Main Road, Lea, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5GJ The event is about Supporting Stability and Sufficiency of children in care placements. The event is only for providers who are OFSTED registered for Children within Derbyshire (and neighbouring areas). In order to be eligible to attend the event, OFSTED registrations must either be complete now and the service in place, or for the OFSTED registration to be completed by the tender return date (estimated November 2026) at the latest (as providers without this will not be eligible to apply for the contract). Please RSVP by 9th March 2026 to ellena.outram@derbyshire.gov.uk
Due
16 Mar 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
011954-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
10 Feb 2026, 14:27
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Derbyshire County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWZQ-2162-JJQL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWZQ-2162-JJQL

Address

Street Address
County Hall
Locality
Matlock
Postal Code
DE4 3AG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF13

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Matlock · UKF13 · DE4 3AG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKF · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 002391-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 011954-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·