Tender: YPO 8-Year Framework for Commissioning Exclusive Children’s and Young People’s Residential Homes

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YPO is establishing an 8-year framework to enable Contracting Authorities to commission exclusive-use, family-style Children’s and Young People’s residential homes. The solution lets authorities secure an entire children’s home rather than individual placements and is designed to support strategic commissioning that improves outcomes for children, strengthens sufficiency and market shaping, and delivers improved value for money. The model promotes long-term, collaborative relationships between commissioners and providers, aligns with regional ambitions including the development of Regional Care Cooperatives, facilitates call-offs at regional and local levels with Competitive Selection Processes at call-off stage, embeds homes within a wider system of wrap-around provision to support stability and improved long-term outcomes, and remains open for new providers to join throughout the framework to support flexibility and ongoing sufficiency planning.