plannedFind a Tender · planning Update

New Foster Care Select List

BuyerSuffolk County Council

Statusplanned

DeadlineNot published

Value£40,000,000

Published5 May 2026

What is being bought

A Framework, Open Framework or Dynamic Market (to be determined) for the provision of Foster Care services on behalf of Suffolk County Council. Please note, we are currently reviewing our options for these services (which could potentially include the use of a new Commission East framework agreement for residential and fostering services).

Delivery location

UKH14, GB

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned

Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Mar 2030

SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

Item	Category	Quantity
1	Health and social work services	Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison set	Procedures	Reported bids per procedure	Named award suppliers	Price evidence
Market: CPV division 85	32,579	1 median · 21.9 average (18,784 of 32,579 with a bid count)	1.8 average (20,219 of 32,579 with named award suppliers)	10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer	15	Not published	Not published	Not published
Delivery region: UKH14	233	1 median · 14.3 average (77 of 233 with a bid count)	1.6 average (129 of 233 with named award suppliers)	1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)	507	3.5 median · 16.1 average (8 of 507 with a bid count)	3.9 average (8 of 507 with named award suppliers)	Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£26,023,981 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £40,000,000.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published

Dynamic purchasing systemNot published

Competitive procurementNot published

Recurring requirementNot published

Procurement method rationaleNot published

Rationale classificationsNot published

Special regimelightTouch

Covered byNot published

Submission policyNot published

Selection criteriaNot published

Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published

No-engagement rationaleNot published

Planning documents1

Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Pipeline notice on Find a Tender planning · plannedProcurementNotice

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCID	ocds-h6vhtk-0515c6
Latest release ID	040960-2026
Latest release timestamp	Tue May 05 2026 11:25:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Source	find-a-tender
Official notice URL	Not published
Tender status	planned
Procurement method	Not published
Procurement method details	Not published
Main procurement category	services
Above threshold	Not published
Legal basis	2023/54
Tender period: start	Not published
Tender period: end	Not published
Expression of interest deadline	Not published
Enquiry deadline	Not published
Award period: start	Not published
Award period: end	Not published
Submission method details	Not published
Submission languages	Not published
Electronic catalogue policy	Not published
Total tender value	£40,000,000
Tender lots in source	1
Tender items in source	1
Tender documents in source	0
Awards in latest release	0
Contracts in latest release	0
Parties in latest release	1

Notice history

Date	Event	Reference
5 May 2026	planningUpdate	040960-2026
16 May 2025	planning	022196-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)

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