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Suffolk County Council

Dual placement (2-bed) residential children's home for Suffolk children in care aged 12-17 years including those aged 17 years

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£3.5m
Deadline9 Jul 2026
Published11 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 11 Jun 2026ClosedCloses 9 Jul 2026
Who to contact
Procurementbusinesssupport@suffolk.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

www.suffolksourcing.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.5mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of the provision of children's care home services at a Dual placement (2-bed) residential children's home for Suffolk children in care aged 12-17 years including those aged 17 years.

This opportunity is available in the 'Current Tenders' area of the portal.

Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.

The advertised value here is £4,200,000 inclusive of VAT.

The VAT included is 20% Standard Rate however in some circumstances VAT may be exempt or chargeable at a different rate.

The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 9th July 2026 at 11:00am.

Please note late returns will NOT be permitted.

The deadline for clarification questions is 24th June 2026 at 11:59pm which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0515c5
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
055162-2026
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