ClosedHealth and social care

Children's Home Care Provision (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)[E11]

Croydon, United KingdomLondon Borough of Croydon[E1]

In plain English

What they want: The London Borough of Croydon ('the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children's home and deliver registered services. The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term").
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC. UTC: 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC.
Published 19 Dec 2024.
Value: GBP 10,920,000
Buyer: London Borough of CroydonSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC
Value[E12]: GBP 10,920,000
Published[E9]: 19 Dec 2024
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure (above threshold)
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 70 minutes ago

About the requirement

From the notice

The London Borough of Croydon ('the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children's home and deliver registered services. The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tender Documents. The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 7 years (the "Term"). This procurement will be carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the PCR 2015. The required Services are being procured via a competitive tendering process and will run electronically via the Croydon Tenders Portal. All communication throughout the tender process will be via London Borough of Croydon E-Procurement Site - Home (in-tendhost.co.uk). A bidders briefing will be held on the 7th January at 11am. Please register your interest via correspondence message including, name and email of attendees on the intend portal to receive an teams invite to the event. Additional information: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/croydontenders/aspx/Home Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: London, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
The deadline (2025-01-22T12:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is London Borough of Croydon.
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 85000000 (Health and social work services).
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 22 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC.
“2025-01-22T12:00:00Z”
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“The London Borough of Croydon ('the Council") is seeking to commission an experienced Service Provider to run a new children's home and deliver registered services. The full scope of the contract requirements are provided in the Service Specification, which form part of the Tend…”
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: London, United Kingdom.
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/1, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 19 Dec 2024.
“2024-12-19T11:21:46Z”
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "Children's Home Care Provision (Accommodation based residential care for Young People)".
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 10,920,000.
“10920000 GBP”
Document 16ab740c-bca3-4b20-9e3b-b55450e25ac8-812347, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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