Official UK procurement notice
2526-0189 Islington’s care home services
Authority: Islington Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate £112,000,000≈ £8.0m / year · £140,000,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2028from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 14 yrsstarts 1 Dec 2028
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIslington Council’s care home (block) contracts are approaching expiry. The Council is hoping to engage providers on the future of care home services in Islington. This engagement is not related to a specific contract or service at this stage.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Planned
85000000 Health and social work services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 14 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f935
How it was run
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published6 days ago14 Sept 2026, 14:02 BST
- Market engagementin 18 days8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
This Notice is for information purposes only and is not a formal invitation to tender. Its aim is to enhance transparency and competition. All details provided here may be updated or changed in any tender notices. The Authority reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort its more…
procurements at any stage. The issue of this notice in no way commits the Authority to commence a procurement process. The Council would like to invite suppliers to an information and engagement session on 8 October from 11:30-1pm. During this event, commissioners will share the Council’s evolving vision and strategic objectives for its care home services, outline how we have engaged the market to date, and share information on next steps. This engagement session will aim to provide the necessary contextual information to facilitate future workshops or sessions with the market focused on innovation and service delivery models. The session will be held virtually on Microsoft Teams. Following the session, interested suppliers will be able to complete a survey to provide their views on innovative service models. Following this, the Council may schedule workshops or meetings to discuss models. For further information please register your interest via the London Tenders Portal. Link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Supplier/Advert/View?advertId=06823ad9-33b0-f111-813c-005056b64545 Shortly after you have expressed interest, you will receive a second email containing a link for the event. - Tender notice expected1 Apr 2028, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Dec 2028, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published14 Sept 2026, 14:02 BSTUK2
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender