Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement
The submission route named on the official notice.
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.
Scotland Excel publishes Health & Social Care work continuously — 26 notices, roughly one every 43 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
81% of Scotland Excel’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
This Contract Notice confirms that the Flexible Framework has now been established and will remain open for admission by new providers throughout its duration.
Any new providers so admitted will be listed on the publicly available Scotland Excel Contracts Register which will be updated as and when necessary.
Further information about new provider applications is set out in later section VI.3 Additional information.
The scope and structure of service options within the Flexible Framework include: - Residential care; - Residential care and education; - Short Breaks; - Day Education.
Please note, Providers already awarded to the Flexible Framework do not need to re-apply.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
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- tender · Open
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- 034110-2022
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