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planning
Official procurement procedure
Cross Regional Project
Social work and related services
Published value
£172,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Oxfordshire County Council: "Cross Regional Project". Published status: planning. Published value: £172,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Oxfordshire County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £172,000,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Oxfordshire County Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Oxfordshire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
8.5Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
ASM AUTO RECYCLING LTD.Top vendor: 60.9% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 91 active published awards; 14 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| ASM AUTO RECYCLING LTD. | 2 wins | £540,600 |
| AT MEDICS LIMITED | 1 win | £258,166 |
| ADARE SEC LIMITED | 1 win | £50,000 |
| Chamberlains Aqua & Energy Systems Ltd. | 1 win | £38,600 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOxfordshire County Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT | Last source update28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationSocial work and related services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05eafb | ||
What is being bought
Cross Regional contract on behalf of Councils Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, Reading, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire to offer residential and educational provision for Children We Care For (CWCF) with complex social, behavioural and educational needs.
Cross Regional Project (CRP) delivers therapeutic residential care and educational services for children aged 11–17 with complex needs, operating across 11 homes in partner counties offering 36 placements.
A registered special school, commissioned under a block contract, provides education for pupils aged 11–17—including those without EHCPs—across Key Stages 3 to 5.
The new service will launch on August 1, 2027, starting with 36 placements and potentially expanding by 24 more. After six months, partners can buy extra placements at any time during the contract.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £172,000,000
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT - Status changed to planning
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT - Official notice release published
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT - Buyer information updated
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT - Procedure published
28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT - engagement
19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThis is a preliminary market to seek views from potential providers on how best to deliver Cross Regional Project that offers residential, educational and therapeutic services for children aged 11 to 17 inclusive with complex needs. To partake in this preliminary market engagement, potential providers can register on and access the Council's e-tendering system - Proactis on: https://procontract.due-north.com/ProjectManagement/ProjectDashboard?projectId=16101b29-4acc-f011-813a-005056b64545 then clicking on the "Opportunities" tile to search for the pre-market engagement project (reference:DN798997). A preliminary market engagement questionnaire will be available on this project for providers to download and respond to by the end of Friday 19th December 2025. Please note that any commercially sensitive information supplied by providers will be stored confidentially and will not be disclosed to any third party. Also note that this is neither a call for competition nor a procurement exercise.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Oxfordshire County Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PZNW-8281-MHNMDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 28 Nov 2025, 12:16 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |