Official UK procurement notice
Community Reablement Support Service
Authority: London Borough of Lambeth (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLambeth Council is seeking a partner to provide reabling home care workers for its integrated reablement service. Reabling home care workers will work alongside clinical staff from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and social workers and assessors from Lambeth Council to provide short term support to people following a period of ill-health or hospital admission to rebuild their independence.
Contract value is based on an hourly rate for support delivered, with an indicative volume of 28,500 hours per year. The successful provider will maintain a presence at the Intermediate Care Lambeth base at Ackerman Health Centre, Patmos Road, SW9 6AF and will attend regular multidisciplinary team meetings. The service operates across the full geographical extent of the London Borough of Lambeth.
Please note the contract opportunity offered is for five years, with the option of two 1-year extensions. Contract value for 5 years is £3,400,000 excluding VAT and if all extensions utilised £4,760,000 excluding VAT.
- How the procedure runs: A two-stage procurement including a Conditions of Participation stage followed by a SingleTtender stage.
CPV: Social services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,400,000
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 (9)
- MS1 - Service Delivery: 8%
- MS2 - Maximising independence and recovery and achieving outcomes: 6%
- MS3 - Collaboration and partnerships: 4%
- MS4 - Safeguarding: 2%
- MS5 - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: 2%
- MS6 - Quality assurance: 2%
- MS7 - Mobilisation and Transition plan: 4%
- MS8 - Innovation: 2%
- Price: 70%
Published award criteria (9)
- Price: Cost for delivery of service for the entire contract period.
- MS1 - Service Delivery
- MS2 - Maximising independence and recovery and achieving outcomes
- MS3 - Collaboration and partnerships
- MS4 - Safeguarding
- MS5 - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- MS6 - Quality assurance
- MS7 - Mobilisation and Transition plan
- MS8 - Innovation
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2026, 15:28 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 11:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
16- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059149- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069f9bFind a Tender
- How it runs
A two-stage procurement including a Conditions of Participation stage followed by a SingleTtender stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
21 May 2026 → 2 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published158 days ago21 May 2026, 15:28 BST
- Next notice expected143 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published125 days ago23 Jun 2026, 16:50 BST
- Latest notice published87 days ago31 Jul 2026, 11:55 BST
- Submission deadline87 days ago31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 4 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 6 days2 Nov 2026
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2026- Pipeline notice published21 May 2026, 15:28 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published23 Jun 2026, 16:50 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active23 Jun 2026, 16:50 BST
- Procurement method changed23 Jun 2026, 16:50 BST
- Deadline published: 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST23 Jun 2026, 16:50 BST
- Tender notice published9 Jul 2026, 14:16 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST9 Jul 2026, 14:16 BST+7 days · was 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2026, 11:46 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 5 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST31 Jul 2026, 11:46 BST+5 days · was 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender notice published31 Jul 2026, 11:55 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 31 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST31 Jul 2026, 11:55 BST-5 days · was 5 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-06: 1 release · 23 Jun 2026
- 2026-05: 1 release · 21 May 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender