Open tenders / Health & social care
Open tender · Notice 100062-2026
Missing Children and Independent Return Home Conversation Service
- Value
- Value not stated
- Closes
- 19 Nov 2026 (11 days)
- Where
- South East
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2030
In plain English
Buckinghamshire Council wants a provider to run independent Return Home Conversations for Buckinghamshire children aged 10 to 17 after a missing episode, including children in care placed outside the county, plus support for children who go missing repeatedly. The contract runs from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with options to extend by up to two further one-year periods (five years maximum); bids are due by 12 noon on 19 November 2026.
Good fit for: Children's charities and social care providers experienced in safeguarding and in working with young people who go missing.
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What the buyer says
Buckinghamshire Council is seeking to recommission its Missing Children and Independent Return Home Conversation Service. Statutory guidance requires children who have been reported missing to be offered an independent Return Home Conversation following their return, with the conversation normally taking place within 72 hours of the child returning home or to their care setting. The Service will provide independent Return Home Conversations for eligible Buckinghamshire children and young people aged 10 to 17 inclusive following a missing episode, including Buckinghamshire children looked after who are placed outside the county. The Service will identify safeguarding concerns, exploitation, unmet needs and factors contributing to missing behaviour, and support the identification and implementation of actions to improve safety and reduce repeat missing episodes. It will also provide Missing Interventions for children experiencing repeat or persistent missing episodes, emerging vulnerabilities or unmet needs. The Provider will work within a multi-agency framework and use information gathered through service delivery to inform safeguarding, prevention, contextual safeguarding, disruption activity, strategic insight and partnership responses. The Provider will be responsible for delivering or securing out-of-county Return Home Conversations, including directly delivering conversations where appropriate and managing and quality assuring any subcontracted or host local authority arrangements. The Contract will have an initial term of three years, with the option to extend for up to two further one-year periods, giving a maximum potential Contract term of five years.
Getting the documents
in-tendhost.co.uk (the buyer's own site, usually free to register).
Procedure: Open procedure (Open: anyone can bid, in one stage). Published 22 Oct 2026.
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