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Blackburn With Darwen Fostering Framework

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BuyerBlackburn with Darwen
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£650,000
Published14 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure: BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN FOSTERING FRAMEWORK and is holding a pre-market engagement event for foster care agencies who are NOT currently part of the Placements North West or BBCL Framework at: Family Hub Livesey Andrew Close Blackburn BB2 4NU On Thursday 23rd October 2025 09:30 – 12:30 This is an open, discussion-led event to understand the market and services that providers could potentially offer young people in Blackburn with Darwen. We would welcome input from foster care agencies who are not currently part of the Placements North West or BBCL Framework. If you wish to attend, please complete the Microsoft Form using the link below https://forms.office.com/e/sxUJnBAfWf by Wednesday 22 October.

Delivery location

UKD41, GB

Categories

Welfare services for children and young people 85311300Other community, social and personal services 98000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Welfare services for children and young people, Other community, social and personal servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Welfare services for children and young people (85311300); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8538,3711 median · 19.7 average (22,930 of 38,371 with a bid count)1.8 average (24,591 of 38,371 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKD412523 median · 22.7 average (7 of 25 with a bid count)2 average (8 of 25 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)1,2052.5 median · 3.6 average (22 of 1,205 with a bid count)1.1 average (23 of 1,205 with named award suppliers)2 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£422,890 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £650,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
A pre-market engagement event will take place at: Family Hub Livesey Andrew Close Blackburn BB2 4NU On Thursday 23rd October 2025 09:30 – 12:30 This is an open, discussion-led event to understand the market and services that providers could potentially offer children and young people in Blackburn with Darwen. We would welcome input from foster care agencies who are NOT currently part of the Placements North West or BBCL Framework. If you wish to attend, please complete the Microsoft Form using the link below https://forms.office.com/e/sxUJnBAfWf by Wednesday 22nd October.engagement23 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05cc6c
Latest release ID065242-2025
Latest release timestampTue Oct 14 2025 13:54:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£650,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Oct 2025planning065242-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
14 Oct 2025 · 065242-2025 · planning
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