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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e"
title: "Solo Provision Children's Homes Block Purchase"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/solo-provision-children-s-homes-block-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e"
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# Solo Provision Children's Homes Block Purchase

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/solo-provision-children-s-homes-block-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Solo Provision Children's Homes Block Purchase". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2023. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2023 at 01:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work services with accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e`

## 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/solo-provision-children-s-homes-block-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/solo-provision-children-s-homes-block-purchase-ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e#participate

## Description
To avoid placing children in unregistered provision, Essex County Council is keen to identify providers who would be willing to provide a solo provision of care. The purpose of which is to create a safe environment whereby a child can be fully supported with high quality trauma informed care whilst a more permanent and longer term placement is sought. This will be a block contract and will need to be a registered childrens home bed for any child with SEMH during a period of crisis

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007958-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-20T10:34:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T10:12:31.386Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b42e