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title: "Provision of a Children's Support at Home Service"
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# Provision of a Children's Support at Home Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-children-s-support-at-home-service-ocds-h6vhtk-031180). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Falkirk Council: "Provision of a Children's Support at Home Service". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £1,600,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Feb 2022, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Falkirk Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/falkirk-council-ons-s12000014)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 February 2022 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social services, Social work and related services, Social work services, Welfare services for children and young people, Welfare services for the handicapped
- **Delivery Location:** UKM76
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031180`

## 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/provision-of-a-children-s-support-at-home-service-ocds-h6vhtk-031180#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-children-s-support-at-home-service-ocds-h6vhtk-031180#participate

## Description
The Council seeks to commission a flexible, responsive and consistently high quality service. Providers shall have the capability to work with children and young people, between the ages of 0 and 18 years, where there is an identified need to provide a flexible Support at Home service to the individual child or their parents/carers within the home environment or in the community. The Framework will run for a period of 2 years from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024, with the option to extend up to a further 36 months. Bidders may bid for one or all Lots.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Support at Home
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85310000, 85311300, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** Providers shall have the capability to work in partnership with families to support daily routines and ensure children’s needs are met at
home. The services provided should be flexible, responsive and consistently to a high quality standard with the ...

### Lot 2: Complex Support at Home
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85310000, 85311200, 85311300, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Council seeks to commission flexible, responsive and consistently high quality services. Providers shall have the capability to work
with children & young people with complex health needs as a result of disability, between the ages of 0 and 18 ye...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Support at Home (active)
  - Award id: `017751-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aberlour Child Care Trust, Includem, Kingdom Support and Care CIC (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-10962`, `GB-FTS-15287`, `GB-FTS-50674`, `GB-FTS-56914`, `GB-FTS-40837`
  - Value: £1,600,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Complex Support at Home (active)
  - Award id: `017751-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **ENABLE Scotland, PLUS (Forth Valley) Ltd, Special Stars Homecare Ltd (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-131647`, `GB-FTS-133354`, `GB-FTS-40837`, `GB-FTS-132651`
  - Value: £1,600,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Support at Home (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,600,000
  - Signed Date: 29/03/2022

- **Contract:** Complex Support at Home (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,600,000
  - Signed Date: 29/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017751-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-29T12:03:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T19:21:41.853Z
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