Pipeline

Children in Care - Residential & Independent Fostering Agencies framework

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

UK1: Pipeline notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-022128

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051592

Published 16 May 2025, 11:21am



Scope

Description

This is a procurement for a framework for children in case residential and independent fostering agencies (IFAs).

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £315,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £378,000,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2036
  • 10 years

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85310000 - Social work services

Contract locations

  • UKH1 - East Anglia

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

1 November 2025


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

Cambridgeshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJVB-3262-VGVJ

New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus,

Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon

PE28 4YE

United Kingdom

Region: UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government