Official UK procurement notice
Children's Social Care System
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCloud‑based social care case management platform within Barnsley Council to support children’s services, integrated case management and assists with finance workflows, enabling practitioners to record, manage, and share information efficiently.
CPV: Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Cloud‑based social care case management platform used by local authorities across the UKAwarded
Cloud‑based social care case management platform used by local authorities across the UK. Within Barnsley Council it supports children’s services, integrated case management and assists with finance workflows, enabling practitioners to record, manage, and share information efficiently. Additional information: The proposed contract duration will be Three Years with break clause in the contract to align with existing Access UK contracts - 31 March 2028
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 09:57 BST
- Authority reference
C1109- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060604- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bec4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The total value of each contract exceeds the threshold for services under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (“PCR”) and is therefore subject to the full PCR regime. The use of a framework is permitted under Regulation 33 of the PCR.
Regulation 33(8)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) sets out the criteria for making a direct award:
- all the terms governing the provision of the works, services and supplies concerned are set out in the framework agreement, and
- the objective conditions for determining which of the suppliers on the framework agreement shall perform them are set out in the procurement documents.
YPO 1095 – Software Application Solutions was chosen as the route to market to establish a contract for our requirements. Lot 12 - Health and Social Care Systems
YPO stipulate that direct awards can be awarded to any supplier on the authorised lots, if the participating CA can demonstrate the selected supplier offers them the most economically advantageous solution.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access UK LtdSourcing to Contract Children's Social Care System | £1,009,571 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Sourcing to Contract Children's Social Care System · Access UK Ltd
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2026
- Value
- £1,009,571
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Access UK LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.