Official UK procurement notice
Nottingham Children's Residential Care Homes
Authority: Nottingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottingham City Council sought an experienced Provider to deliver 20-23 standard
residential care beds supporting Children and Young People in care aged 5-18 years with
primary presenting needs of emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Providers were required to have experience of delivering Children's Residential Services
with the
majority of their homes having a current Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding. Any home
offered as part of this contract which is already in existence must be rated as Good or
Outstanding (except newly registered provision which will have this rating as a target). The Services will be delivered in units of between 2-4 beds in Ofsted registered homes
which are rated Good or above. Homes will be located within 4 miles of Nottingham City
border (with some exceptions as outlined in the Service Specification.
The Contract will be for an initial term of 3 years from 1 September 2026 with a possible
extension of 2 years on a 1+1 basis. Payments will be made on a block basis.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£33,791,401
- Economic & financial standing
Please see Tender Pack
- Technical & professional ability
Must be registered with Ofsted
Services to be used at Contract start must be rated Good or Above unless newly registered provision pending Ofsted rating.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Service Model: 22%
- Management and Staffing: 10%
- Managing Capacity: 10%
- Children and Young People's Voice: 10%
- Outcomes for Children and Young People: 23%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Service Model
- Management and Staffing
- Managing Capacity
- Children and Young People's Voice
- Outcomes for Children and Young People
- Social Value
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Please see Tender Pack
- Technical & professional ability
Must be registered with Ofsted
Services to be used at Contract start must be rated Good or Above unless newly registered provision pending Ofsted rating.
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Jun 2025, 14:42 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:46 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CPU2484- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-014824- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0548a4Find a Tender
- Risks
See Invitation to Tender Document
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 18 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All documents must be submitted via www.eastmidstenders.org ↗ in line with the instructions within the tender pack.
Timeline
13 Jun 2025 → 7 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published13 Jun 2025, 14:42 BST
- Market engagement328 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
This PME aims to gain input from the Children in Care residential market to gain their view of our plans to tender for a replacement block contract for children's residential homes in 2026. Nottingham City Council (NCC) would like to understand providers capacity, experience and expertise to support the needs of our children and young people in care and any support they may need from NCC to enable them to effectively deliver this support, along with their estimate proposed costings for placements.
Providers' responses may be collectively themed, or costings averaged to support the development of the service model/ specification, but responses will be anonymised, and individual provider information will not be shared with competitors.
Providers must complete the below MS form in full by 1st December 2025.
- Next notice expected266 days ago1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published249 days ago18 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Clarification questions by221 days ago18 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline214 days ago25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by178 days ago30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent178 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends165 days ago13 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts55 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published48 days ago7 Sept 2026, 12:46 BST
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2025- Pipeline notice published13 Jun 2025, 14:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Nov 2025, 09:59 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published18 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £33,791,40118 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Status changed to active18 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Procurement method changed18 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Deadline published: 25 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT18 Feb 2026, 14:29 GMT
- Tender notice published19 Feb 2026, 11:38 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published1 May 2026, 14:34 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete1 May 2026, 14:34 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Sept 2026, 12:46 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Amend the Tender Description paragraph 4 from: Where full capacity is not available at the point of tender, a minimum of 3 beds must be available at contract start building up to a maximum of 20 beds by Year 3 (31 August 2029). To: Where full capacity is not available at the point of tender, a minimum of 3 beds must be available at contract start building up to a minimum of 20 beds by Year 3 (3…
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 18 Feb 2026
- 2025-11: 1 release · 17 Nov 2025
- 2025-06: 1 release · 13 Jun 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTDNottingham Children's Residential Homes1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: Two possible annual extensions at the Council's discretion on a 1 plus 1 basis | £19,438,849 | 1 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTD
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2026
- Value
- £19,438,849
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Two possible annual extensions at the Council's discretion on a 1 plus 1 basis.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 2 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonTOTAL CARE MATTERS LTD · East Midlands
- did not winHOMES 2 INSPIRE LIMITED · West Midlands
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- HOMES 2 INSPIRE LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract
- Bidding documents and specificationsAssociated tender documents available at the above under the title CPU2484 Children's Residential Homes
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender