Children in Care & Care Leavers Flexible DPS
London Borough of SuttonEstimated Value
Not specified
Deadline
9 February 2030
1263 days remaining
Published
10 February 2023
Type
Not specified
Overview
The London Borough of Sutton have developed a commissioning strategy to build and strengthen the Authority's successful accommodation and support offer for children and young people in our care and care-experienced young people. A priority is to ensure good quality, local provision of placements, accommodation and support, informed by our children and young people, which offers choice and makes best use of available resources.
The Authority is seeking to develop key trusted partner relationships to address market challenges. We will introduce a differentiated provider relationship model to enable and incentivise targeted investment of resources and partnership working with key trusted providers to support continued improvement of placement quality and sufficiency.
The Authority is setting up a flexible DPS for the delivery of Children in Care and Care Leavers services which will be commissioned in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime for Health and Social Care). It is intended that the DPS will be open for an initial period of 7 years.
Regulations cited
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Additional details
The DPS is Lot based and will provide succesful suppliers with opportunities for individual placement referrals throughout the term of the DPS. There will also be opportunities to tender for contracts for Directly Commissioned Services by way of mini competitions inviting successful Suppliers within the Lots to which the opportunity applies.
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
Exacom Systems Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 9 Jun 2026ends 30 Jun 2030£36,873
total awarded
- 2
Private Public Ltd
1 contract wonlatest 21 May 2026ends 1 Nov 2026£50,000
total awarded
- 3
Bugler Developments Limited
- 4
Reed Talent Solutions Limited (trading as Consultancy+)
1 contract wonlatest 16 Feb 2026ends 30 Sept 2026£70,000
total awarded
- 5
Apetito Limited
1 contract wonlatest 30 Sept 2025ends 30 Sept 2026£210,000
total awarded
Exacom Systems Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.
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London Borough of SuttonKey Dates
Published
10 February 2023
Submission deadline
9 February 2030
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