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# CS088 - Safe Families

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cs088-safe-families-ocds-h6vhtk-06a693). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Middlesbrough Council: "CS088 - Safe Families". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Middlesbrough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/middlesbrough-council-ons-e06000002)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £192,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cs088-safe-families-ocds-h6vhtk-06a693#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a693`

## 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/cs088-safe-families-ocds-h6vhtk-06a693#tl-md)

## Description
The provision in which Safe Families provide is bespoke packages of support for 30 selected families, 15 open to Children's Social Care & 15 open to Stronger Families delivered through a network of volunteers providing a community solution for families in crisis or in need of support. Safe Families does not provide private fostering or adoption, they provide host family volunteers who offer short periods of respite when children cannot stay at home, described by themselves as in much the same way as a friend or relative might step in when a family is experiencing difficulties
The value brought by the Safe Families model is also based on the social capital brought to communities through the volunteer model that Safe Families utilises; improving local connectivity, social organisation and ownership, along with the evidence that people can become more independent.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-115589`
  - Value: £192,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £192,000
  - Signed Date: 10/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F049788-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-27T13:57:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:09:25.380Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a693