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Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) Aldbanks Supported Living CBC-2074-CFP-SK

Open United Kingdom Health & social work

Buyer Central Bedfordshire Council

30 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€3.3M
€3,265,787 · converted from GBP
Competition
Open race
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 30 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

29 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,748 notices of the last two years.

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The Aperlena Verdict

Open race

No supplier dominates: 4 different companies have won the last 5 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. This is a genuinely open race.

Based on 5 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.

Summary

Machine-generated summary

Central Bedfordshire Council is appointing an experienced provider to deliver supported living services at Aldbanks. The service must provide high-quality, person-centred support to adults with eligible care and support needs, helping individuals maximise independence, maintain wellbeing and participate fully in their local community. The provider will work with the Council, residents, families, health partners and other stakeholders to deliver safe, effective, outcome-focused support promoting choice, control and independence. The procurement is a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Stage 1 requires completion of a Participation and Selection Questionnaire; the four highest-scoring qualified suppliers will be invited to Stage 2 to submit a full tender response. Responses must be submitted electronically via the In-Tend system.

Description

Central Bedfordshire Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced provider to deliver supported living services at Aldbanks. The service will provide high-quality, person-centred support to adults with eligible care and support needs, enabling individuals to maximise their independence, maintain their wellbeing, and participate fully in their local community. The successful provider will work collaboratively with the Council, residents, families, health partners and other stakeholders to deliver safe, effective and outcome-focused support that promotes choice, control and independence. This procurement is being conducted as a two-stage Competitive Flexible Procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. At this first stage, Suppliers are required to complete the Participation and Selection Questionnaire. Following evaluation, the four highest-scoring qualified Suppliers will be invited to participate in Stage 2 and submit a full Tender Response. The Council will provide as much support and information as it can to help guide Suppliers through the tender process. Questions raised by Suppliers, together with the Council's responses, will be shared with all Suppliers through the Procurement Portal to ensure a fair and transparent process. If there is anything you are unsure about or require clarification on, please use the Correspondence facility within the In-Tend electronic tendering system. Deadline for submission of clarification questions: Monday 26 October 2026. Completed Participation and Selection Questionnaire responses and supporting attachments must be submitted electronically via the In-Tend system. Responses must be uploaded through the "My Return" section of the system. Responses submitted through the Correspondence facility will not be considered. Deadline for submission of completed Participation and Selection Questionnaire responses: Monday 2 November 2026 at 12:00 noon.

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €3.3M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Health & social work.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    30 days left, 22 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €55,674 and €442,608.

  6. In your favour:

    Do we know this buyer?

    4 different companies won the last 5 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 261 awards for Health & social work in United Kingdom.

This notice
€3.3M
Median award
€133,397
Middle half of past awards
€55,674 to €442,608

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Central Bedfordshire Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
61
awards
48
awarded in total
€69,906

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
36
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
22%
of its calls state an estimated value
10%

Based on 46 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Hope for 16 plus 2 Sep 2026
Allen Carr's EasyWay 1 Sep 2026
CHANCE TRANSITIONAL SUPPORTED LIVING LTD 1 Sep 2026
Essential Living Care 1 Jul 2026

Based on 5 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

5 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 73% of the open notices in Health & social work across Europe.

open now in Health & social work
2,359
median open notice
€494,877

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Health & social work

different companies won awards here
441
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
10%
buyers awarded contracts here
214

Based on 563 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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