Official UK procurement notice
Shared Accommodation Services for Children in Care and Care Leavers
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Shared Accommodation service for Children in Care and Care Leavers is to provide a full range of stable, safe, well maintained accommodation for Service Users nominated by the Council. Shared Accommodation in the context is residential property units to accommodate Page 3 to 6 individual young people.
The service has 3 main aspects; 1 Accommodation Brokerage 2 Property and Facilities Management 3 Move In Arrangements
CPV: Housing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Property only county wide model
Property only county wide model. Cohort 16-21 year old young people, children in care and care leavers. Quantity is based on demand.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 May 2022, 15:35 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2023, 08:49 GMT
- Authority reference
DN609847- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005243- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033698Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The Shared Accommodation contract is due to expire on the 31 March 2023.
KCC has a statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of Kent Children in Care and ensure best value for money it spends on behalf of the Kent population. It also has a statutory responsibility to ensure there is safe and sufficient accommodation for Children in Care.
There is no provision in the contract to extend. Following full analysis of the provision data, market position and engagement with key stakeholders, a Business Case and Commissioning Plan were developed and were due to be presented to the Children, Young People and Education Cabinet Committee in January 2022. However, the announcement by Ofsted in December 2021 to require regulation in a previously unregulated accommodation market has significantly impacted the proposed direction of travel.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearsprings Ready Homes | £7,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Clearsprings Ready Homes | £2,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005243-2023-SC220295-1 · Clearsprings Ready Homes
- Signed
- 17 Feb 2023
- Value
- £7,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 012283-2022-SS17-052-1 · Clearsprings Ready Homes
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2022
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Clear Springs Ready Homes LtdAwarded supplier
- Clearsprings Ready Homes LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.