Official UK procurement notice
Autism Specialist Support at Medina Road
Authority: Thurrock Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThurrock Council seeks to commission a specialist provider to deliver a support service for autistic adults living at the Autism Specialist Supported Housing Development at 28 Medina Road.
The service aims to support autistic people to live independently within their local community, achieve personal goals, promote wellbeing and reduce the need for out-of-area placements.
The successful Provider will deliver person-centred support that promotes independence, choice and control, enabling residents to develop and maintain the skills and confidence required for everyday living and community participation.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2032, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Social work and related services · Social work services · Welfare services for disabled people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,300,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the procurement documents for full details of the legal, financial and economic standing requirements applicable to this procurement.
- Technical & professional ability
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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)
- Quality: Sub-criteria is detailed in the tender documents.
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the procurement documents for full details of the legal, financial and economic standing requirements applicable to this procurement.
- Technical & professional ability
Please refer to the procurement documents for full details of the technical and professional ability requirements applicable to this procurement.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £865,876 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Thurrock Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Thurrock Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East of England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 55 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid24% / 27%
2–338% / 18%
4–617% / 30%
7+21% / 25%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate27% / 48%
Within ±2%45% / 43%
Above estimate27% / 10%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 85Published estimate£1.3m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid25%
2–327%
4–624%
7+23%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 25 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£1.2m–£1.3m
Estimate£1.3m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Creative Support LtdEarlier contract | Autism Specialist Supported Housing Development: Medina Roadnotice published Dec 2021 | — | £1.3m | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Thurrock Lifestyle Solutions CICWorked for this buyer | Post 18 Autism Support Servicenotice published Jul 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Peabody TrustWorked for this buyer | Supported Accommodationruns to Mar 2032 | — | £2.5m | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Creative Support LtdLarge | £89m35 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 12 live · £512m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 |
Peabody TrustLarge | £22m10 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £18m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 |
| £497k1 award in 36m · last 14 months ago | None on file | 13% below n=1 | |
Community Integrated CareGroup company | £180m18 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 6 live · £322m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 |
Coventry and Warwickshire MindGroup company | £8.2m4 awards in 36m · last 11 months ago | 1 live · £6.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts and the buyer's decision figure; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
58% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
58% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (58% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Autism Specialist Supported Housing Development: Medina Road — held by Creative Support Ltd; no contract end date published.
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
- Open for tender
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2032
- First published
- 9 Nov 2026, 11:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Nov 2026, 11:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
PS-2026-079- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106121- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b756Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via In-tend- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1h ago9 Nov 2026, 11:19 GMT
- Today9 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 24 days3 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 31 days11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 77 days25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 142 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Nov 2026, 11:19 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender