Official UK procurement notice
Autism, Learning Disability or Neurodiversity
Authority: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is commissioning an innovative provider to deliver a borough-wide Peer Support and Lived Experience Leadership Programme for adults with learning disabilities, autism and wider neurodiversity (LDAN), including carers.
This programme forms the first phase of a wider prevention and inclusion approach, focused on strengthening community-based support, improving accessibility and inclusion, and embedding lived experience leadership across the system.
The Council is looking for a provider (or partnership of providers) who can design and deliver a programme that:
builds sustainable peer support networks ensuring that approaches are appropriately tailored to the needs of specific groups
establishes meaningful co-production and lived experience leadership structures
improves inclusion and accessibility across community and public-facing services
supports early intervention, improves health inequalities and reduces escalation to statutory services
The programme will play a key role in shaping future service development, including potential expansion into a broader borough-wide prevention and navigation offer.
The successful provider will play a key role in shaping future service development, including a wider borough prevention and navigation offer.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£430,000
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: Please refer to the tender documents
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 11:47 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-041256- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e08Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Please refer to the tender documents lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗
Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 25 Aug 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published239 days ago27 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMT
- Market engagement229 days ago9 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
Market Engagement - The council is launching an exciting new opportunity for providers working in Autism, Learning Disability or Neurodiversity.
The Council is developing an ambitious new borough-wide programme to improve outcomes for autistic adults, adults with learning disabilities, and neurodivergent residents. This programme will focus on prevention, independence, community inclusion, and reducing inequalities, supporting residents to thrive and participate fully in everyday community life.
We are seeking to engage with innovative providers who can help shape and deliver this work in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The Council intends to take a phased approach, beginning with a focus on establishing peer networks, lived experience leadership and co-production infrastructure, to build sustainable peer support, strengthen co-production, and embed system-wide influence. This will inform the future development of a wider borough prevention offer, including potential hub-based and community navigation support.
We would welcome your participation in our market engagement event to hear more about our emerging plans and to provide feedback that will help shape the final commissioning model.
We will be holding the market engagement event on Wednesday 11th March 2026 at 10am, this event will be virtual over Teams. To register your interest please email [email protected] by close of business on Monday 9th March 2026
Following this event there will be an opportunity to provide feedback through a short questionnaire, if your organisation is unable to attend but want to find out more please register your interest as we would be keen to hear from you.
Please note this exercise is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information-gathering exercise offering an opportunity for potential providers to help understand commissioning intentions.
The Council is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this exercise. The procurement of any service by the Council in due course will be carried out strictly in accordance with appropriate regulations.
- Tender notice published172 days ago5 May 2026, 19:03 BST
- Clarification questions by150 days ago27 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline137 days ago9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts83 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published60 days ago25 Aug 2026, 11:47 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Feb 2026, 10:59 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published5 May 2026, 19:03 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £430,0005 May 2026, 19:03 BST
- Status changed to active5 May 2026, 19:03 BST
- Procurement method changed5 May 2026, 19:03 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST5 May 2026, 19:03 BST
- Contract award notice published27 Jul 2026, 13:57 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Jul 2026, 13:57 BST
- Contract signature expected10 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Aug 2026, 11:47 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 27 Feb 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care City Innovation C.I.C1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028 | £489,013 inc. VAT | 27 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Care City Innovation C.I.C
- Signed
- 10 Aug 2026
- Value
- £489,013 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12final-stage tenders | 12 | 12 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Care City Innovation CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender