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# Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-residential-care-and-education-including-short-break-services-flexible-framewor-ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scotland Excel: "Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £951,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Sept 2028, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 708 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Scotland Excel](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scotland-excel-GB-FTS-186)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £951,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 September 2028 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Health and social work services, Pre-school education services, Primary education services, Secondary education services (+7 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8`

## 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-residential-care-and-education-including-short-break-services-flexible-framewor-ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-residential-care-and-education-including-short-break-services-flexible-framewor-ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8#participate

## Description
This Contract Notice confirms that the Flexible Framework has now been established and will remain open for admission by new providers throughout its duration.  Any new providers so admitted will be listed on the publicly available Scotland Excel Contracts Register which will be updated as and when necessary.  Further information about new provider applications is set out in later section VI.3 Additional information.
The scope and structure of service options within the Flexible Framework include:
- Residential care;
- Residential care and education;
- Short Breaks;
- Day Education.
Please note, Providers already awarded to the Flexible Framework do not need to re-apply.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Residential Care
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85310000, 85311000, 85311300, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** As further detailed in the procurement documents, Service Option 1 of the Flexible Framework Agreement is for the provision of Residential Care Services for Children and Young People across Scotland.

### Lot 2: Residential Care and Education
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80100000, 80110000, 80200000, 80340000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** As further detailed in the procurement documents, Service Option 2 of the Flexible Framework Agreement is for the provision of Residential Care and Education Services for Children and Young People across Scotland.

### Lot 3: Short Breaks
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85311000, 85311300, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** As further detailed in the procurement documents, Service Option 3 of the Flexible Framework Agreement is for the provision of Short Break Services for Children and Young People across Scotland.

### Lot 4: Day Education
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80100000, 80110000, 80200000, 85000000, 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** As further detailed in the procurement documents, Service Option 4 of the Flexible Framework Agreement is for the provision of Day Education Services for Children and Young People across Scotland.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034110-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-01T16:20:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T23:29:30.467Z
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