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Published 10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
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ESCC - MA - Sensory Impairment Equipment and Support Services

East Sussex County Council
Local Council
services
SME eligible
VCSE eligible
Above threshold
Open procedure
Special Regime: {"lightTouch"}
Health and social work services
South East (UKJ22)
Published value
£2,464,000
≈ £492,261 / year
Submission deadline
8 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
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Clarification Cut-Off
23 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
5 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: East Sussex County Council: "ESCC - MA - Sensory Impairment Equipment and Support Services". Published status: active. Published value: £2,464,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: supplierlive.proactisp2p.com.
Official Requirement Description:
East Sussex County Council (The Council) invites bids from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver Sensory Impairment Equipment and Support services to Adults over aged 18. The contract will be for Five (5) years with an option to extend for up to twenty-four (24) months. Please note that the transfer of staff may apply. The annual contract value of the service is £252,000 and an additional £100,000 per annum will be allocated for equipment based on historic demand.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£2,464,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2032 (5 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    VCSE eligible
    Options / extension:
    A possible extension of up to 24 months will be included in the contract.
    Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    • Economic & Financial
      Must already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the minimum levels of insurance cover of Employers Liability insurance £10,000,000, Public Liability insurance £10,000,000, Professional Indemnity insurance £1,000,000, and Product Liability insurance £5,000,000.
    • Technical Capacity
      Must submit appropriate Safeguarding policies and procedures and a Business Continuity Plan.

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 80%
Price: 20%
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Change Grow Live Services LimitedHolds 50.7% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£984,521 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 5 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: East Sussex County Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for East Sussex County Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    -8.3%Moderate
    Based on 3 comparable awards · moderate evidence
    Competition Density
    3Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 12.5% · Mean: 2.9 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High Concentration
    Change Grow Live Services LimitedTop vendor: 50.7% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £94,629,573Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 31 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £450,000Robust (n=31)
    Middle 50% of awards: £206,511 – £1,586,365 · 113% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (31 active published awards)
    Coverage: 31 active published awards; 8 bid reports (which may be per lot); 31 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Change Grow Live Services Limited1 win£48,000,000No published budget
    East Sussex Healthcare Trust1 win£15,358,626No published budget
    Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education1 win£7,498,020+25% above budget
    Solace Women's Aid1 win£5,063,800No published budget
    CARE SANTE KENT LIMITED1 win£4,466,791No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Suitable for SMEs
    Prepared 10 Sept 2026, 17:12 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 450 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,051 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 586 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    2 updates
    1 deadline change
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RM1
    		40 contracts£166,246,903,700At ceiling / not disclosed
    James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGP
    		23 contracts£35,248,700,687At ceiling / not disclosed
    East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RDE
    		23 contracts£27,480,539,010At ceiling / not disclosed
    The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RCX
    		17 contracts£27,287,590,145At ceiling / not disclosed
    Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ1
    		24 contracts£23,471,877,206At ceiling / not disclosed
    LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUSTCRN: RJ2
    		14 contracts£14,636,940,244At ceiling / not disclosed
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£14,362,569,838At ceiling / not disclosed
    NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUSTCRN: RX1
    		18 contracts£13,166,371,703At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS Trust​CRN: R1H
    		4 contracts£12,843,963,488At ceiling / not disclosed
    GROWING SPACE
    		6 contracts£12,491,739,544-0% below budget
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Low Level Support Services - HSG Tender TorfaenTorfaen County Borough Council · 8 Sept 2026, 14:13 BST
    		£2,800,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Ardwyn - Supported LivingAneurin Bevan University Health Board · 7 Sept 2026, 16:11 BST
    		£1,144,431
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Disability Support ServiceUniversity of Salford · 8 Sept 2026, 17:16 BST
    		£2,730,996
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    CRF Community Advice & Support programme (General Advice)City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · 10 Sept 2026, 16:32 BST
    		£9,600,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Young People's Supported Accommodation Pathway - Mixed SupportLondon Borough of Camden · 9 Sept 2026, 10:19 BST
    		£2,697,600
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.SME Friendly Qualification Criteria

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement threshold
    Above threshold
    (FTS publication)
    		Regulatory regime{"lightTouch"}
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BSTLast source update10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTEstimated future notice14 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTClassification (CPV)Health and social work services
    Delivery area
    South East (UKJ22)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d581

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via ProContract (Due North)
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    Supplier login required
    Online submission allowed
    Language: EN
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    Access & Registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    8 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
    		Clarification deadline
    23 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Pipeline notice
      28 Jul 2026, 15:17 BST
    2. Procedure published
      10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    3. engagement
      Not published · met
      Pre-Market Engagement was undertaken in two phases in the week ending 19 June 2026. In Phase One an online market engagement event was held by the East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care team and was attended by a number of known local providers in the market (including the incumbents). The attendees were invited to ask any questions and feedback on the proposed new service structure. The event was held in order to understand the level of interest from the market in taking part in a future tender activity, after providing initial high level information. In Phase Two of the market engagement the Council shared the draft Specification and data pack with the attendees of the first market engagement event via email. The attendees were then invited to ask any questions on the information provided and feedback on whether they felt the Specification was fully deliverable within the proposed term and budget. The purpose of the two phases of market engagement activity was also to determine the proposed route to market. If any interested Providers wish to receive a copy of the documents shared during the Market Engagement period please contact [email protected]. The documents will also be published with the tender pack.
    4. Clarification deadline
      23 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
    5. Submission deadline
      8 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Status changed to active
      10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    2. Official notice release published
      10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    3. procurement method changed
      10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    4. Submission deadline changed to 8 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
      10 Sept 2026, 15:28 BST
    5. Official notice release published
      28 Jul 2026, 15:17 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    East Sussex County Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PXGX-2145-PRQJ
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    Official Documents & Specifications (3)

    Official links; attachments are not copied