COV - West Midlands Children's Regional Residential Care Framework

What the buyer is asking for

This framework is for the provision of children's residential care across the West Midlands region. Coventry City Council is the lead local authority for the framework, which can be accessed by the 14 West Midlands Local Authorities/Trusts and their successors/any successor bodies of any of the 14 entities. The West Midlands Children's Residential Care Framework aims to be the primary means by which residential care placements are sourced in the region from the independent market. This is a framework re-opening and Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more of the Lots. Providers that are already on the framework can apply to be added to an additional Lot(s) and/or apply to add further Children's Residential Homes to the Framework. For example, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can now apply for Lot 3 and/or Lot 6. Similarly, if a Provider has already been awarded the framework agreement for Lots 1 and 2, they can apply to add another Children's Residential Home(s) to Lots 1 and/or 2 and apply to be added to an additional Lot(s). Please see tender documents for more information about the framework and how it will be awarded. The tender documents can be downloaded from Coventry City Council's e-tendering portal CSW-JETS via https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands. This is a Flexible framework, which is being re-opened for a Light Touch Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 (and for the avoidance of doubt NOT as an Open Framework as defined by the Procurement Act 2023). The framework shall be re-opened at least annually and there will be additional re-openings, at any time if in the reasonable opinion of the Council the flexible framework needs to be re-opened to enable the Council and any Placing Authority to discharge their statutory duties in relation to Children in Care and the current number of providers and homes do not offer sufficient capacity in terms of residential placements available across the West Midlands region.

How this is scored

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• pricePrice
• qualityQuality

6 lots

You can usually bid for one lot without bidding for all of them.

• Planned Residential Care£4.9bn

  Lot 1 is for the provision of Planned Residential Care placements

• Crisis Care£4.9bn

  Lot 2 is for the provision of Crisis Care placements

• Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education£4.9bn

  Lot 3 is for the provision of Residential Care with DFE Regulated Education placements

• Residential Parenting Assessments£4.9bn

  Lot 4 is for the provision of Residential Parenting Assessments placements

• Therapeutic Residential Care£4.9bn

  Lot 5 is for the provision of Therapeutic Residential Care placements

• Children with Disabilities£4.9bn

  Lot 6 is for the provision of Children with Disabilities placements

How contested is this?

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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice publishedyesterday

   21 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST
2. Submission deadlinein 31 days

   23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
3. Award decision expected byin 87 days

   17 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

1. Tender notice21 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST089110-2026

Documents

• Tender notice on Find a Tender