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title: ":Provision of Residential Care for two (2) Children with Complex Needs"
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# :Provision of Residential Care for two (2) Children with Complex Needs

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-residential-care-for-two-2-children-with-complex-needs-ocds-h6vhtk-041c24). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Ayrshire Council: ":Provision of Residential Care for two (2) Children with Complex Needs". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [South Ayrshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-ayrshire-council-ons-s12000028)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work services with accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UKM94
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041c24`

## 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-residential-care-for-two-2-children-with-complex-needs-ocds-h6vhtk-041c24#tl-md)

## Description
South Ayrshire Council on behalf of South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership (SAHSCP) is undertaking a market scoping exercise, under Regulation 41 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, seeking notes of interest from experienced Children’s Residential Care Providers (with at least 5 years’ experience of delivering residential care) who is able to provide a ‘family approach’ while delivering high quality, nurturing care to two children (aged 5 and 7), committing to these two children only, for as long as they need care over their childhoods.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Provider must have an identified base within South Ayrshire, that is already, or able to be future proofed for wheelchair use to include at the very least:
-	A homely environment
-	Ground level access
-	Three-bedroom house, including a staff slee...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034606-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-22T16:49:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T03:55:49.807Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041c24