Official UK procurement notice
Children's Centre Outreach · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Westminster City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWestminster City Council (WCC) has completed a competitive tendering exercise to award a new contract for Outreach services to support family hubs and children’s centres.
The tender has been awarded to Coram Family Lives. The provider Family Lives merged with Coram during the tender process.
Outreach is an essential part of the service design delivered from the Council’s three Children’s Centre Hubs. It’s purpose is to target and reach the most vulnerable families who without it are less likely to engage, and deliver a single integrated Early Help offer in WCC. Outreach plays a pivotal role in working alongside the Early Help team in delivering their priorities, supporting early intervention and prevention, and heading-off costlier (human and financial) escalations; it is essential to the overall effectiveness of WCC Children’s Centres, Family Hubs, and multi-agency partnership working in the field of Early Help.
The provider will deliver the following services:
a high-quality outreach service to families.
a befriending volunteer support Service for families with children aged up to 5 years
an Early Help volunteering service for families with children aged 0-15
CPV: Community health services · Miscellaneous health services · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,449,600
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2025, 15:34 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009986- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0582b2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Aug 2025 → 29 Sept 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published6 Aug 2025, 15:34 BST
- Market engagement398 days ago19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
If you are a provider of Outreach services, we want to hear from you on how we can shape the contract and its procurement – before we commence the competition - so that when awarded, the new contract will deliver and demonstrate Best Value within the available budget. We see potential providers as key stakeholders. Your views and advice are important to us. We want to know what you think.
All of the answers you give will be treated as strictly commercially confidential.
They will be used solely for the purposes of shaping and informing our contract and the strategy for its procurement, with the aim of ensuring that the contract works for everyone: service users, budget holders, and providers.
If you are interested in completing the Market Engagement Questionnaire, please express your interest via Jaggaer, the Councils tendering portal. Once you have expressed your interest, you will be able to download the questionnaire and current specification.
If you are not already registered on Jaggaer please register on this link wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗
Once you have registered, you will be able to express your interest and view all relating documents on this link wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/0050873201987FBA1953 ↗
- Tender notice published261 days ago4 Feb 2026, 13:29 GMT
- Clarification questions by239 days ago26 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline231 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by164 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts114 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent106 days ago9 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends93 days ago21 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published24 days ago29 Sept 2026, 10:56 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Aug 2025, 15:34 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Feb 2026, 13:29 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active4 Feb 2026, 13:29 GMT
- Procurement method changed4 Feb 2026, 13:29 GMT
- Deadline published: 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT4 Feb 2026, 13:29 GMT
- Tender notice published4 Feb 2026, 13:34 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Jul 2026, 17:02 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Jul 2026, 17:02 BST
- Contract signature expected22 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2026, 10:56 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 4 Feb 2026
- 2025-08: 1 release · 6 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAMILYLIVES22 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030Extensions: The award includes the option to extend the service for a further two years up to 30th June 2030. This is subject to avilability of resources. | £1,449,600 inc. VAT | 3 Jul 2026standstill to 21 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
| Coram Family LivesVCSE | £1,449,600 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · Coram Family LivesVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2026
- Value
- £1,449,600 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2028 · up to 30 Jun 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The extension option available is 2 years.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Coram Family LivesAwarded supplier
- FAMILYLIVESAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender