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# Asylum-Seeking Children - Responsible Adult and Appropriate Adult Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asylum-seeking-children-responsible-adult-and-appropriate-adult-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Home Office: "Asylum-Seeking Children - Responsible Adult and Appropriate Adult Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Home Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/home-office-gov-d16)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work services, Social work services without accommodation, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £392,954 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asylum-seeking-children-responsible-adult-and-appropriate-adult-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asylum-seeking-children-responsible-adult-and-appropriate-adult-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhomeoffice.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asylum-seeking-children-responsible-adult-and-appropriate-adult-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac#participate

## Description
The Home Office intends to enter into a contract for the provision of Responsible Adult and Appropriate Adult services to NINI SOCIAL CARE SERVICES CIC – Company number 07449057.
The contract covers the provision of Responsible Adults and Appropriate Adults to accompany unaccompanied asylum-seeking children during key interactions with the Home Office within ensuring that young people feel safe, understood and able to participate meaningfully.
The service will operate alongside, and in collaboration with, the Home Office and other relevant services and suppliers to support the effective operation of arrangements for managing and supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
The contract was awarded following a competitive procurement process conducted through the Home Office Jaggaer eSourcing portal.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85310000, 85311300, 85312000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 01/02/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Asylum-Seeking Children - Responsible Adult and Appropriate Adult (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **NINI SOCIAL CARE SERVICES CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:07449057`
  - Value: £392,954
  - Date: 08/07/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Asylum-Seeking Children - Responsible Adult and Appropriate Adult (active)
  - Signed Value: £392,954
  - Signed Date: 30/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F068748-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-14T15:49:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T20:26:47.968Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d4ac