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Published 12 Oct 2026, 14:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Children's Home Care Provider

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Croydon (Local council)

Direct awardLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI62)
Awarded value£182,492,250published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 12 Oct 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to KPMSUK LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Children's residential care provider to establish a residential children's home within the borough of Croydon.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 Oct 2026, 14:47 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096187
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
London (UKI62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0785c0 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

The Authority had an urgent requirement to maintain continuity of service. A competitive tendering procedure could not be completed within the timescales required to avoid disruption to service delivery, and a direct award was therefore necessary. A competitive procurement will be undertaken shortly to secure longer-term service provision.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Oct 2026 → 22 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published9 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
  2. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 2 days
    22 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 14:47 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 15:33 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £182,492,2501 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
KPMSUK LIMITEDChildren's Residential Home Care Provider23 Oct 2026 – 23 Oct 2027 · up to 23 Apr 2028Extensions: Initial period of 12 months with an option to extend by a futher 6 months. Maximum term is 18 months in total.£182,492,25012 Oct 2026standstill to 22 Oct 2026Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Croydon

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJTH-3594-VXYL Bernard Wetherill House, Fell Road, Croydon, London, CR01EAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • KPMSUK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05686152GB-PPON: PXCN-8581-WCTG Park Lane Business Centre Unit 6, Colchester, East of England, CO4 5NLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender