Tender: Independent Fostering and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's Trust (DPS Reopening)
Released 7 days ago
Closes27 Nov 2026
Likely valueEstimate£4.0M to £24.0MInflation adjusted
LocationEast Midlands
SourceFind a Tender
CategoryPublic Services & Welfare
21 days leftCloses Fri, 27 Nov 2026
About
Northamptonshire Children's Trust is seeking providers for independent fostering arrangements and children's homes placements as it re-opens a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to supply homes and support for children and young people in its care. The DPS covers two lots: Lot 1 for Independent Fostering Agency placements (Category 1.1 Standard; 1.2 Enhanced; 1.3 Complex Needs; 1.4 Emergency; 1.5 Transition to Family Care from Children's Homes; 1.6 Parent and Child) and Lot 2 for Children's Homes placements (Category 2.1 Standard Homes; 2.2 Specialist Homes; 2.3 Complex Needs; 2.4 Emergency). The DPS originally commenced on 1 February 2024 with an initial term to 31 March 2028 and an option to extend to 31 March 2031, and the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 applies to these services.
Similar open tenders11
TenderCloses
Provision of Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's TrustPublic Services & Welfare
27 Nov 2026
Children’s External Placements DPS – Independent Fostering, Residential Homes, Independent Schools & Out-of-School Tuition in Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughPublic Services & Welfare
31 Mar 2027
Council Dynamic Purchasing System for Children and Young People Placements – Residential, Fostering and Specialist Educational PlacementsPublic Services & Welfare
31 Mar 2030
Dynamic Purchasing System for Residential and Foster Care Placements – Leicestershire County CouncilPublic Services & Welfare
23 Feb 2029
Similar awarded contracts12
Likely value £4.0M to £24.0MContract and supplierAwarded value
Provision of Homes for Looked After Children and Care Leavers via London Borough of Newham DPSPublic Services & WelfareLondon Borough of Newham
£7,000,000
Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in Care: Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's HomesPublic Services & Welfare3BN CARE LTD,Alliance Foster Care Ltd,Amberleigh Care Limited,Anglia Fostering Agency Limited,Ash House Care Ltd,Banya Family Placement Agency Limited,Barnardo's Central Region,Berry Gifford LTD,Care Today (Children's Services) Ltd,Clifford House Fostering Ltd,Compass Community Limited,Dwell-In Social Care Ltd,Five Rivers Child Care Limited,Foster Care Associates Ltd,Foster Care Link Ltd,Fostering People Limited,Fostering Solutions Ltd,Fosterplus Limited,Fusion Fostering Limited,GABLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES LTD,Global Access Care Ltd,Good News Nwk Ltd,Greater London Fostering,Homes 2 Inspire Ltd,Horizon Care and Education,Inspirations Leicestershire Ltd,Integrated Services Programme (ISP),Jay Fostering Ltd,Living Life (UK) Ltd T/AS The Banyan Tree,Meadows Care Limited,Nexus Fostering Limited,Orange Grove Fostercare Ltd,Parallel Parents Ltd,Parkview Care (Broadstairs) Limited,Resolute Care LTD,Rise Above Care Limited,Pathways Care Group Limited - Salutem Shared Services Limited,SEMI-INDEPENDENT HOUSE LIMITED,Sunbeam Fostering Agency Ltd,Sunbeam Pride Fostering Service Ltd,TH Homely Care Services (THR Services),The Adolescent and Children's Trust (TACT),The Children's Family Trust,The Foster Care Charity,The National Fostering Agency Ltd,The Partnership of Care Today (Children's Services),Tonre Limited,Total Care Matters Limited,Tree House Care Fostering Solutions Limited,WE CARE NURSING SERVICES LTD,Xtra Healthcare,Young Birch Ltd
£36,000,000
Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in Care through Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's HomesPublic Services & WelfareELITE FOSTERING LIMITED,Executive Health Limited,Cynosure Healthcare Services,Children To Prosper Limited,Action for Children Services Limited,Esland North Limited,FDR SOCIAL CARE LTD,The Woodbridge Family Centre Family Residential Assessment Ltd
£252,000,000
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
£470,184,791
Agency spend history
Northamptonshire Children's TrustYearlyQuarterly
0
Contract size
Under $100K
$100K to $1M
$1M to $10M
$10M to $100M
$100M and over
What Northamptonshire Children's Trust has spent, year by year and by contract size, and who won the work.
Unlock the full platform.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month. Cancel anytime.
What you get
Find
Find public services and welfare tenders in East Midlands in one place.
This one came from Find a Tender. We monitor central, devolved and local government portals in near real time and update the feed as tenders are published, so you check one place instead of many.
Search by keyword, or describe your workType a keyword, or switch to AI search and say what your business does.
Narrow it downFilter by category, region and area, or view open tenders on a map.
Independent Fostering and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's Trust (DPS Reopening)
Northamptonshire Children's Trust · Closes 27 Nov 2026
£4.0M – £24.0Mest. value
Alerts
More tenders like this one, sent to you.
Tell us what you are looking for and we email you when a matching tender is published.
Set it up your wayUse keywords, a description of your work, a location or a distance from a postcode. Up to 10 alerts.
Instant or dailyGet an email when a match is published, or one summary a day.
GmailGovMarketto you
7:00 am3 new public services and welfare tenders
Independent Fostering and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's Trust (DPS Reopening)Public Services & Welfare · Northamptonshire Children's Trust · Closes 27 Nov 2026
Provision of Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's TrustPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 27 Nov 2026
Children’s External Placements DPS – Independent Fostering, Residential Homes, Independent Schools & Out-of-School Tuition in Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughPublic Services & Welfare · Closes 31 Mar 2027
From your alert: Public Services & Welfare
Assess
Size up this tender in minutes.
Before you open a single document, get the requirements, a likely value and who you would be up against.
Requirements from the documentsWho can bid, mandatory criteria, how it is scored, insurance and key dates, each with its source.
Value and competitionAn estimated value from similar awarded contracts, and the suppliers most likely to bid.
Key requirements
Who can bid
Mandatory criteria
How it is scored
Insurance
Key dates
Est. value£4.0M – £24.0M
Market
Follow Northamptonshire Children's Trust and the suppliers it buys from.
Awarded contracts with the supplier and the value, so you can check prices, spot competitors and find work that is coming back to tender.
Supplier and buyer profilesWhat each one has won or awarded, who they work with, and how that is changing.
Contracts ending soonTerms that finish in the next 12 months, which often go back out to tender.
E
Top suppliersEastmere Health ServiceBuyer · 38 contracts
£30.5Mawarded, 12 months
Halvern Facilities8 contracts£12.4M
Orrin Clinical5 contracts£9.1M
Tessel Cleaning Co11 contracts£6.8M
Wexby Linen14 contracts£2.2M
Pipeline
Track your bids from interested to won.
Save a tender in one click and move it through each stage as you work on it.
Work as a teamInvite colleagues so you work from the same list.
Take it with youExport tenders and matches to CSV.
Interested2
Preparing1
Submitted1
Won1
Independent Fostering and Children's Home Placements – Northamptonshire Children's Trust (DPS Reopening)Saved to your pipeline
InterestedGovBot
Ask a question in plain English.
Find tenders, look up a supplier, or check who won a contract. Just type what you need.
Who wins public services and welfare contracts in East Midlands?
Top suppliers by awarded value
1
2
3
Ask about tenders, suppliers or public bodies
Get started
Get public services and welfare tenders in East Midlands by email.
Find the tender, size it up and track the bid, in one place.
7 days free, then £36/GBP per month
