Official UK procurement notice
CS6098 - Children in Care PEP and Attendance Monitoring
Authority: Tower Hamlets
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£151,200≈ £49k / year · £181,440 inc. VAT7.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Aug 2026awarded 17 Sept 2026
Awarded to Welfare Call (LAC) Ltd
Contract term 3 yrs 1 moends 6 Oct 2029 · up to 6 Sept 2030 with extensions · starts 7 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA comprehensive digital solution that:
- Provides real-time attendance monitoring and same-day absence verification for children in the council's care.
- A web solution that enables the co-creation and management of Personal Education Plans (PEPs) within a secure, collaborative portal for staff, carers and social workers.
- Delivers analytics, strategic dashboards, and longitudinal outcome tracking (attendance, engagement, attainment, progress) aligned to Ofsted expectations and Virtual School statutory duties.
- Meets DfE approval/authorisation requirements and all relevant UK government standards for access, security and data protection.
The solution must demonstrably support the Virtual School's statutory responsibilities for looked-after children (LAC) and extend to related cohorts (e.g., children with a social worker, kinship) as the remit evolves. Current provision offers attendance tracking and PEP creation with dashboards, but pupil outcome tracking is a critical gap and is largely
manual; bidders must address this gap explicitly.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£151,200
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 60% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
- Price: 30% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
- Social Value: 10% - refer to ITT and supporting tender documents
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Jul 2026, 19:07 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Sept 2026, 17:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
CS6098 - Children in Care PEP and Attendance Monitoring- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-069974- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d28fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: London Tenders Portal
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
- Submission deadline
- 17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
DN817426
Timeline
23 Jul 2026 → 17 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published94 days ago23 Jul 2026, 19:07 BST
- Clarification questions by80 days ago6 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline69 days ago17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by60 days ago26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts49 days ago7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published38 days ago17 Sept 2026, 17:25 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jul 2026- Tender notice published23 Jul 2026, 19:07 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published17 Sept 2026, 17:25 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Sept 2026, 17:25 BST
- Contract signature expected30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £139,5321 award exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welfare Call (LAC) Ltd1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2030Extensions: The Contract Period is initially for a period of 3 years, although the Authority reserves the right to extend the Contract on the same terms for a further period of 1 year making a total possible Contract Period of 4 years. | £139,532 | 17 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 2 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WELFARE CALL (LAC) LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender