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# Children's Social Care Community Support Rolling Select List

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-social-care-community-support-rolling-select-list-ocds-h6vhtk-0583cf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** This is a Prior Information Notice to inform the market that there will be another round of tendering under an existing Rolling Select List (established under PCR2015). From 8th August 2025, Tenders will be invited for inclusion on the Rolling Select List of approved, quality assured providers of Social Care Community Support intended to facilitate the provision of: Published lot titles: Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (DCYP); Social Care Support for Children; Crisis Support For Children; Supervised Family Time Support.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Suffolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £26,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0583cf`

## 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-social-care-community-support-rolling-select-list-ocds-h6vhtk-0583cf#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Prior Information Notice to inform the market that there will be another round of tendering under an existing Rolling Select List (established under PCR2015). From 8th August 2025, Tenders will be invited for inclusion on the Rolling Select List of approved, quality assured providers of Social Care Community Support intended to facilitate the provision of:
• Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (Lot 1)
• Social Care Support for Children (Lot 2)
• Crisis Support for Children (Lot 3)
• Supervised Family Time Support (Lot 4)
Providers can apply to join the Rolling Select List or amend which lots they have bid for at any time, however their applications once the Select List is live will only be considered on an annual basis. An overview of the process and the anticipated timescales will be made available in new/updated tender documentation. Bidders will be notified no later than the end of the calendar month following submission of their Request to Participate. E.g., if the submission is received in September, then bidders should be notified by the end of October. This procurement complies with the Light Touch Regime under PCR 2015.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Support for Children open to Social Care's Disabled Children and Young People's Team (DCYP)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 1 is expected to provide support within a family or residential setting, by staff trained to provide personal care and administer medication. The children may be physically disabled, be neurodivergent, have specific sensory/communication needs, h...

### Lot 2: Social Care Support for Children
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 2 is expected to proactively support children within their home or community, enabling reunification and preventing placement breakdowns or admission into care. Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) ...

### Lot 3: Crisis Support For Children
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 3 is expected to support children in care at short notice following a placement breakdown (e.g., emergency placement or admissions in to care). The children are likely to have a complex profile of co-occurring need including: criminal exploitatio...

### Lot 4: Supervised Family Time Support
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 4 is expected to provide suitably trained staff to supervise Family Time sessions following Suffolk County Council's Family Time protocols. Please note that the advertised contract value is the potential total value (ex VAT) for all individual or...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047095-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-08T07:15:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T14:21:58.454Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0583cf