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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 6 hours ago Contract notice

PROVISION OF SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION FOR LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AND LEAVING CARE (AGED 16 Plus)

Open United Kingdom Health & social work

Buyer London Borough of Bexley

23 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€1.5M
€1,472,667 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 23 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

22 days from publication to deadline

Shorter than usual

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. Fewer days than three in four comparable notices. Check the documents early and ask questions before the clarification deadline.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

The Council requires supported accommodation services for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 plus. The contract covers 16 block bed units with 24/7 staffed accommodation and 25 block bed units with floating support accommodation, available at any one time, delivered across no fewer than 8 and no more than 9 properties. Beds in 24/7 staffed accommodation include 10 support hours per person per week, while floating support beds include 3 support hours per person per week. At least 80% of beds must be located within the Borough and the remaining 20% within a 6-mile radius of Civic Centre 2, Watling Street, Bexleyheath, south of the River Thames. All beds must be ready at contract start.

Description

The Council requires 16 block bed units of 24/7 supported accommodation and 25 block bed units of floating support accommodation for young people at any one time as part of this contract. These must be provided within no less than 8 but no more than 9 properties. This will allow for a thorough matching process with each placement. Beds that will be within 24/7 staffed accommodation will provide 10 support hours per person per week included in the cost. Beds that will be within floating supported accommodation will provide 3 support hours per person per week included in the cost. As a minimum, 80% of these contracted beds must be within the Borough, with the remaining 20% to be within a 6-mile radius of the Civic Centre 2 Watling Street Bexleyheath DA6 7AT, south side of the River Thames. Data source to be used for this, google maps. All beds must be ready and available for use at the start of the contract.

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 €1.5M.

  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?

    23 days left, 18 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 €56,686 and €455,611.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 13 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

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

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

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Last verified against Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) 6 hours ago

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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 263 awards for Health & social work in United Kingdom.

This notice
€1.5M
Median award
€134,710
Middle half of past awards
€56,686 to €455,611

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.

London Borough of Bexley

United Kingdom

notices in the register
13
awards
12

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
12
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
25%

Based on 12 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.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Health & social work - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
CARE LINE HOMECARE LIMITED 28 €1.9M Sep 2026
SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED 22 €1.6M Sep 2026
People Asset Management Ltd 8 €2.8M Aug 2026
ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED 7 €524,843 Oct 2026
18 Week Support Limited 5 €728,858 Sep 2026

Based on 570 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 62% of the open notices in Health & social work across Europe.

open now in Health & social work
2,341
median open notice
€497,254

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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