WCC Block contract for Residential Care Services for children and young people up to age of 18 years

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    "description": "Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is seeking to commission a Children\u0027s residential care provider within Warwickshire to deliver a 6-bed block arrangement across 3 nominated local homes for children and young people (CYP) with a diverse range of needs. The aim of this contract is to ensure high-quality, stable, and therapeutic residential care that promotes positive outcomes, emotional wellbeing, and long-term stability.\nWCC is seeking to put in place a new block contracting arrangement for residential services for Children in Care and to replace the existing Warwickshire block contract from 7th May 2026. The new arrangements will fulfil WCC\u0027s sufficiency duty and enable WCC to achieve and ensure:\n\u2022\tMeeting statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 and the Sufficiency Duty to provide enough accommodation within the local area.\n\u2022\tProviding safe, nurturing environments that support emotional wellbeing, education, and long-term stability.\n\u2022\tAchieving financial efficiency through block contracts and framework agreements, reducing reliance on high-cost spot placements.\n\u2022\tEnabling children to remain within or close to Warwickshire, maintaining community ties and access to local services.\n\u2022\tShaping the local provider market to ensure quality, consistency, and responsiveness to changing needs.\nEnsuring providers meet regulatory standards (e.g., Ofsted) and contractual obligations through robust monitoring.",
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    "riskDetails": "The satisfactory performance of the contract may be jeopardised by the following risks, which by their nature, are unable to be addressed in the contract as awarded: \n\u2022\tThe changing needs and requirements of the Council and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers. increases or decreases in funding - such as reductions or additions in budget allocations as part of the Council\u0027s budget setting processes, or as a consequence of additional funding streams which were unknown at the time of awarding the contract, but which are provided to increase the volume and scope of services delivered.\n\u2022\tChanges in legislation or national guidance.\n\u2022\tChanges brought about by Local Government Reorganisation.\n\u2022\tThe identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract e.g. young people above the age of 18 yrs.\n\u2022\tOpportunities offered by emerging/new technologies.",
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "Warwickshire County Council will be using its new e-tendering system (In-Tend Warwickshire County Council) for the administration of this procurement process. Providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest and download documents. The web address for the portal is: \nhttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/warwickshirecc/aspx/Home   \nRegistration and use of our portal is free. When registering you will be re-directed to the In-Tend sell2midlands site. If you already registered and have issues logging in then you may need to re-set your password. You will need to select \"Log in to portal\" next to Warwickshire County Council.\nAll correspondence or clarifications relating to this procurement must be via the portals\u0027 correspondence function. If you are having trouble registering with the portal, please email us at: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk\nProviders must register on In-Tend and log in to our portal to express an interest in this project and to be able to correspond with us about this procurement.",
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    "title": "WCC Block contract for Residential Care Services for children and young people up to age of 18 years",
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