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    ContractsIndependent Fostering Agency Services - 2025 Open Select List
    Awarded contract

    Independent Fostering Agency Services - 2025 Open Select List

    Status
    Awarded
    Published 4 Sept 2026

    Qualified independent fostering agencies are invited to apply for inclusion on the 2025 open select list to provide children's social care services.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 4 Sept 2026· 2 weeks agoviaContracts Finder
    Status
    Awarded
    Published 4 Sept 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      Not disclosed
      Source did not declare a figure
    • Tender closed
      10 Nov 2025
      10 months ago
    • Sector
      Social Care
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • OF
      Outset Fostering Agency LTD
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 weeks ago.

    4 Sept 2026Today10 Nov 2025

    Brief

    This is a call-off procurement opportunity for the provision of independent fostering agency services. The open select list is being reopened in 2025 to invite qualified independent fostering agencies to provide children's social care services. Prospective suppliers should be registered fostering agencies capable of delivering high-quality care services for children in need of placement. Agencies selected will be added to the approved supplier list and may be called upon to provide services throughout the contract period.

    Track record

    40 awards · 39 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In this category, LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL has awarded 40 contracts to 39 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Thrive Tribe Ltd2× · 5%
    2. Rabah Concept Ltd1× · 3%
    3. Ruby Lodge Limited1× · 3%
    4. Compass Community Schools Limited1× · 3%
    5. Ruskin Mill Trust Ltd1× · 3%
    6. TREEHOUSE CARE FOSTERING SOLUTIONS LIMITED1× · 3%

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    2b60bdb9-6d91-4fb1-bd97-9c47ebabd09a-913003
    LC
    Buyer
    LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
    Sector
    Social Care