Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 10 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Autism & SEND Grants Webinar

Official notice

Authority: Southwark Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£240,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 13 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 4 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2025
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Upcoming grant opportunities! A number of social care grant programmes will launch in mid-to-late October, including 1.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Upcoming grant opportunities! A number of social care grant programmes will launch in mid-to-late October, including 1. Autism Grants Programme (all age) 2. SEND Short Breaks Grants - Workshops, trips and family events (for ages 5-25) 3. SEND Short Breaks Grants - Clubs and special interest groups (for ages 16+) Further information about the grant programmes and application process will be circulated shortly. You can also attend an online webinar on Monday 13th October at 2pm to find out more and ask questions. Please register for the webinar below events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a60d8e6b-adb9-… ↗ At this webinar we will tell you more about the grant priorities, application processes and timelines. You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions that you may have. This session will be presented by

  • Chloe Harvey, Programme Manager, Social Care, Southwark Council
  • Katy Cleary, Senior Commissioning Manager, Learning Disability and Autism, Southwark Council and SEL ICB

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 moSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 (4 mo)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
10 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064237
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ace9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Oct 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published387 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
  2. Tender notice expected384 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts336 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 14:54 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Southwark

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXTW-7647-VDLV Southwark Council, London, London, SE1 2QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure