Official UK procurement notice
AfC Short Breaks After School Service Windsor & Maidenhead.
Authority: Achieving for Children (Public body)·On behalf of: The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionShort Breaks After School Service service for children and young people with disabilities from 8-17 years (up to the young person’s 18th birthday), who are living in the borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£172,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Price based on costs (35%) and number of units provided (5%).
- Quality: MS1 Safeguarding - 8% MS2 Equality and Diversity - 5% MS3 Quality Assurance; Contract Monitoring; Complaints and Incidents- 4% MS4 Mobilisation - 4% MS5 Staff Training and Supervision - 5% MS6 Service Delivery - 8% MS7 Accessibility - 8% MS8 Meeting Children’s Outcomes - 8% MS9 Stakeholder Engagement - 5% MS10 MS6 Social Value - 5%
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Oct 2025, 12:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
- Authority reference
DN795668- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-080009- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d62dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
London Tenders Portal Proactis DN795668
Timeline
29 Oct 2025 → 13 Apr 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published357 days ago29 Oct 2025, 12:48 GMT
- Market engagement343 days ago12 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Organisations that are interested in participating in this exercise are asked to return the market engagement questionnaire via the London Tenders Portal no later than 12:00 hours on 12 /11/ 2025.
- Tender notice published320 days ago5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
- Clarification questions by285 days ago9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline278 days ago16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Next notice expected236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts192 days ago13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Oct 2025, 12:48 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Dec 2025, 14:01 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
- Deadline published: 16 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT5 Dec 2025, 10:08 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Contracting Authority updated to show as Achieving for Children
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- The Royal Borough of Kingston upon ThamesProcuring entitySummary of their role in this procurement: Entity managing the procurement on behalf of Achieving for Children
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The Tender documents will be published on the London Tenders Portal at the web address provided.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender