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Published 29 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Independent Placements Framework - Lincolnshire County Council

Official notice
Competition analysis

Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£1,300,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 31 Aug 2035 · starts 1 Sept 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Lincolnshire County Council intends to establish an Open Framework for the commissioning of independent placements for children and young people. The framework will support the Council in sourcing a range of high-quality, safe and suitable placements that meet the individual needs and outcomes of children and young people.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lincolnshire County Council intends to establish an Open Framework for the commissioning of independent placements for children and young people. The framework will support the Council in sourcing a range of high-quality, safe and suitable placements that meet the individual needs and outcomes of children and young people.

The Open Framework will provide opportunities for new providers to apply to join at specified intervals throughout its term. Individual placements will be commissioned through the framework in accordance with the Council’s assessed needs, matching requirements and call-off arrangements. Inclusion on the framework will not guarantee any level of business or placement volume.

Lots to be included in the framework will be:

  • Independent Non-Maintained (Special) Schools (INMS)
  • Residential Care
  • Foster Care
  • Supported Accommodation
  • Domiciliary Care for Children and Young People with Disabilities (CWD)
  • Short Breaks and Social Inclusion for Children and Young People with Disabilities (CWD)
  • Alternative Provision (AP) for permanently excluded children and young people (PEX)
  • Alternative Provision (AP) to meet Special Educational, needs and disabilities (SEND)

CPV: Primary education services · Secondary education services · Social services

More open work like this

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How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
8 yrs from 1 Sept 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 8 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Sept 2027 – 31 Aug 2035 (8 yrs)
Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
80100000 Primary education services80200000 Secondary education services85320000 Social services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Independent Placements Framework - Lincolnshire County Council” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Lincolnshire County Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up

Lincolnshire County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLincolnshire County Council · division 85
The marketSocial services (CPV 8532)
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 0 of 6 known-size awards · market: CPV 8532 · UK-wide, n=42
0%71%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

Buyer: 6 of 6 known-location awards · market: CPV 8532 · UK-wide, n=52
100%75%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 85 · East Midlands (authority’s region), n=38
—71 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 71 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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Buyer: exactly 0 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8532 · UK-wide, n=14
0 of 143%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer7 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
0% had one bid
The market19 lots with bid counts · CPV 8532 · UK-wide
5% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (7) / the market (19) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 21%
Buyer: 0 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
4–686% / 5%
Buyer: 6 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 19 lots with published bid counts.
7+14% / 68%
Buyer: 1 of 7 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 19 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 853296 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.3bn
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 101 past lots.

—No model forecast yet1% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 101 similar lots
1 bid1%
1 of 101 similar past lots received 1 bid (1%).
2–311%
11 of 101 similar past lots received 2–3 (11%).
4–624%
24 of 101 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+64%
65 of 101 similar past lots received 7+ (64%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 13 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 09:39 BST
Authority reference
LCC1910
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092155
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Primary education servicesSecondary education servicesSocial services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c4c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

29 Sept 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published46 days ago
    29 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
  2. Market engagement32 days ago
    13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

    Access the Panacea Procurement Portal via:

    app.panacea-software.com/lcc/Login.aspx ↗

    Download the Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire Document, complete the questionnaire and return to:

    [email protected]

  3. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  4. Contract startsin 289 days
    1 Sept 2027

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 12:01 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 09:39 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

Additional instructions of how to take part in the engagement

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lincolnshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGRB-3736-CHZN County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, East Midlands, LN1 1YLContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure