Official UK procurement notice
RCC-1608-2 Rutland Children's Home
Authority: Rutland County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF22)
Published estimate£900,000≈ £150k / year · £1,080,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Aug 2026awarded 19 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTD
Contract term 6 yrsends 31 Dec 2032 · up to 31 Dec 2037 with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProcurement for a care provider to run a new children's residential home with Rutland County Council
- No preliminary market engagement: Premarket engaement notice was already carried out for a prior procurement which failed. no further intelligence was required.
CPV: Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£900,000
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
- Economic & financial standing
see tender docs
- Technical & professional ability
see tender docs
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: service costs as identified in the tender pack
- Quality: Quality responses, including social value as identified in the tender pack
Conditions of participation2
- Economic & financial standing
see tender docs
- Technical & professional ability
see tender docs
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Jul 2026, 14:56 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 10:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
RCC-1608-2- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068777- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d008Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
21 Jul 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Tender notice published92 days ago21 Jul 2026, 14:56 BST
- Clarification questions by82 days ago31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline54 days ago28 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 10:14 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 8 days28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 72 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2026- Tender notice published21 Jul 2026, 14:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published19 Oct 2026, 10:14 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Oct 2026, 10:14 BST
- Contract signature expected5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £4,443,7501 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTDSMERCC-1608-2 Residential Children's Home Management and Service Delivery1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2032 · up to 31 Dec 2037Extensions: Five 1 year extensions based on performance after the inintial 5 year term. | £4,443,750 | 19 Oct 2026standstill to 28 Oct 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 9 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonTOTAL CARE MATTERS LTDSME · East 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
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Welland ProcurementProcess contact pointProcuring entityBuying Organisation
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- TOTAL CARE MATTERS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender