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# Buckinghamshire Missing Children and Independent Return Home Interview Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/buckinghamshire-missing-children-and-independent-return-home-interview-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc2a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Buckinghamshire Council: "Buckinghamshire Missing Children and Independent Return Home Interview Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Buckinghamshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/buckinghamshire-council-ons-e06000060)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ13
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £854,926 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cc2a`

## 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.
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- **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/buckinghamshire-missing-children-and-independent-return-home-interview-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc2a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplybucksbusiness.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/buckinghamshire-missing-children-and-independent-return-home-interview-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc2a#participate

## Description
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is a key duty on local authorities and requires effective joint working between agencies and professionals. Children running away and going missing from home or care is a safeguarding issue. Local authorities are responsible for protecting children whether they go missing from their family home or from local authority care and are required to work with partners on planning to prevent children from going missing and to protect them when they do
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking tenders for the coordination and delivery of an Independent Return Home Interview service for Buckinghamshire children who go missing from home or care The service will support Buckinghamshire children and young people between the ages 10-18 years who have been reported missing.
o and who live in Buckinghamshire,
o or who are looked after by Buckinghamshire Council.
The overarching outcome for the Return Home Interview (RHI) service is to help safeguard vulnerable children and young people that have gone missing or run away from home or care. The service will use a trauma informed approach to deliver high quality and timely independent RHIs to understand the reasons why a child has gone missing, give children and young people information and advice and help them develop strategies to keep them safe
This statutory service will be commissioned in adherence with DfE Statutory Guidance titled: Guidance on children who run away or go missing from home or care, January 2014:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307867/Statutory_Guidance_-_Missing_from_care__3_.pdf
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) may apply to this opportunity.
The contract start date will be 01/04/2022 for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 month. The annual budget is capped at £290,000. Any bids that exceed the cap will be disqualified from the procurement process.
If your organisation wishes to participate in this process, you need to register with the Buckinghamshire Business Portal. You will be unable to take part if you do not register. Please use the link below and follow the instructions on the website: www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
Tenders must be returned via the Buckinghamshire Business Portal.
The tender return date is midday on Friday 17th September 2021. Tenders received after this time and date will not be accepted.
A market engagement event will be held virtually via Teams on Wednesday 4th August 2021 at 12pm – 2pm. The purpose of this event is to provide an overview of the Council’s requirements and to answer any questions you may have about the requirement, the process or any of the tender documents. Please let us know through the messaging functionality on the portal who will be representing your organisation and their email addresses to enable us to send the meeting link.
We encourage bidders considering taking up the offe...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/buckinghamshire-missing-children-and-independent-return-home-interview-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02cc2a)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is a key duty on local authorities and requires effective joint working between agencies and professionals. Children running away and going missing from home or care is a safeguarding issue. Local au...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 029412-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Barnardo Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176964`
  - Value: £854,926 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 029412-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £854,926
  - Signed Date: 26/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029412-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-26T08:58:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T13:26:00.706Z
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