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The LCR Market Reform programme is a multi-layered collaborative project designed to achieve strategic reform throughout the children's social care placements sector across the Liverpool City Region (Halton Borough Council, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Wirral Borough Council and Liverpool City Council).The aim is to ensure there is a diverse range of organisations committed to close working with LAs and which are best equipped to deliver high quality services and outcomes to our children and young people, sustainable long-term pricing and a greater social value contribution to our local communities.As part of this programme, agreement was reached across all LCR LAs to tender a sub-regional children's commissioning arrangement covering children's residential and foster care placements. This will be called the Liverpool City Region (LCR) Partner Provider Arrangement (PPA) 2020.It is intended to establish the LCR PPA in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, Regulations 74-76 (Light Touch).The LCR PPA includes two service categories. Category 1 - Children's Residential Care and Category 2 - Foster Care.At the discretion of the Purchasing Bodies, the application window for this PPA will reopen at regular intervals throughout the contract to allow new providers to apply.The PPA period can be amended (extended, shortened, terminated) subject to the notification on the relevant OJEU standard form. There is no specific minimum or maximum duration of the PPA.
| Supplier | Identifier | Award Value | Cross-References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Childrens Services Ltd | 10344525 | £168,000,000 | - |
| Barnardos | Charity Commission: 216250 Companies House: 00061625 | £168,000,000 | - |
| Compass Fostering North Limited | 07054121 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Continuum Support Care Services Ltd | 08517549 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Five Rivers Child Care Limited - Foster Careline Limited | 06703132 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Foster Care Associates Ltd | 04322806 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST WA Communications Ltd (4 quarters) |
| UK Fostering | 08005502 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Fostering People Limited | 04241833 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Inspire Childrens Services Ltd | 06968122 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Keys PCE Ltd | 10660100 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Lytham Care | 07744717 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| New Start Childcare | 03452521 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Omega Care Group Ltd | 09596061 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Orange Grove Fostercare Ltd | 07027421 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Pebbles Care Limited | 04854937 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST WA Communications Ltd (3 quarters) |
| Supporting Futures Limited | 06398979 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| Teen Works Care Ltd | 06889613 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| The Adolescent and Childrens Trust (TACT) | Charity Commission: 1018963 Companies House: 02779751 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| The Foster Care Cooperative Ltd | 03861213 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
| The National Fostering Agency Ltd | 03127814 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | LOBBYIST WA Communications Ltd (2 quarters) FORMER MP Tim Loughton— Employment and earnings (former) |
| Three Circles Fostering Ltd | 07846546 | ~£0 estimated from lot values | - |
Government spending data: These suppliers have received £73,180,027 in 785 payments (over £25k) from Department for Education, Scottish Government, Department for Work and Pensions, Warwickshire Police, Home Office and 18 more public bodies (2010-05-13 to 2026-06-30).