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# Children Residential Care

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-residential-care-ocds-h6vhtk-051fca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** In Hampshire, like the national picture, we are seeing a growing need for children's residential placements. Specifically, we have an increasing need for residential care for those children between the ages of 12 (and most commonly 14) - 17, up to the age of 18.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £35,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-residential-care-ocds-h6vhtk-051fca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-051fca`

## Before you bid
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- **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/children-residential-care-ocds-h6vhtk-051fca#tl-md)

## Description
In Hampshire, like the national picture, we are seeing a growing need for children's residential placements. Specifically, we have an increasing need for residential care for those children between the ages of 12 (and most commonly 14) - 17, up to the age of 18.
We have seen an increase in children who have higher needs due to trauma, dysregulated or challenging behaviour and poor mental health. For this cohort of children it takes much longer to find a suitable residential setting, which can mean these children spend time in temporary placements and/or arrangement that do not meet their needs.
Our aim is always to identify suitable placements, close to the child's family home, where appropriate, enabling the child to maintain their social and support networks, including access to health and education. In Hampshire circa. 60% of the approximate 190 children we care for in Residential settings are placed outside of Council's geographical area.
What we are looking to do:
To address our sufficiency duty  we are looking to commission new children's homes specifically for Hampshire children with complex or challenging needs.
We anticipate undertaking a tender exercise to commission:
• Solo homes for children with the highest / most complex needs 
• 1 x multi bed setting with a focus on supporting children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties which may also include challenging behaviours, poor mental health and/or neurodiverse conditions.
We would be looking at a rapid mobilisation period to increase sufficiency and enable placements as soon as possible. For this reason, we are looking for organisation who either; have identified and committed to development or expansion as part of their growth business model; have plans already in place for the identification and development of a new home or those who are in the process of registering a setting that could meet the need(s).

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025474-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-23T07:18:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-05T03:09:55.025Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-051fca