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Published 23 May 2025, 13:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Pathway - Phase 2 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Camden (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitable
Published estimate£14,898,324≈ £2.1m / year · £14,898,324 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2026
Next notice expected 1 Oct 2025
Contract term 7 yrsends 30 Sept 2033 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This tender comprises of one contract for the delivery of 'Housing related support service for vulnerable single adults with medium to high support needs'.

This service forms part of the Adult Pathway and will be required to provide accommodation-based support for single adults who have experienced homelessness. The services will support adults to ensure they have the necessary life skills to move-on to more independent living.

Tenderers must be able to provide a minimum of 132 units in one or more properties in the London Borough of Camden as part of their bid submission.

The Council is in receipt of Homelessness Rough Sleeping and Domestic Abuse grant funding to cover the cost of a psychologist post. The current funding of £33,000 ends on 31st March 2027. This amount is not included in the maximum annual budget available. The tender pack contains further details.

  • No preliminary market engagement: A preliminary market engagement exercise was conducted on 2nd June 2025

CPV: Social work services with accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 7 yrsSMEPublished value£14,898,324
Contract period: 1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2033 (7 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensionsValue: £14,898,324 exc. VAT · £14,898,324 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Technical & professional ability
    • At least three years' experience in delivering accommodation-based support to homeless adults. Please note delivering personal care (sometimes called Homecare or Domiciliary Care) to adults falls outside the scope of accommodation-based support to homeless adults and examples of this type of service should not be given.
    • Delivered an Accommodation-based support contract with an annual value of at least £500,000. Please include in your response the number of units in the contract and the number of residents supported for each year of the contract. Again, please note that delivering personal care (sometimes called Homecare or Domiciliary Care) to adults falls outside the scope of accommodation-based support to homeless adults and examples of this type of service should not be given.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • Implementation: 3%
  • Service Methodology: 22%
  • Staffing Structure, Standards and Management: 5%
  • Safeguarding: 5%
  • Partnership Working: 5%
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: 5%
  • Quality Management: 5%
  • Price: 40%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
  • Implementation
  • Service Methodology
  • Staffing Structure, Standards and Management
  • Safeguarding
  • Partnership Working
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Quality Management
  • Social Value
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Technical & professional ability
    • At least three years' experience in delivering accommodation-based support to homeless adults. Please note delivering personal care (sometimes called Homecare or Domiciliary Care) to adults falls outside the scope of accommodation-based support to homeless adults and examples of this type of service should not be given.
    • Delivered an Accommodation-based support contract with an annual value of at least £500,000. Please include in your response the number of units in the contract and the number of residents supported for each year of the contract. Again, please note that delivering personal care (sometimes called Homecare or Domiciliary Care) to adults falls outside the scope of accommodation-based support to homeless adults and examples of this type of service should not be given.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 13:14 BST
Last source update
21 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 2 Aug 2026
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-040134
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodation
Delivery area
London (UKI31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052273 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 May 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:14 BST
  2. Next notice expected390 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published179 days ago
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
  4. Submission deadline141 days ago
    8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Award decision expected by85 days ago
    2 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Latest notice published35 days ago
    21 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
  7. Contract starts26 days ago
    1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 13:14 BST
    UK1
  2. Tender notice published
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value published: £14,898,324
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
  6. Deadline published: 8 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
    30 Apr 2026, 16:42 BST
  7. Procurement termination notice published
    21 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST
    UK12
  8. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2026, 15:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—10 Sept 2026CancelledNo tender progressed beyond the mandatory requirements set out in the conditions of participation. The Council decided not to proceed and will therefore not enter into a contract. The procurement has therefore been terminated.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Camden

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZXL-5842-VBBG Town Hall, Judd Street, London, London, WC1H 9JEContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender