Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Childrens Accommodation Support Service (CASS)

Official notice

Authority: Derbyshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitableAccelerated

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF1)

Published estimate£62,400,000≈ £12m / year · £62,400,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 23 Apr 2025awarded 28 Jul 2025

Awarded to Framework Housing Association2 awards

Contract term 5 yrsends 30 Sept 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This notice is issued to provide the redacted contract associated with Contract Award Notice 2025/S 000-043943.

It does not represent a new award, contract, or modification. No changes have been made to the contract terms or value.

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Nov 2033, 23:59 GMT.
No preliminary market engagement: Market engagement was carried out under PCR2015.

CPV: Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£62,400,000

Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2030 (5 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensionsValue: £62,400,000 exc. VAT · £62,400,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: East MidlandsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: Option to implement an emergency accommodation solution that meets the needs of Service Users. Option to increase or decrease the number of accommodation units to be provided under the Contract. Option to modify where the Council determines that it is in the best interest of an individual Service User to remain in their established placement beyond the date of termination of the Agreement. · Two, 2 year extension periods are available, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and on-going requirements for the service.

85300000 Social work and related services

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2

Economic & financial standing
Please see published tender documentation.
Technical & professional ability
Please see published tender documentation.

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Quality: 70%Price: 25%Social value: 5%

Published award criteria (3)

Quality
Price
Social Value

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
Please see published tender documentation.
Technical & professional ability
Please see published tender documentation.

What this means for your bid

Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Light touch regime
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · next expected 1 Nov 2033
First published: 25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Last source update: 23 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 23 Jun 2025
Authority reference: CCS033
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-011110
Accelerated: Light touch contract
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Social work and related services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04f864 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary: Please see tender documentation

Review and risk notes

Risks: Legislative changes
and/or
Other external factors, outside of the control of the Council and Provider on a global, national, regional or local level which would require changes to the way in which the contract is performed or the costs associated with delivering services.
Materialisation of known risks in regards to requirements to implement an emergency accommodation solution that meets the needs of Service Users, and/or increase or decrease the number of accommodation units to be provided under the Contract, and/or to modify the length and/or value of the contract or parts of the contract where the Council determines that it is in the best interest of Service Users to remain in their established placement beyond the date of termination of the Agreement.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 23 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 8 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗

Timeline

25 Mar 2025 → 23 Jun 2026 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
Clarification questions by
8 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Submission deadline
23 Apr 2025, 10:00 BST
Award decision expected by
23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Assessment summaries sent
29 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends
8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts384 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published119 days ago
23 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST

Notice history

7 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025

Tender notice published
25 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
UK4
Tender notice published
8 Apr 2025, 10:47 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
29 Jul 2025, 15:16 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
29 Jul 2025, 15:16 BST
Contract signature expected
9 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
1 Oct 2025, 11:58 BST
UK7
Contract details notice published
23 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
UK7

Published amendments (1)

Update to materialisation of known risk section.

Routine re-releases (5)

2025-04: 1 release · 8 Apr 2025
2025-03: 1 release · 25 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £52,000,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Named bidders 1published on the award notice

Contracts signed 2latest 30 Sept 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Framework Housing AssociationVCSECCS033 Childrens Accommodation Support Service (CASS)1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2034Extensions: Two, 2 year extension periods are available, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and on-going requirements for the service.	£52,000,000	28 Jul 2025	Awarded
Framework Housing AssociationVCSE	£52,000,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

CCS033 Childrens Accommodation Support Service (CASS) · Framework Housing AssociationVCSE
Signed
30 Sept 2025
Value
£52,000,000
Period
1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Up to two additional 24 month periods (maximum 9 year contract term) Subject to satisfactory perfomance and on-going service requirements.
CCS033 Childrens Accommodation Support Service (CASS · Framework Housing AssociationVCSE
Signed
30 Sept 2025
Value
£52,000,000
Period
1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2030 · up to 30 Sept 2034 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
Up to two additional 24 month periods (maximum 9 year contract term) Subject to satisfactory perfomance and on-going service requirements.

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders · 15 at stage one	0	1	—

Who bid

wonFramework Housing AssociationVCSE · East Midlands

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derbyshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWZQ-2162-JJQL County Hall, Matlock, East Midlands, DE4 3AGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Framework Housing AssociationAwarded supplierGB-COH: 3318404GB-PPON: PMXC-1535-VCDR Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG7 6NXContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF
Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specifications

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender23 Jun 2026, 11:49 BST
Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender1 Oct 2025, 11:58 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender29 Jul 2025, 15:16 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender8 Apr 2025, 10:47 BST
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