Official UK procurement notice
Children's Residential Placements pseudo-DPS
Authority: South Gloucestershire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe current Residential Children’s Placements light-touch pseudo DPS is scheduled to close on 31 March 2026.
An extension is required to allow sufficient time for the development and implementation of a new regional purchasing agreement that will encompass all 14 South-West local authorities. Given the scale and complexity of this collaborative project, it is anticipated that the new arrangement will take approximately two to three years to become fully operational.
This extension will ensure continuity and stability for all stakeholders involved.
CPV: Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The current Residential Children’s Placements light-touch pseudo DPS is scheduled to…
The current Residential Children’s Placements light-touch pseudo DPS is scheduled to close on 31 March 2026. An extension is required to allow sufficient time for the development and implementation of a new regional purchasing agreement that will encompass all 14 South-West local authorities. Given the scale and complexity of this collaborative project, it is anticipated that the new arrangement will take approximately two to three years to become fully operational. This extension willensure continuity and stability for all stakeholders involved.
All information other than the end date remains unchanged and is inline with the original notice - Children's Residential Placements pseudo-DPS Reference number: DN451366
TED eSenders. (2019, December 17). Contract Notice Reference: 20191217-006879.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Children's Residential Placements pseudo-DPS” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How South Gloucestershire Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
South Gloucestershire Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 54 days of the bid deadline.
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No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1The current Residential Children’s Placements light-touch pseudo DPS is scheduled to…Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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1 bid2%
2–35%
4–610%
7+82%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Keys PCE LimitedLarge | £24m11 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 4 live · £3.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
METHODIST HOMESLarge | £9.6m32 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 20 live · £4.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £1.8m35 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 14 live · £4.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £187k12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 12 live · £210m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=2 | |
| 4 awards in 36m · last 15 months ago | 2 live iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:18 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Jan 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DN451366- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078051- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eafdFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 23 Feb 2029
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
28 Nov 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 3 dates- Notice published328 days ago28 Nov 2025, 12:18 GMT
- Bids opened286 days ago9 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Feb 2029
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.