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Residential Children Home Services Phase 2

Buyer: Milton Keynes City Council →

BuyerMilton Keynes City Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published20 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Milton Keynes City Council (The Council) wish to commission a suitably qualified and experienced Provider of children’s residential care to operate two Ofsted-registered therapeutic children’s homes utilising the Council’s own properties, for Children and Young People aged 9-18 with complex emotional and behavioural needs. This is a block contract to be let for an initial term of 3 years with an option for the Council to extend subject to review for up to 2 years on a year-by-year basis with the successful tenderer.

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Residential Children Home Services Phase 2

Statuspending
Value£17,800,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2029

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0500e0
Latest release ID025908-2026
Latest release timestampFri Mar 20 2026 15:37:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release6

Notice history

DateEventReference
20 Mar 2026award, contract025908-2026
17 Oct 2025tender066386-2025
8 May 2025planningUpdate019546-2025
7 May 2025planning019447-2025
10 Apr 2025planning014408-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (5 releases)
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17 Oct 2025 · 066386-2025 · tender
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8 May 2025 · 019546-2025 · planningUpdate
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7 May 2025 · 019447-2025 · planning
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10 Apr 2025 · 014408-2025 · planning
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