CT1293 - Framework Agreement for Children’s Residential Care and Education
The City of Edinburgh CouncilEstimated Value
£3,000,000 – £30,000,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
6 March 2025
Type
services
Overview
The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) seek to establish a Framework Agreement for Children’s Residential Care and Education. Service Requirement The Council requires to put a multi provider framework agreement in place for the provision of Residential Care and Education within Residential Schools and Care Homes for Children and/ or Young People who have multiple and complex needs and for whom provision of residential care is the best means of improving Outcomes.
The principles of Getting It Right for Every Child are at the heart of this Service. This is broken into three lots: Lot 1 – Provision of Residential Care: Residential Care where the child or Young Person attends School elsewhere or is not in education; Lot 2 – Provision of Education: Education where the child or Young Person resides elsewhere; Lot 3 – Provision of Residential Care & Education integrated service: Residential Care and education provided as a package for the child or Young Person.
Lot 1 – Provision of Residential Care: Residential Care where the child or Young Person attends School elsewhere or is not in education. Additional information: This lot may be applied for on it's own, or along with a submission for lot 3
Eligibility & compliance
The Council and Providers shall work in partnership to commission and deliver services that will fully support Children and Young People as they grow and develop.
Additional details
Lot 2 – Provision of Education: Education where the child or Young Person resides elsewhere. Additional information: This lot may be applied for on it's own, or along side a submission for lot 3
Lot 3 – Provision of Residential Care & Education integrated service: Residential Care and education provided as a package for the child or Young Person. Additional information: This lot may only be applied for in addition to a submission for Lot 1 or Lot 2. Organisations may not submit for Lot 3 alone.
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Award Details
Aberlour Child Care Trust
£30,000,000
Action for Children Services Ltd
£30,000,000
Applied Care and Development Limited
£30,000,000
Capability Scotland
£30,000,000
Care Visions
£30,000,000
CrossReach (the operating name for The Church of Scotland Social Care Council)
£30,000,000
Dean & Cauvin Young People's Trust
£30,000,000
Spark of Genius
£30,000,000
Starley Hall School Limited
£30,000,000
Dunedin School
£30,000,000
Harmeny Education Trust Limited
£30,000,000
Donaldson Trust
£30,000,000
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The City of Edinburgh CouncilKey Dates
Published
6 March 2025
Submission deadline
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