Official UK procurement notice
Habilitation Services for Children with Visual Impairments
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service will work with babies, children and young people who are blind or have significant visual difficulties which may be ocular, cerebral or both ocular and cerebral, which will inhibit their ability to travel and live independently. The service provider will work in conjunction with Swindon Borough Councils Vision Support service, who will provide the referrals.
The initial contract term will be for 12 months as stated in the Request For Quotation documents. Estimated contract spend is capped at £50,612.80 across the 12 month contract term.
CPV: Community health services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£50,613
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).
Lot awarding rule: Price 30% Quality 70% Delivery Method 20% Delivery 20% Outcomes 20% Social Value 10%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Nov 2025, 11:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2025, 12:04 GMT
- Authority reference
DN798824- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077590- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
In order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the tender documents the Authority is providing the documents in the Attachment Area of the ProContract E-tendering portal at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗.
In order to access amendable versions of the documents and to submit a response suppliers will need to register as a supplier with ProContract at www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗ then register an interest before obtaining access and download the Word and Excel format documents for completion and submission.
Timeline
27 Nov 2025 → 7 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published337 days ago27 Nov 2025, 11:03 GMT
- Latest notice published322 days ago12 Dec 2025, 12:04 GMT
- Clarification questions by319 days ago15 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline317 days ago17 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts297 days ago7 Jan 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2025- Tender notice published27 Nov 2025, 11:03 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published12 Dec 2025, 12:04 GMTUK4
- Deadline moved to 17 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT12 Dec 2025, 12:04 GMT+2 days · was 15 Dec 2025, 09:00 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Tender Return date extended to 17.12.25 at 12:00 noon. Tender Clarification deadline extended to 15.12.25 at 12:00 noon.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
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