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Published 23 May 2025, 10:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Complex Residential Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Feb 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 6 yrsends 20 Feb 2033 · starts 21 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Framework for the procurement of residential placements for adults with complex needs in Essex.

CPV: Social work services with accommodation

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
6 yrs from 21 Feb 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 6 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 21 Feb 2027 – 20 Feb 2033 (6 yrs)
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85311000 Social work services with accommodation

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Complex Residential Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
23 May 2025, 10:31 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 10:31 BST
Authority reference
A001PA
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-025846
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodation
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05210c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

23 May 2025 → 21 Feb 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    23 May 2025, 10:31 BST
  2. Tender notice expected270 days ago
    1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Today
    30 Oct 2026
  4. Contract startsin 113 days
    21 Feb 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    23 May 2025, 10:31 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender