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Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs

services
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Education and training services
Health and social work services
London (UKI51)
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Official notice
Published value
£34,519,180
Submission deadline 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Royal Borough of Greenwich: "Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs". Published status: active. Published value: £34,519,180. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.
Contracting AuthorityRoyal Borough of GreenwichScope & CategoriesSERVICES (1 lot)Submission Window
28d 7h left
5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission Gateway
Proactis / ProContract
supplierlive.proactisp2p.com
Legal Basis & Regime2023/54 · Open procedure · Above thresholdEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£34,519,180
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Royal Borough of Greenwich. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.2Bids / Report
14.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
BUILDING ASSOCIATES LTDTop vendor: 98.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 38 active published awards; 14 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
BUILDING ASSOCIATES LTD2 wins£17,257,727
MUFG CORPORATE MARKETS TREASURY LIMITED1 win£140,000
Routeware Limited1 win£136,128
EcoOnline UK Limited1 win£56,520
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityRoyal Borough of Greenwich
Procedure methodOpen procedure
Procurement categoryservices
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdYes
Legal basisUKPGA · 2023/54
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Submission languagesen
Published17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
Last source update17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationEducation and training services, Health and social work services
Delivery area
London (UKI51)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f38f
How to participate
Open submission portal
Submission methodNot published
Electronic submissionallowed
Clarification deadlineNot published
Submission languagesen
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
E-Sourcing Portal
Proactis / ProContract
Open portal
Submission instructions
The tender will be launched on our portal at https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
What is being bought
Tenders are invited from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs services across the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The contract will provide a borough-wide, place-based early years and family support service, delivering a consistent universal offer alongside targeted interventions for children and families with additional needs. Services will promote the best start in life, improve child development and family wellbeing, strengthen parenting capacity, and provide integrated support through close partnership working with health, education, early help, children's social care and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector. The Provider will deliver services using strengths-based, trauma-informed and relational approaches, ensuring accessible, evidence-informed support and seamless pathways for families in line with the Council's Children and Young People's Plan, Best Start in Life, Family Hubs and Families First Partnership Programme.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £34,519,180
    17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    2 Jun 2026, 09:22 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    15 May 2026, 15:21 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    2 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    9 Feb 2026, 11:25 GMT
  9. Official notice release published
    13 Jan 2026, 18:03 GMT
  10. Status changed to planning
    11 Dec 2025, 11:33 GMT
  11. Official notice release published
    11 Dec 2025, 11:33 GMT
  12. Buyer information updated
    11 Dec 2025, 11:33 GMT
  13. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Amendment to Market Engagement Notice: - This notice amends the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice published on 11th December 2025 under reference 2025/S 00-081868. Change to notice title: - The title of the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice has been amended from 'Children's Centres' to 'Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs'. Revised market engagement structure. The structure of the market engagement has been revised as follows: - The in-person event at Woolwich Town Hall on the 19th January 2026 is no longer taking place. - The timing of virtual event (Microsoft Teams) on the 5th February 2026 has changed from 13:00 - 16:00 (3 hours) to 13:30 - 15:30 (2 hours). - The initial virtual market engagement event will be open to all interested providers who register in accordance with the notice. - Following the virtual market engagement event, optional 1:1 engagement sessions will be offered to providers who attended the initial event and who express an interest in further engagement on a one-to-one basis. - The 1:1 engagement sessions are anticipated to take place during the week commencing 9th February 2026. - Each 1:1 engagement session is anticipated to be approximately 45 minutes in duration. - The 1:1 engagement sessions will follow a consistent format and agenda for all participating providers. - Providers attending the initial virtual event will be informed of the process for registering interest in a 1:1 session. All other aspects of the Market Engagement Notice remain unchanged.
  14. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    The event will now take place virtually via Microsoft Teams. The date of the event remains the same and details are below: Event Details: Date: Thursday 4 June 2026 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am To register your attendance, please complete the registration form via the link below by Wednesday 3 June 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Y_Iy5kY_EUGqXNVBJvlRBWgJwoTzZdxNod6MNdvdixVUN1NYV1g2MldYRVpLTE1YMlZUMFRUSFZQRy4u
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£34,519,180
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2032, 23:59 BST
    Eligibility
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / renewalExtension/s are available up to 31/03/2036 at the sole discretion of the Council.
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    2 Jun 2026, 09:22 BST
  2. Pipeline notice
    15 May 2026, 15:21 BST
  3. Pipeline notice
    2 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
  4. Pipeline notice
    9 Feb 2026, 11:25 GMT
  5. Pipeline notice
    13 Jan 2026, 18:03 GMT
  6. Pipeline notice
    11 Dec 2025, 11:33 GMT
  7. Procedure published
    17 Aug 2026, 17:32 BST
  8. engagement
    4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    The Royal Borough of Greenwich will be holding a further market engagement event in relation to the recommissioning of Children's Centres / Best Start Family Hubs. We are seeking to engage with current and potential delivery providers, as well as wider stakeholders and partners across the VCFSE sector, ahead of a potential procurement opportunity. Event Details: Date: Thursday 4 June 2026 Time: 10:00am - 11:30am The event will now be virtual via Microsoft Teams. To register your attendance, please complete the registration form via the link below by Wednesday 3 June 2026: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Y_Iy5kY_EUGqXNVBJvlRBWgJwoTzZdxNod6MNdvdixVUN1NYV1g2MldYRVpLTE1YMlZUMFRUSFZQRy4u The event will: - Provide an update on the Council's recommissioning intentions for Children's Centres and Best Start Family Hubs. - Share the proposed service model and key expectations for future delivery. - Recap previous market engagement activity and how feedback has shaped the emerging approach. - Outline the anticipated procurement process and next steps. - Support providers to understand future service requirements
  9. Submission deadline
    5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PXBB-6689-HZVL
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Documents (8)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published