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Official procurement procedure
Children with Disabilities Home based Care
Health and social work services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Essex County Council: "Children with Disabilities Home based Care". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Essex County Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planned No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Essex County Council
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Essex County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
84.1Bids / Report
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Cubic Transportation Systems LimitedTop vendor: 48% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 94 active published awards; 37 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| Cubic Transportation Systems Limited | 1 win | £385,600 |
| MICHAELS PROPERTY CONSULTANTS LIMITED | 1 win | £166,666 |
| RACKSPACE LIMITED | 1 win | £151,843 |
| PODARIS LIMITED | 1 win | £72,000 |
| KJR Contracts Limited | 1 win | £26,820 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityEssex County Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanned | Framework / DPSFramework | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT | Last source update17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationHealth and social work services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051b1a | ||
What is being bought
Home Based Care consists of a range of care packages, provided by carers, which are tailored to the specific needs of eligible families of SEND children and young people both in their homes and the community.
The aim is to ensure that families of Children with Disabilities (CwD) and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) who require more intensive or specialist care can access high quality support, and make our internal systems for finding this support more efficient.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT - Official notice release published
18 Jun 2025, 13:20 BST - Status changed to planned
21 May 2025, 14:39 BST - Official notice release published
21 May 2025, 14:39 BST - Buyer information updated
21 May 2025, 14:39 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT - Procedure published
17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT - engagement
16 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduledFEEDBACK REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HOME BASED CARE CONTRACT PROPOSAL Based on the feedback received from our previous market engagement we want to update you with our thoughts on how a new contract could work for Children with Disabilities Home Based Care. The responses we received were overwhelmingly in favour of a contractual arrangement. Based on the feedback received and our own assessment we are inviting your comments on this proposal via the below survey link. The proposals in the survey may not be the final criteria for the contract. Please ensure you check any tender documents thoroughly to ensure you understand the service you are bidding for. Copy and paste the below link into a browser to access the survey to provide feedback. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TzK0qFwVFUKg8X7YzJqZLyeUqJDx_ShNkgPz84-dHCBURUJCVzU3TldKRzlXM1YySkJGN0c4M1VJQi4u Depending on the results of the survey there may be further engagement required, either online or in person. This market engagement document has been formally released on 17 December 2025. Participants are requested to submit any responses by close-of-business on 16 January 2026. Responses are to be submitted via the online survey. Please include contact details for those submitting a response to this engagement process. Should Essex County Council need to clarify any elements of your response, a representative of the project team will use this information for contact purposes. Essex County Council may seek to engage directly with any/all participants in order to clarify information provided and to ensure any tender/contract specification is optimised in accordance with service provider input. Participants should be aware that any information provided as part of this engagement process will be treated with confidentiality and will only be used to inform the final specification and to improve the subjectivity of any decision-making processes between the Council and its partners. Although full support from market participants is appreciated, participants will not be bound by their responses and any information provided will not form part of any future procurement evaluation processes.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Essex County Council
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQHDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:43 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |