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title: "Children’s Home Care Provision  (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)"
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# Children’s Home Care Provision  (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-home-care-provision-accommodation-based-residential-care-for-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-04c98f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Croydon: "Children’s Home Care Provision  (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,920,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008)
- **Published Value:** £10,920,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI6
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,272,615 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-home-care-provision-accommodation-based-residential-care-for-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-04c98f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c98f`

## 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/children-s-home-care-provision-accommodation-based-residential-care-for-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-04c98f#tl-md)

## Description
The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children’s home and deliver registered services.The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term").This procurement will be carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015.The required Services are being procured via a competitive tendering process and will run electronically via the Croydon Tenders Portal.All communication throughout the tender process will be via London Borough of Croydon E-Procurement Site - Home (in-tendhost.co.uk).A bidders briefing will be held on the 7th January at 11am. Please register your interest via correspondence message including, name and email of attendees on the intend portal to receive an teams invite to the event.

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

- **Description:** The London Borough of Croydon (‘the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children’s home and deliver registered services.The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification,...
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2025 to 30/06/2032

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Childrens Home Care Provision (active)
  - Award id: `012886-2025-LBC/CN/817-1`
  - Supplier(s): **St Christopher’s Fellowship**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-142852`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Childrens Home Care Provision (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,272,615
  - Signed Date: 24/03/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012886-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-03T14:41:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T05:50:48.266Z
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