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Published 21 May 2025, 17:09 BST

Official UK procurement notice

White Rose Regional Framework

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Leeds City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 14 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 7 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 6 yrsends 31 Mar 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The White Rose Partnership which comprises of 14 Placing Authorities (Local Authorities/Trusts).

These include:

  • Barnsley, Bradford (and the Trust), Doncaster, East Riding, Hull, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield, York.

The purpose of this section is to set out the overarching framework and expectations for the White Rose Regional Partnership ("WR Partnership") in how local authorities commission, manage, and deliver care services for children, young people, and families across Yorkshire and Humber.

Specifically, it:

  • Defines the standards, responsibilities, and performance expectations for Providers delivering services under the White Rose regional agreement.
  • Establishes a consistent, regional approach to commissioning residential care, fostering, and family support services.
  • Ensures that Providers and Placing Authorities work within a shared framework aligned to national reforms such as the Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy and Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs).
  • Clarifies the structure of the open framework agreement, its duration, service lots, and terminology used throughout the specification.

The White Rose Partnership wish to commission the following services under the overarching framework.

  • Fostering (Lots 1-5)
  • Residential care (Lots 6-11)
  • Family Support Services (Lot 12)

Fostering - £89,990,191.20 (Annual Spend)

£539,941,147.20 (Framework Spend)

Lot 1 - Foster Family

Lot 2 - Foster Family with Additional Support

Lot 3 - Fostering Family with Intensive Support

Lot 4 - Fostering Parent and Child

Residential - £215,012,177.12 (Annual Spend, which does include Parent and Child Assessment)

£1,290,073,062.72 (Framework Spend, which does include Parent and Child Assessment)

Lot 6 - Residential Care

Lot 7 - Residential Care and Education

Lot 8 - Residential Therapeutic Assessment (Only)

Lot 9 - Residential Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention

Lot 10 - Dual Registration (Ofsted & CQC)

Lot 11 - Emergency Activity Based

Family Support Services

Lot 12 - Residential Parent and Child

CPV: Social work and related services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
6 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Apr 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 6 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2033 (6 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2035 with extensions
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85300000 Social work and related services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “White Rose Regional Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Leeds City Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up

Leeds City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerLeeds City Council · all categories
The marketSocial work and related services (CPV 8530) · UK-wide
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 25 of 34 known-size awards · market: CPV 8530 · UK-wide, n=53
74%42%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 7 of 18 known-location awards · market: CPV 8530 · UK-wide, n=120
39%76%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Yorkshire and the Humber.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 decided notices · market: CPV 8530 · UK-wide, n=26
84 days75 days

Half of these awards were announced within 84 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 2 of 17 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8530 · UK-wide, n=26
12%12%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer42 lots with bid counts · all categories
2% had one bid
The market111 lots with bid counts · CPV 8530 · UK-wide
3% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid2% / 3%
Buyer: 1 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 111 lots with published bid counts.
2–314% / 22%
Buyer: 6 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 24 of 111 lots with published bid counts.
4–638% / 26%
Buyer: 16 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 29 of 111 lots with published bid counts.
7+45% / 50%
Buyer: 19 of 42 lots with published bid counts. Market: 55 of 111 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 853072 monthsSME suitableEstimate not published
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 67 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet3% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 67 similar lots
1 bid3%
2 of 67 similar past lots received 1 bid (3%).
2–310%
7 of 67 similar past lots received 2–3 (10%).
4–616%
11 of 67 similar past lots received 4–6 (16%).
7+70%
47 of 67 similar past lots received 7+ (70%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 13 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 17:09 BST
Last source update
17 Apr 2026, 11:59 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035124
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work and related services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c0b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 17:09 BST
  2. Latest notice published188 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 11:59 BST
  3. Market engagement83 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    Please find a list of past Market Engagement Events and also future events.

    November 2024

    • The new DfE's policy paper - "Keeping children safe, helping families thrive" was produced on the 18th November 2024.
    • Referral process

    June 2025

    • Introduction of Procurement Act changes
    • Initial review of current Residential EMP (challenges, benefits)

    August 2025

    • Residential Provider Consultation

    August 2025

    • Residential Family Assessment Consultation

    August 2025

    • Children and Young People's Consultation

    October 2025

    • Update of Procurement Act requirements
    • Introduction of Regional Contract combining Residential and Fostering and core and additional costs

    January 2026

    • Consultation events for Fostering Providers

    February 2026

    Market Consultation with full range of Providers:

    • Update on the new Lots included, the Lot 3 - Residential Therapeutic Assessment and Intervention, proposed Lot 4 - Dual Registration and proposed Lot 5 - Emergency/28 day.
    • Reiterating the core and additional element of the frameworks
    • Introducing the regional trauma informed approach that will be part of the core offer
    • Introduction of Contract Management proposal aligning to the QMF
    • Regional Fair Price Window aligning to a pre-approved price review formula.

    Future Events include:

    Tues 04.08.26 - Briefing (10.00-11.30) Regional Portal/Referral/IPA

    Tues 11.08.26 - Briefing (10.00 - 11.30) QMF/Contract Management/ISP

    Tues 18.08.26 - Briefing (10.00 - 11.30) Data

    Tues 25.08.26 - Briefing (10.00 - 11.30) Pricing Model and Schedule

    Tues 01.09.26 - Briefing (10.00 - 11.30) Block Booking

    Tues 22.09.26 - (1.00 - 2.30pm) Bidders Event - Residential Providers

    Thurs 24.09.26 - (1.00 - 2.30pm) Bidders Event - IFA Providers

    Fri 25.09.26 - (1.00-2.30pm) Bidders Event - Family Services Providers

    All events in person were held at:

    The Barnsley Health Federation - Priory Centre

    Pontefract Road

    Lundwood

    Barnsley

    S71 5PN

  4. Tender notice expected45 days ago
    7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 160 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    21 May 2025, 17:09 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    13 Mar 2026, 16:30 GMT
    UK2
  3. Buyer details updated
    13 Mar 2026, 16:30 GMT
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 11:59 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

The reference to a "Workshop" has been amended to "Briefing" to accurately reflect the nature of the event. The briefing is intended solely for information‑sharing purposes and does not constitute a consultation. This amendment has been made to ensure clarity and to avoid any potential misunderstanding.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

14 public bodies on the notice

Leeds City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Civic Hall, Calverley Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 1URContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • BARNSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCILContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PYHH-2597-YVZG Barnsley, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Borough Council of CalderdaleContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PNQT-4842-NXXN Halifax, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • City of Bradford Metropolitan and District CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PBWW-4714-TBHN Bradford, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • City of Doncaster CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PLHR-4113-HMNQ Doncaster, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • City of York CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PQVW-9426-LDJV York, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • East Riding of Yorkshire CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PZQH-9124-TMLN Beverley, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Kingston Upon Hull City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR Hull, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • North East Lincolnshire Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PXNN-3676-XCQV Grimsby, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • North Lincolnshire CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PDZY-9248-XLCG Scunthorpe, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Rotherham Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PGYC-3376-BGQP Rotherham, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Sheffield City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PPQT-9425-JWVM Sheffield, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • The Council of the Borough of KirkleesContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PXHZ-9111-QHMJ Huddersfield, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Wakefield CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PGYH-9727-LNMT Wakefield, Yorkshire & HumberContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure