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title: "Residential Children Home Services Phase 2"
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# Residential Children Home Services Phase 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/residential-children-home-services-phase-2-ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Milton Keynes Council: "Residential Children Home Services Phase 2". Published status: complete. Published Value: £17,800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Milton Keynes Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/milton-keynes-council-ons-e06000042)
- **Published Value:** £17,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Daycare services for disabled children and young people, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £17,800,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/residential-children-home-services-phase-2-ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0`

## 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/residential-children-home-services-phase-2-ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fmilton-keynes%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/residential-children-home-services-phase-2-ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85311300, 85312120

- **Estimated Value:** £17,800,000

- **Contract Period:** 16/02/2026 to 15/02/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Residential Children Home Services Phase 2 (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Jigsaw Care Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PMYL-1293-BGNQ`
  - Value: £17,800,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066386-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-20T15:37:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:18:22.731Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0500e0