Tender: Dynamic Purchasing System for Residential and Foster Care Placements – Leicestershire County Council
Released about 7 years ago
Closes23 Feb 2029
Likely valueRough estimate£3.0M to £20.0MInflation adjusted
LocationEast Midlands
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CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
842 days leftCloses Fri, 23 Feb 2029
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Leicestershire County Council is seeking providers to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to supply residential and foster care placements for Leicestershire’s Looked After Children. Providers must be registered with Ofsted for the provision of Residential Homes and Foster Care, and the Council intends to work collaboratively with providers to meet placement demand and need so children and young people can live locally in high-quality, value-for-money placements.
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Pricing1Where your prices and rates go.
Contract and conditions1The contract you would sign and its terms.
Other documents1Everything else attached to this tender.
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Award of Children's External Placements Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) by Cambridgeshire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare4D Care Ltd,Acorn Care and Education Limited,Alliance Foster Care,Amberleigh Care,Anglia Fostering Agency Ltd,Banya Family Placement Ltd,BDP Social Care Ltd,Break,Brighter Futures Foster Care,Bryn Melyn Care Ltd,By the Bridge Limited,Childhood First,Compass Community Limited,Credo Care Ltd,Diverse Care UK Ltd,EAQ (Equine Assisted Qualifications) Ltd,Eastern Fostering Services - Social Work,Esland,Ethelbert Childrens Services,Fleet Tutors,Foster Care Associates,Fostering Innovations,Fostering Options,Fostering People Ltd,Fostering Solutions Ltd,Fostering UK,Fosterplus Ltd,Futures for Children,Gretton School,HAVEN CARE GROUP,Heartwood Care Group,Heath Farm Family Services Ltd,Hesley Group,Hexagon Care Services,Homes 2 Inspire Ltd,Integrated Services Programme (ISP),Kedleston Schools,Keys PCE Limited,Kisimul Group Ltd,Lioncare - The Lioncare Group,Little Acorns Fostering Ltd,National Teaching & Advisory Service,Next Step Fostering,Nexus Fostering,North East Specialist Therapeutic Services CIC,On Track Education,Orange Grove Fostercare Ltd,Parallel Parents,Pathway Care Solutions Group Ltd,PJL Healthcare,Plus One (South West) Ltd,Pride Fostering Service,Progress Care Solutions,Quality Foster Care,Quality Protects Children Ltd,Randstad,Reflexions Care Group Limited trading as New Reflexions,Regional Foster Placements,Semi-Independent House Ltd,Sense,St Christopher's Fellowship,Step-A-Side Care Ltd,The Adolescent and Children's Trust,The Aurora Group,The Caldecott Foundation,The Foster Care Co-operative,The National Fostering Agency Ltd,The Ryes College Ltd,Time for Children Limited,To The Moon and Back Foster Care Limited,Tree House Care Fostering,UK Fostering,UNIQUE CARE HOMES
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Award of Residential and Foster Care Placement Services for Leicestershire Looked After ChildrenPublic Services & WelfareTotal Care Matters Limited,TJunction Children's Services,The Caldecott Foundation,Witherslack Group,Fusion Fostering Ltd,Heath Solo Limited,Casaegis Ltd,Kedleston Schools,Leicester YMCA,Footsteps to Futures,Horizon Care and Education Group Limited,Homes 2 Inspire Ltd,Interpid Care & Support,Meadows Care Ltd.,Care Today,Nottinghamshire YMCA,New Horizons (NW) Ltd,Blue Mountain Homes Limited,Inspirations Leicestershire,Keys PCE Limited,Praxis Care,Salutem LD BidCo IV Limited, trading as Ambito Care and Educatio,Compass Community Limited,Bryn Melyn Care Ltd,Friends Therapeutic Community Trust,4 Pure Heart Limited,Amberleigh Care,BeaconChildcare Ltd,Quality Protects Children Ltd,Heathcotes,Acorn Care and Education Limited,Esland,Resolute Care LTD,CareTech Community Services Ltd,Happy Group (UK) Limited,Semi-Independent House Ltd,Parallel Parents,Barnardo's,Foster Care Associates,Capstone Foster Care (South East) Ltd,The National Fostering Agency Ltd,Active Care Solutions Limited,Credo Care Ltd,Foster Care Link Ltd,UK Fostering,By the Bridge Limited,Orange Grove Fostercare Ltd,The Children's Family Trust,Integrated Services Programme (ISP),Fosterplus Ltd,Child Care Bureau Ltd,Nexus Fostering,Anchor Foster Care Services,Regional Foster Placements,Jay Fostering,The Foster Care Co-operative,Clifford House Fostering,Anglia Fostering Agency Ltd,Acorn Fostering Services Ltd,Treehouse Care Fostering Solutions Ltd,Fostering People Ltd,Sunbeam Fostering Agency Limited,HOPE Fostering Services
£491,000,000
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Dynamic Purchasing System for Residential and Foster Care Placements – Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council · Closes 23 Feb 2029
£3.0M – £20.0Mest. value
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