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Expression of Interest (EOI): Soft Block Contract for Independent Fostering
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £3,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 21 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Expression of Interest (EOI)
Bristol City Council wishes to test the level of market interest in providing a service o increase the sufficiency of foster carers for our children in care in Bristol and the surrounding areas (BANES / Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset). Simultaneously this will create an innovative partnership with an independent fostering agency (IFA) offering priority utilisation in regard to foster carers managed by the same IFA that reside outside of Bristol. Our overall aim of this soft block contract is to prevent children moving into residential care, where not appropriate.
Once carers have been identified by our Home Finding Team (HFT) in partnership with the IFA, BCC children’s commissioning can utilise the agreed and current financial scheme of delegation to put funding for foster placements into place.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 85000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 21 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 21 September 2026.
Release 089177-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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08/ Related
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-077681
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Mon 28 Sep 2026, 08:17 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 01:06 BST
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