Official UK procurement notice
Accommodation & Support Services for Separated Migrant Children Homes
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council is publishing a Contract Award Notice for the provision of Accommodation and Support Services for Separated Migrant Children Homes.
The contract is for a total of 9 beds across Swindon with 1 provider, these beds can be located in multiple areas across Swindon.
The initial contract term will be for 24 months with an option to extend for a further 24 months in 12-month increments (2 periods of 12 months) for a potential total contract term of 4 years as stated in the ITT documents.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 conditions of participation with qualification required. Stage 2 invitation to tender
CPV: Social work services with accommodation
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Safeguarding: 20%
- Journey to Independence: 10%
- Barriers to Provision: 10%
- Performance: 10%
- Young Person's Voice: 10%
- Price: 30%
- Social Value Question: 10%
Published award criteria (7)
- Price
- Safeguarding
- Journey to Independence
- Barriers to Provision
- Performance
- Young Person's Voice
- Social Value Question
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Sept 2025, 12:13 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 11:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
DN790449- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056147- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059953Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 conditions of participation with qualification required. Stage 2 invitation to tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the tender documents the Authority is providing the document in the attached area of the Pro Contract e tendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
In order to access the amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response suppliers will need to register as a supplier with Procontract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
then register interest before obtaining access and downloading the Word and Excel documents for completion and submission
Timeline
12 Sept 2025 → 12 Jun 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published12 Sept 2025, 12:13 BST
- Clarification questions by391 days ago26 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline381 days ago6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by370 days ago17 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent283 days ago13 Jan 2026
- Contract starts203 days ago3 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published132 days ago12 Jun 2026, 11:09 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Sept 2025- Tender notice published12 Sept 2025, 12:13 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published14 Jan 2026, 09:46 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete14 Jan 2026, 09:46 GMT
- Contract signature expected27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published12 Jun 2026, 11:09 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| caring for communities and peopleVCSE3 Apr 2026 – 2 Apr 2028 · up to 2 Apr 2030Extensions: Initial contract is for 24 months, with an option to extend for a further 24 months, in 12 month increments. | £1,869,177 | 13 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Services · caring for communities and peopleVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2026
- Value
- £934,589
- Period
- 3 Apr 2026 – 2 Apr 2028 · up to 2 Apr 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Initial 2 year contract, with the option to extend by 2 years, in 2 separate annual increments.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 7 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonCaring for Communities and PeopleVCSE · South West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CARING FOR COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender