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# Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 4 Rd 7

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commissioning-homes-for-children-looked-after-care-leavers-pdps-lot-4-rd-7-ocds-h6vhtk-078d05). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Newham: "Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 4 Rd 7". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.newham.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 128 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Newham](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-newham-ons-e09000025)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2027 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI41
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078d05`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commissioning-homes-for-children-looked-after-care-leavers-pdps-lot-4-rd-7-ocds-h6vhtk-078d05#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [newham.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newham.gov.uk%2Fcouncil%2Fprocurement---buy%2F2)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/commissioning-homes-for-children-looked-after-care-leavers-pdps-lot-4-rd-7-ocds-h6vhtk-078d05#participate

## Description
The London Borough of Newham has established a Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) for the supply of services in respect of children's externally commissioned care, accommodation and support services.
This notice is for the re-opening of Lot 4 Round 7.
The services include:
Lot 1: Provision of Semi-Independent Living Services - already established
Lot 2: Provision of Children's Homes regulated by Ofsted - already established
Lot 3: Provision of Supported Lodgings
Lot 4: Provision of Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) regulated by Ofsted
These services will be available to looked after children, care leavers and young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness .
Potential Suppliers are invited to Tender for one or more of the Lots.
This PDPS is open for use to the following (and subject to Section 3 Scope of Agreement of LAC PDPS Agreement Processor):
• any Public Body outlined in either Part I or Part II of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) Order 1972. Details of these can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/853/made
The Procurement is being procured by the Authority for the benefit of the Authority and the Partner Organisations.
The procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the Council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (Suppliers).
The Authority has created a tender process outlined below, as part of the PDPS applying the award criteria specified in this contract notice.
Any interested organisation/consortium with relevant experience may submit a Bid in response to this ITT.
The Council is using the one stage procedure for admission onto the PDPS
The Light Touch PDPS will be conducted in staged Rounds.
Rounds will open and close throughout the lifetime of the PDPS at the Authorities discretion. Following on from this, each Round will be open to new or previously unsuccessful Suppliers to submit their bid.
This means that applications can be submitted throughout the duration of the PDPS, but the Council will only process the applications as and when the round is closed. Please note the length of Rounds will vary throughout the lifetime of the PDPS.
Further Rounds will be communicated within the tender documents at time of publication. Any changes to the procurement Timetable shall be notified to all Tenderers as soon as practicable.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** A Supplier wanting to join the PDPS will be required to apply through the Council's procurement e-tendering portal; Fusion.
Suppliers who are unsuccessful in a specific Round may apply to be admitted to the PDPS in a subsequent or later Round
The Cou...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F099557-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-21T13:35:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T04:26:57.054Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078d05