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# Provision of Supervised Contact Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-supervised-contact-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bedford Borough Council: "Provision of Supervised Contact Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,527,145. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bedford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bedford-borough-council-ons-e06000055)
- **Published Value:** £1,527,145 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 December 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social work services with accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKH24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,522,132 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc`

## 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-supervised-contact-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbedford%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-supervised-contact-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc#participate

## Description
Bedford Borough Council (the Council) is committed to the development of an effective care system, which enables those children and young people who are unable (for whatever reason) to live safely with their family of origin.  This will help these children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes and support their timely move to good quality permanent care arrangements outside the care system.Commissioned services will allow the local authority to meet its statutory responsibilities for looked after, and vulnerable, at risk, children and young people. In this context the Council is inviting potential service providers to submit a tender for the provision of a Supervised Contact service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £1,527,145
- **Description:** Provision of Supervised Contact Services.
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2022 to 31/03/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Supervised Contact Services (active)
  - Award id: `004644-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Barnardo Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-176964`
  - Value: £1,522,132 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Supervised Contact Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,522,132
  - Signed Date: 18/02/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004644-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-18T12:36:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:17:48.324Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f6bc