Northamptonshire County Council · Awarded contract
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Award of East Midlands Regional Children's Framework Agreement for Children's Homes and Fostering Services

Awarded 01 Feb 2018

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Awarded01 Feb 2018
Value£120,000,000.00
SupplierPlatform Childcare Ltd,Nugent,Absolute Children's services Ltd,Progressive Care,Action for Children,Adventure Care,Altum Residential Care Ltd,Archways Care Ltd,Blue Mountain Homes Limited,Cambian Childcare Limited,Capstone Care Provider Ltd,Care Today (Children's Services),CareTech Community Services Ltd,Compass Community Limited,Crystal Care Solutions,Homes 2 Inspire (G4S Care and Justice Services),Hexagon Care Services,Hillcrest Childrens Services Limited,Keys Education Limited,Living Life (UK) Ltd T/As The Banyan Tree,Meadows Care Limited,North Lakes Childrens Services,Nottinghamshire YMCA,Pathway Care Solutions Group Ltd,Prestige Adolescent Care & Education Ltd,Priory Education Services Limited,Sandcastle Care,Searchlight Care Services Ltd,The Caldecott Foundation,esland,the place young peoples company,Total Care Matters Limited,Tree House Care Fostering,UNIQUE CARE HOMES,Young Foundations Ltd,BeaconChildcare Ltd,Horizon Care and Education Group Limited,Inspirations Leicestershire Ltd,Resolute Care LTD,Care 4 Children Residential Services Limited,Dalepeak Ltd,Family Care Group Ltd,Kedleston UK Ltd,Stanfield Care Services limited,Keys Group Progressive Care and Education,Bryn Melyn Care Ltd,CareTech Community Services Limited,Childhood First,Meadows Care Ltd.,Options BESD (1) Ltd t/a Options College Shifnal,Witherslack Group,Amberleigh Care,Halliwell Homes Limited,Oracle Care Ltd,Five Rivers Child Care Limited,Kites Childrens Services,ROC Northwest,Enabling Futures Ltd,Prestige Adolescent care & education Ltd,The SENAD Group,Birtenshaw,Kisimul Group Ltd,Progress Care Solutions,Chartwell Care Services,Grace Care,Foster Care Link Ltd,Acorn Fostering Services Ltd,Anchor Foster Care Services Ltd,Alliance Foster Care,Archway Care Ltd,BSN Social Care Group,By the Bridge Limited,Caldecott Fostering,Child Care Bureau Ltd,Family Care Fostering Limited,Foster Care Associates,Fostering Dimensions Ltd,Fostering Outcomes Ltd,Fostering People Ltd,Fostering Solutions Ltd.,Fusion Fostering Ltd,HOPE Fostering Services,Jay Fostering,Orange Grove Fostercare Ltd,Care Today / Parallel Parents Ltd,Pride Fostering Service,Prospects for Young People Limited,Quality Fostering Ltd,Regional Foster Placements,Swiis Foster Care Ltd,TACT,The National Fostering Agency Ltd,Anglia Fostering Agency Ltd,Barnardo's,Capstone Foster Care,Fostering Options,Fosterplus Ltd,Sunbeam Fostering Agency Limited,Team Fostering,The Children's Family Trust,UK Fostering Ltd,Heath Farm Family Services Ltd.,ISP Ltd,Scope,Credo Care Ltd
AgencyNorthamptonshire County Council
RegionEast Midlands
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
Ended 6y 9mo ago1y 12mo term
Awarded 1 Feb 2018Expired 31 Jan 2020

About

Northamptonshire County Council awarded a contract to Platform Childcare Ltd, Nugent, Absolute Children's services Ltd, Progressive Care, Action for Children, Adventure Care, Altum Residential Care Ltd, Archways Care Ltd, Blue Mountain Homes Limited, and Cambian Chil for the provision of Children's Homes and Fostering Services Placements for Children and Young People under the East Midlands Regional Children's Framework Agreement (EMRCF) Consortium.

The contract, valued at £120,000,000, covers two lots: Lot 1 for Children's Homes with categories for standard and specialist Emotional Behaviour Difficulties (EBD), Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) with challenging behaviour, and complex health needs; and Lot 2 for Fostering Services with categories for standard, specialist, disabilities, and complex health needs.

The framework operates under the light touch regime as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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