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Residential Children's Home Service

Milton Keynes City Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Milton Keynes City Council

Buyer Address: Civic Office, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, UKJ12, MK9 3EJ, United Kingdom

Contact Email: corporateprocurement@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1908691691

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
7297760.0 GBP
Published
07 May 2025, 14:49
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Region
n/a
Awarded To
CF Support Services Limited
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Milton Keynes City Council (the Council) requires provision of Residential Children's Home Service. The contract is to commission an external provider to operate a residential children’s home, utilising the Council’s property. It will be Ofsted-registered Children’s Home offering care for up to 2 Young People with complex needs. The procurement is being run under Light Touch Regime. Intended mainly for planned medium-term placements (3 to 12 months) to bring children back into area, offer stability and focused work to enable move-on to mainstream residential, foster care, SA or home.

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot Description: The Council wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children’s residential care to operate an Ofsted-registered 2-bed therapeutic children’s home utilising one of the Council’s own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs.These needs may include, but are not limited to, trauma, attachment, offending including gang affiliation and weapon use, mental health including hospital step down, neurodevelopment (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and or Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD), substance use and child sexual/criminal exploitation presenting high levels of risk. This is a block Contract, to be let for three (3) years from the agreed service commencement date, with the option to extend subject to review for up to a further two (2) years on a year by year basis.This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible. Additional information: The maximum contract value for the whole term of the contract including extensions will be £7,900,000. This comprises of core contract costs of £712K p/a, based on a standard 1-1 staffing ratio. However, additional staffing up to a 3-1 ratio may be required at times throughout the duration of the contract, in which case a total envelope of up to £1.58 million p/a is permissible.

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Contracts

Contract Title: Resident Children’s Home Service

Awards

Award Title: Resident Children’s Home Service

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