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title: "Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework"
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# Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northamptonshire-county-council-brighter-futures-commissioning-and-contract-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-029c93). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northamptonshire County Council: "Northamptonshire County Council Brighter Futures Commissioning and Contract Framework". Published status: tenderUpdate. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. Lot information not published. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** RECORDED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northamptonshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northamptonshire-county-council-GB-FTS-1546)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 March 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029c93`

## 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-county-council-brighter-futures-commissioning-and-contract-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-029c93#tl-md)

## Description
Northamptonshire County Council is Procuring a framework using 2 lots in order to create the provision of Lot 1 Services for highly vulnerable autistic Adults and Lot 2 Services for highly vulnerable autistic children and young people. This framework is for individuals who have complex needs and have been assessed by any and all of the Key Partners as having care and support needs that meet statutory eligibility thresholds and who are deemed to be the responsibility of the Partner Commissioning Body. The key partners are defined as: Northamptonshire Adult Social Services (NASS), NHS Northamptonshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Northamptonshire Children’s Trust.
The Health and Social Care System in Northamptonshire is resolute in driving through stepped change in improving the service and community offers available and accessible to autistic individuals and their families who often experience extreme barriers to participating in community and family life.
The Light Touch Regime (LTR) applies to the Services under this Framework Agreement, as per Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005410-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-17T13:07:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T21:00:09.343Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029c93