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Shropshire Council Children Services
Shropshire Council · Local authority
In brief
Shropshire Council has announced plans to buy care work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £57,000,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 1 year, starting 1 November 2027.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4 bids per contract for this buyer (from 22 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Shropshire Council Children's Services: Provider engagement events Overview We are inviting providers to meet with us, to • share the challenges we are facing in meeting the needs of our children and young people • agree new ways of working, to hear what could be improved • develop and co-design changes. We will also share our offer to you across our edge of care services, virtual school, SEND system, emotional wellbeing services, in-house children’s homes and fostering teams. Please click the link below for more information and to book your place: https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/media/geonops2/chlidrens-services-provider-engagment-events.pdf Please note that this notice does not…Read the full description
Shropshire Council Children's Services:
Provider engagement events
Overview
We are inviting providers to meet with us, to
• share the challenges we are facing in meeting the needs of our children and young people
• agree new ways of working, to hear what could be improved
• develop and co-design changes.
We will also share our offer to you across our edge of care services, virtual school, SEND system,
emotional wellbeing services, in-house children’s homes and fostering teams.
Please click the link below for more information and to book your place:
https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/media/geonops2/chlidrens-services-provider-engagment-events.pdf
Please note that this notice does not relate to a specific tendering opportunity and is being published for purposes of the intended market engagement sessions detailed within the link above. All other details including, but not limited to contract values, tendering publication dates and contract start/end dates are wholly indicative and subject to change. Other than the market engagement opportunities described, Shropshire Council is not committing anything other than this currently.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Shrewsbury:-Social-work-and-related-services./J5B4E28QX4
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/J5B4E28QX4
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 104005-2026
About the buyer
Shropshire CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
74Awards
24Suppliers it has used most for care
- Action for Children3 contracts
- A4U1 contract
- Bethphage1 contract
- Childrens Homes Improvement Ltd1 contract
- Ice Creates Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £20.4mframework ceiling
- £3.04mestimated
- £14.5mframework ceiling
- £3.2mestimated
- £1.64mestimated
From notice 104005-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 3 November 2026. We last checked for changes on 3 November 2026.