Buyers · Council, South East England
Milton Keynes Council: care tenders and re-tenders
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None of this buyer's tenders in these trades is open in our index today. New notices are added every night.
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Retender calendar: the next 18 months
| Contract (source notice) | Expected end | Value | Supplier in the award notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gas Maintenance Services · Gas and heating | Expected Apr 2027 | £530,000 | JCW Energy Services Limited |
| Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in Sheffield · Supported living | Expected Mar 2028 | £213 | AXIS HEALTHCARE |
| Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in Sheffield · Supported living | Expected Mar 2028 | £750,000 | Parkingeye Limited |
Expected end dates are the initial term in each award notice. Contracts are often extended or brought forward, so a re-tender can come earlier or later. Suppliers are shown as the public award notice names them; a person's name is never shown. Bid Radar tracks re-tenders for 24 months.
What it buys
| Work | Contracts |
|---|---|
| Supported living | 6 |
| Gas and heating | 1 |
From 7 contracts awarded 23 May 2022 to 24 Mar 2026, grouped by the work named in each notice's title. One contract can cover more than one kind of work.
Typical contract value and length
| Measure | Figure | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Median contract value | £530,000 | median of published values (whole contract, all years); 7 contracts |
| Lower quartile value | £154,000 | 25th percentile of published values; 7 contracts |
| Upper quartile value | £7.4 million | 75th percentile of published values; 7 contracts |
| Median initial term in months | 38 | months from award to the end date in the notice, before extensions; 7 contracts |
| Lower quartile term in months | 38 | 25th percentile; 7 contracts |
| Upper quartile term in months | 38 | 75th percentile; 7 contracts |
The median initial term was 38 months, and the middle half all ran 38 months before any extension (7 contracts with an end date).
Values are the whole contract as published, often over several years. A figure needs at least 3 contracts behind it, and the middle half needs 5; otherwise it is left out.
How its tenders are marked and how many bid
- Quality carried a median of 100% of the marks (5 contracts that published a weighting). See how tenders are scored.
- Its tenders drew a median of 6 bids (7 contracts that published a bid count).
For context, home care and supported living lots in England and Wales drew a median of 3.5 bids (396 competed lots, October 2025 to October 2026). Across the same lots, quality carried a median of 77% of the marks (517 lots with a published weighting).
Lots and frameworks
- 6 of the 7 contracts were set up as a framework or dynamic purchasing system, so some work comes as call-offs to firms already on one.
- Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in SheffieldAwarded 24 Mar 2026 · Ends 6 Jun 2029 (expected)
- Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in SheffieldAwarded 19 Mar 2026 · Ends 1 Jun 2029 (expected) · 2 suppliers named
- Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in SheffieldAwarded 10 Feb 2026 · Ends 25 Apr 2029 (expected)
- Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in SheffieldAwarded 9 Jan 2025 · Ends 24 Mar 2028 (expected)
- Short Breaks for Disabled Children Framework - Day time Short Breaks, Outward Bounds and Activity Based Residential for children in SheffieldAwarded 1 Jan 2025 · Ends 16 Mar 2028 (expected)
- Supported Living Services Open Framework - Second Reopening 2024Awarded 12 Dec 2022 · Ends 2 Jan 2026 (expected) · 34 suppliers named
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Figures are automated summaries of published award notices, not advice. End dates are the initial term in the notice and are often extended or brought forward, so re-tender dates are expected, not certain. Check the tender documents before deciding to bid. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Built from 7 award notices between 23 May 2022 and 24 Mar 2026 and the live tenders in our index on 20 Oct 2026. How we work this out.