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# TC724 - Missing from Care Service & Return Interviews

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc724-missing-from-care-service-return-interviews-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ae). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "TC724 - Missing from Care Service & Return Interviews". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Dec 2021, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 December 2021 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £450,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ae`

## 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/tc724-missing-from-care-service-return-interviews-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ae#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc724-missing-from-care-service-return-interviews-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ae#participate

## Description
The Missing from Care commissioned service will provide a statutory independent return interview service for children and young people who go missing from care. The service will contribute to the delivery of the complex safeguarding strategy which identifies key areas of work required to take place in order to meet the core objective of reducing the number of young people who go missing and those who go missing regularly in the city.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £750,000
- **Description:** TC724 - Missing from Care Service & Return Interviews. Additional information: The Council used the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants needed to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants needed to ele...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TC724 - Missing from Care Service & Return Interviews (active)
  - Award id: `007018-2022-TC724-1`
  - Supplier(s): **The Children’s Society (Services) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-4545124`
  - Value: £450,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TC724 - Missing from Care Service & Return Interviews (active)
  - Signed Value: £450,000
  - Signed Date: 15/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007018-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-15T15:37:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:34:38.841Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ae