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# Northamptonshire Children's Trust for the Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in our Care Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Homes

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northamptonshire-children-s-trust-for-the-provision-of-homes-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-05140c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northamptonshire Children's Trust: "Northamptonshire Children's Trust for the Provision of Homes for Children and Young People in our Care Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Homes". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northamptonshire Children's Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northamptonshire-children-s-trust-GB-COH-12430084)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 June 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF, UKF24, UKF25
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £271,000,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05140c`

## 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/northamptonshire-children-s-trust-for-the-provision-of-homes-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-05140c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fnnc)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northamptonshire-children-s-trust-for-the-provision-of-homes-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-05140c#participate

## Description
Northamptonshire Children's Trust (hereafter referred to as the "Children's Trust") is re-opening their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of services in respect of this requirement.
This specification covers providing Homes for Children and Young People in Our Care, Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Homes.
The primary role of Independent Fostering Arrangements and Children's Homes is to provide homes to ensure children in our care have a place that is safe and suitable for their individual needs, where they are supported by people who care for them and about them to achieve their full potential, develop resilience, enjoy good health and wellbeing and develop into adulthood.
The Children's Trust previously set up the DPS which commenced on 1st February 2024 with an initial term of 4 years and 2 months (i.e. to 31st March 2028), with an option to extend for up to an additional 3 years (until 31st March 2031).
Services will be categorised by the following lots that are described further in the specification:
Lot 1: Independent Fostering Agency placements for Children in Care
- Category 1.1 - Standard
- Category 1.2 - Enhanced
- Category 1.3 - Complex Needs
- Category 1.4 - Emergency
- Category 1.5 - Transition to Family Care from Children's Homes
- Category 1.6 - Parent and Child
Lot 2: Children's Homes placements for Children in Care
- Category 2.1 - Standard Homes
- Category 2.2 - Specialist Homes
- Category 2.3 - Complex Needs
- Category 2.4 - Emergency
Potential Providers can apply for one or more Lots and Categories.
Please note: this contract originally started on 1st February 2024.
The Light Touch Regime (LTR) applies to the Services under this DPS, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1: Independent Fostering Agency placements for Children in Care
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Northamptonshire Children's Trust (hereafter referred to as the "Children's Trust") is re-opening their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of services in respect of this requirement.
This specification covers providing Homes for Children ...

### Lot 2: Lot 2: Children's Homes placements for Children in Care
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Northamptonshire Children's Trust (hereafter referred to as the "Children's Trust") is re-opening their Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of services in respect of this requirement.
This specification covers providing Homes for Children ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 038281-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Twilight Care Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-13090966`
  - Value: £19,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 063159-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Twilight Care Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-13090966`
  - Value: £252,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 038281-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £19,000,000

- **Contract:** 063159-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £252,000,000

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063198-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-08T10:19:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:33:49.141Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05140c