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Published 11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Autism Crisis Accommodation Service Preliminary Market Engagement

Authority: East London NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2027from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the development of a potential Autism Crisis Accommodation Service. The engagement seeks feedback from providers regarding service models, workforce requirements, operating approaches, indicative costs, commercial structures, market capacity and regulatory considerations. This exercise does not constitute a procurement process and no contract will be awarded as a result of this engagement.

CPV: Social work services with accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligible
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

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
Standard
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
11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BST
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodation
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f7c7

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published9 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 11:05 BST
  2. Market engagementin 14 days
    4 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTEngagement via Atamis with the timelines set in the RFI document/ open questionnaire. To access this engagement please register via atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗ and search for Reference number C470979.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 162 days
    1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 192 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

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

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 14:10 BSTUK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 13:56 BSTUK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 11:05 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)

Added contract reference and website link

Engagement deadline

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PQBH-7734-VGLG 9 Alie Street, London, London, E1 8DE
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Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure