Children's Residential Care Home Services

The London Borough of Enfield (the ‘contracting authority’) is seeking to appoint suitably qualified and Ofsted registered one or two provider/s to deliver Children’s Residential Care Home Services, in one or two 3-bedded house/s, for Children with Complex and Behavioural Needs, aged between 10 and 18 years (until 18th birthday).

The Services have been divided into two contracts. Firstly, Lot 1 – Children’s Residential Care Home Service for Children with Complex Needs, and Lot 2 - Children’s Residential Care Home Service for Children with Behavioural Needs.

The successful provider/s shall support the contracting authority to fulfil its sufficiency duty in relation to accommodation for Looked After Children and to improve outcomes for this vulnerable group. The contracting authority’s aim is to ensure that children and young people in residential care will be happy, healthy, safe from harm and able to develop, thrive and fulfil their potential. Please refer to the Service Specification, which is uploaded within the contracting authority’s e-Tendering portal, for further information.

The buildings at two identified sites within the Borough are currently under refurbishment and expected to be handed over in Autumn 2024. The contracting authority owns the properties and service provider/s will be granted leases that are co-terminus with the Service Contract and pay peppercorn rents.

The contracts for the Services are envisaged to be based on a block contract arrangement with 3 children to be placed at each home all the time. Successful bidder/s must cover the outcomes stated in the Service Specification in relation to care and support for the children and young people needing care.

The proposed contract will run for 10 (ten) years term starting from the Service
Commencement Date as described within each Contract, subject to successful performance of the successful provider/s and the terms and conditions of the contract. It is anticipated that there will be a Pre-Service Mobilisation Period of up to 8 weeks for preparatory purposes. This shall commence from the Commencement Date of each Contract. Following the completion of the Mobilisation Phase, as advised by the contracting authority in writing, the Commencement of the Services is expected to be in place.

The estimated maximum annual budgets available for Year 1 are Lot 1: 1,016,730 GBP and for Lot 2: 703,890 GBP (all excluding VAT). Estimated values for the 10-year duration across the two Lots is expected to be up to c18.840M GBP. Please refer to the draft Contract (Schedule 10, Clause 6) for further information.


In addition, the contracting authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to vary either Contract (Lot) to include other sites for similar services within the London Borough of Enfield. At present, this could be up to an estimated aggregate value of 9,000,000 GBP during the terms of the Contracts. Therefore, the value stated in field II.1.5 (Estimated total value) of this notice includes this additional amount but is not guaranteed and would be subject to internal governance and decision making.
The Services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive
2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and chapter 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that will apply to the services is specified in the procurement documents accordingly.

The contracting authority is, therefore, inviting suitably qualified organisations to submit their tenders via the contracting authority’s e-Tendering portal: London Tenders Portal www.londontenders.org by the return deadline which is 12:00 noon on 10th June 2024. No other means of submitting the tenders are accepted.

Further instructions for completing and submitting the tenders are given within the ITT (Schedule 1) that are uploaded on to the above-mentioned e-Tendering portal.