Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 5 Sept 2025, 14:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Direct Payment Employment Support Service

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Waltham Forest (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£440,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Oct 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

MARKET ENGAGEMENT

Direct Payment Employment Support Service - London Borough of Waltham Forest

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

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
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
5 Sept 2025, 14:11 BST
Last source update
5 Sept 2025, 14:11 BST
Authority reference
DN789604
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054308
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059500 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 14:11 BST
  2. Market engagement
    17 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST

    Please refer to documentation in the request for information on the London Tenders Portal

    www.londontenders.org ↗

  3. Tender notice expected375 days ago
    20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts213 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    5 Sept 2025, 14:11 BST
    UK2

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

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPJN-6757-NZZZ Room 100, Waltham Forest Town Hall, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JFContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure