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Children’s Home Collaborative Project Framework

Buyer: West Sussex County Council →

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BuyerWest Sussex County Council
StatusOpen
Deadline1 Oct 2026
Value£79,000,000
Published1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

This tender is for the Children's Home Collaborative (CHC) Framework. The Framework is for the provision of trauma-informed residential placements for Children and Young People in care. The Framework is split into 3 Lots: Lot 1 – Homes for Children with Complex Lives. Lot 2a – Homes for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD). Lot 2b – Homes for Children with Complex Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (Complex EBD). The Framework will initially provide 14 residential placements across the three Lots: Lot 1 - 4 placements, Lot 2a - 5 placements and Lot 2b - 5 placements.

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£79,000,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2031

Award criteria
Technical Quality — 6 pass/fail Technical Quality questions with a minimum score of 2 on all questions.

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); 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 8524,6111 median · 26.3 average (13,055 of 24,611 with a bid count)1.9 average (14,222 of 24,611 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer13Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)31212 median · 20.6 average (7 of 312 with a bid count)4.4 average (7 of 312 with named award suppliers)Not published

“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

£51,397,362 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £79,000,000.

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 regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

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-051b6e
Latest release ID082586-2026
Latest release timestampTue Sep 01 2026 11:04:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082586-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-10-01T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-18T17:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailsTo view the tender documentation and submit a response please click on the following link to our e-tendering Portal and either Register or Login). https://atamis-7669.my.site.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£79,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2026tender082586-2026
25 Sept 2025planning059774-2025
21 May 2025planning024112-2025

All source data

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

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21 May 2025 · 024112-2025 · planning
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