Children's Homecare · Framework
Both lots awarded by SEND Commissioning, secured in a single standstill window without challenge.
The starting point
Adult-derived homecare narrative applied to a children and young people SEND framework.
From adult-derived defaults → both lots awarded by SEND Commissioning.
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Source: Hertfordshire County Council provisional award notifications HCC2314690 and HCC2314691 dated 11 August 2025. Standstill closed 21 August 2025.
This case study examines the route In-Home Carers Limited took onto Hertfordshire County Council's Framework Agreement for the Provision of Homecare and Support Services for Children and Young People (HCC2314690 and HCC2314691). Both lots were provisionally awarded on 11 August 2025 and the standstill closed at midnight on 21 August 2025 without challenge.
The provider operated in adult homecare and had applied adult care planning language, assessment frameworks and safeguarding references to a SEND panel that was reading for children and young people-specific competency. The care planning language did not reference Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans, and coproduction had been described in adult terms — key worker relationships — rather than in terms of family involvement and child voice, which the SEND commissioning panel expected.
We took the engagement as lead writer on all quality method statements, recalibrating from adult homecare language to SEND-aligned children's services language. EHC plan references were introduced. Coproduction was rebuilt around family involvement and child voice. Safeguarding was updated to reflect the children's safeguarding framework — Working Together to Safeguard Children — rather than the adult safeguarding framework.
The introduction of EHC plan language and the rebuilding of the coproduction section around child voice and family involvement were the pivotal changes. These are the specific markers a SEND commissioning panel reads to distinguish a provider with genuine SEND competency from one applying adult homecare defaults. Both lots needed these signals to score above the award threshold.
Both Lot 1 (HCC2314690) and Lot 2 (HCC2314691) were provisionally awarded by Hertfordshire County Council on 11 August 2025. The standstill closed at midnight on 21 August 2025 without challenge, and the framework moved into operation thereafter.
Recorded evaluation data
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| Lot | Reference | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | HCC2314690 | Awarded |
| Lot 2 | HCC2314691 | Awarded |
| Standstill | 11–21 August 2025 | Closed without challenge |
Before the engagement
The provider had no place on Hertfordshire County Council's children and young people homecare framework and no structured route to receive SEND Commissioning referrals across the county.
After the recorded outcome
Both lots are awarded. The provider operates as an approved supplier on Hertfordshire's children and young people homecare framework, with SEND-aligned method statements as the basis for all future call-offs.
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