Official UK procurement notice
Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 year olds - Re-opening of Lot 3 Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers
Authority: Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 year olds contract commenced 1 July 2026. Under this contract, Lot 3 - Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers, will remain open for new submissions throughout the contract period. This Tender Notice is to notify the market of the re-opening of Lot 3. An indicative schedule of evaluation of submissions during the contract period is included in the tender pack.
Lot 3 Re-opening: Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers:
Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation Providers to provide accommodation to children in our care. Service provision as and when required, no guaranteed level of services to be delivered under this Lot. Accommodation is to be located in the Tees Valley area.
Access to Lot 3 has been extended to Middlesbrough Council. The requirements under this Lot will vary from organisation to organisation. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council will only be responsible for their list of contract requirements. If they choose to use the Contract, Middlesbrough Council will be responsible for their individual requirements and contract arrangements.
For the purpose of the notice, estimated maximum contract value for Lot 3 for each LA over the total contract period including optional extensions, based on current service delivery is:
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council: £10,320,000
Middlesbrough Council: £26,670,000
Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16/17 year olds contract commenced 01 July 2026 to end 30 June 2031 with a further 2x12 month optional extension periods available.
UK4 Tender notice for initial tender - 2025/S 000-075301
UK6 UK6: Contract award notice for initial tender - 2026/S 000-038625
The contract start date stated within this notice is the estimated contract start date for successful tenderers under this re-opening of Lot 3.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT.
- No preliminary market engagement: This tender notice is in relation to the re-opening of Lot 3 of the contract (Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers) . Market engagement was undertaken prior to initial tender for the whole contract and a UK2 notice published at that point (2025/S 000-047239)
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£36,990,000
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 award criteria (1)
- Quality: As detailed in the tender documents
- “Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 year olds -…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered. 30 known-location awards sit across 3 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 75 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–313% / 8%
4–625% / 8%
7+63% / 83%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Olds” of this authority, but none of the 9 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 8530Published estimate£37m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–33%
4–614%
7+83%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FULFILLING INDEPENDENCE LTDWorked for this buyer | Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Oldsstarted Jun 2026 | Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers | £53m | Similar wording and category |
| FAIRFIELDS HOUSE SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Oldsstarted Jun 2026 | Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers | £53m | Similar wording and category |
| Moving Up Care LimitedWorked for this buyer | Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Oldsstarted Jun 2026 | Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers | £53m | Similar wording and category |
| Firbanks Supported Living LtdWorked for this buyer | Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Oldsstarted Jun 2026 | Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers | £53m | Similar wording and category |
| ATHENA SUPPORTED ACCOMODATION (NORTH -EAST) LIMITEDWorked for this buyer | Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Oldsstarted Jun 2026 | Pseudo-Framework of Supported Accommodation Providers | £53m | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £178k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £158k2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 2 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £7.6m4 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | 5% below n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
58% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
58% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (58% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Ofsted Registered Supported Accommodation for 16-17 Year Olds — held by Handcrafted Projects and Community Campus 87 (Cleveland) Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.
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
- Open admission
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 4 Jan 2027
- First published
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jul 2026, 12:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
OPEN20261429- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061653- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c114Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via OPEN-UK- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
1 Jul 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 12:03 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsin 70 days · period end, not a bid countdown31 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 129 days28 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 129 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published1 Jul 2026, 12:03 BSTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender