Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b97-4728-72f1-8234-604109bf395f/childrens-residential-care-and-education-including-short-break-services-flexi Open for bids GB open procedure # Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement [Scotland Excel](https://tendernation.io/buyers/scotland-excel) Estimated value £951,000,000 Published 1 Dec 2022 Deadline 710 days left 29 Sept 2028 ## Who can bid - Split into 4 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender 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. ## CPV classification Social work services Social work services with accommodation Welfare services for children and young people Social services Health and social work services Education and training services Primary education services Pre-school education services Secondary education services Special education services Social work and related services Social work services without accommodation Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8-2022-12-01T16:20:33Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-0389f8-2022-12-01T16:20:33Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Scotland Excel: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/scotland-excel) [Sector More Health and social work tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/health-social-work) ## More tenders like this [Residential Rehabilitation (Alcohol and Drugs) Services National Flexible Framework Agreement (New Entrants) · Scotland Excel · 528 days left · 31 Mar 2028](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13ba4-73cf-7136-b89b-a04148e82db3/residential-rehabilitation-alcohol-and-drugs-services-national-flexible-framew) [HH108-27-HB Adult Social Care Commissioning Flexible Framework · NHS Highland · 72 days left · 31 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcb-9a2d-712a-8903-b1d8ebf7e4d0/hh108-27-hb-adult-social-care-commissioning-flexible-framework) [Supporting Community Independence - Care at Home Framework for Adults - NEW ENTRANTS · West Dunbartonshire Council · 2177 days left · 5 Oct 2032](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be1-61aa-72a0-bc33-a96a5799b397/supporting-community-independence-care-at-home-framework-for-adults-new-entr) [Reopening (1) of the Flexible Framework for Care at Home and Housing Support Services · Renfrewshire Council · 10 days left · 30 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13be2-8ed4-739a-b925-3d4e878e01f7/reopening-1-of-the-flexible-framework-for-care-at-home-and-housing-support-ser) [Flexible Framework for the Provision of Education Services · North Lanarkshire Council · 28 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3bc7-7387-9e89-279cfe9e6528/flexible-framework-for-the-provision-of-education-services) [Flexible Framework for the Provision of Care Homes · Bath & North East Somerset Council · 3 days left · 23 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bcc-d672-70ca-904e-03abb8ed73a5/flexible-framework-for-the-provision-of-care-homes)