Tender

Northamptonshire Children's Trust Provision of Personal Care and Support Services for Children and Young People with Disabilities.

Northamptonshire Children's Trust

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Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-071819

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05164d (view related notices)

Published 6 November 2025, 6:27pm

Scope

Reference

NNC00000641

Description

Northamptonshire Children's Trust wishes to invite Tenders for the Provision of Personal Care and Support Services for Children and Young People with Disabilities.

The Children's Trust is setting up a Framework Agreement for the provision of Personal Care and Support Services for children and young people with Disabilities for a period of 4 years.

The Contract has a maximum annual budget of £3,500,000 (exclusive of VAT) for the delivery of the requirement as set out in the Specification. This should be based upon the base 4-year contract, with the core service as detailed in the tender documentation.

Services will be categorised by the following Lots that are described further in the specification:

• Lot 1 - Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough)

• Lot 2 - Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (East Northamptonshire)

• Lot 3 - Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Northampton)

• Lot 4 - Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (Daventry and South Northamptonshire)

• Lot 5 - Accommodation in Overnight Settings

Personal Care and Support Services should be person centred, aiming to maintain a child or young person's quality of life, enabling them to remain living with their family and achieve their specific outcomes. The Service is not about dependency, but about helping children and young people to do things for themselves as far as they are able and encouraging them and their family and other networks to build on their strength, independence and capacity.

In order to be considered for this opportunity, you MUST have registered and submitted your core supplier information to the Central Digital Platform (CDP). Please visit https://supplier-information.find-tender.service.gov.uk/ to register, and provide your core supplier information.

Please note, you are then required to confirm your share code and provide a PDF copy of this information when you submit your tender return.

Commercial tool

Establishes an open framework

Total value (estimated)

£16,800,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

1 April 2026 to 31 March 2030
4 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
UKF25 - North Northamptonshire

Lot 1. Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough)

Description

Lot 1 - Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough)

Lot value (estimated)

£14,000,000 excluding VAT
£16,800,000 including VAT

Framework lot values may be shared with other lots

Same for all lots

CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 2. Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (East Northamptonshire)

Description

Lot 2 - Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (East Northamptonshire)

Lot value (estimated)

£14,000,000 excluding VAT
£16,800,000 including VAT

Framework lot values may be shared with other lots

Same for all lots

CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 3. Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Northampton)

Description

Lot 3 - Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Northampton)

Lot value (estimated)

£14,000,000 excluding VAT
£16,800,000 including VAT

Framework lot values may be shared with other lots

Same for all lots

CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 4. Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (Daventry and South Northamptonshire)

Description

Lot 4 - Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (Daventry and South Northamptonshire)

Lot value (estimated)

£14,000,000 excluding VAT
£16,800,000 including VAT

Framework lot values may be shared with other lots

Same for all lots

CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Lot 5. Accommodation in Overnight Settings

Description

Lot 5 - Accommodation in Overnight Settings

Lot value (estimated)

£14,000,000 excluding VAT
£16,800,000 including VAT

Framework lot values may be shared with other lots

Same for all lots

CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.

Framework

Open framework scheme end date (estimated)

31 March 2030

Maximum number of suppliers

Unlimited

Maximum percentage fee charged to suppliers

Framework operation description

Providers who meet the selection and award criteria will be accepted onto the Framework Agreement and have the opportunity to be selected for referrals.

Payment Rate for each Contract shall be a set unit price Fixed Hourly Rate as specified in the Service Specification and Framework Agreement.

Award method when using the framework

Either with or without competition

Contracting authorities that may use the framework

Establishing party only

Participation

Particular suitability

Lot 1. Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Corby, Kettering, Rushden and Wellingborough)

Lot 2. Support Hours in North Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (East Northamptonshire)

Lot 3. Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Urban Areas (Northampton)

Lot 4. Support Hours in West Northamptonshire - Rural Areas (Daventry and South Northamptonshire)

Lot 5. Accommodation in Overnight Settings

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

Submission

Tender submission deadline

10 December 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

27 February 2026

Recurring procurement

Publication date of next tender notice (estimated): 1 October 2029

Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name	Type	Weighting
Quality	Quality	100%

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes

Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Documents

Associated tender documents

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc

Technical specifications to be met

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/nnc

Contracting authority