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Published 23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HAC6145 Antill Road Day Activities

Authority: Tower Hamlets (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£667,590≈ £668k / year · £801,108 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202612:00 BST · 28d 21h left
Clarification cut-off 13 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yrstarts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 4division 85 · n=39 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council will seek an innovative, creative, flexible and committed provider prepared to work in close and effective partnership with adults with learning disability, their family/carer and a wide range of local partners, including the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDS) and departments within the Council. The Provider will be required to deliver tailored, person-centred day activity services for people with a learning disability and autistic adults. The provider will offer a range of activities that support with life skills, training, employment, clinical and health care services, and social interactions which are aimed at supporting people to develop or maintain their independence within the community and promote inclusion .The contract will offer people choice, personalisation and flexibility, supporting them to develop their social, emotional, communication and independent living skills and to participate in mainstream community activities.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 2 Aug 2027, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£667,590
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr)Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: UK, LondonTurnover guideline: ~£1,331,532/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£667,590 exc. VAT · £801,108 inc. VAT
85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

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
How bids are scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality Method Statements60%
  • Price30%
  • Social Value10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality Method StatementsResponse to the quality method statements as set out in the ITT
  • Social ValueCompletion of the social value matrix and response to a single quality method statement as set out in the ITT
  • PriceEvaluation of the bidders tender price as set out in the ITT
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing
    Full detail is included in the ITT Financial evaluation will be as follows. Potential Suppliers that fail to meet either/both of the minimum requirements will be excluded from the process and their bid will not be further considered. Bidders will be required more…to provide documentary evidence, in the form of the last 2 years’ full/detailed Financial Statements, inclusive of Turnover figures (audited if required by Law), to demonstrate their ability to meet the various metrics set out in this section, whether this be for the bidding organisation, or the parent company or group on whom reliance has been placed to meet the financial threshold. If Bidders fail to provide the required documentary evidence, this may result in a fail. Bidders will need to provide the complete/full/detailed version of their Financial Statements. If they are exempt from publishing their full accounts, they must still provide their Turnover figures for the last two financial years or for the years covered by their Financial Statements. Failure to do so will result in a fail. Turnover The Bidders annual turnover must be at least twice the annual contract value for this Contract which is £667,590. Therefore, Bidders must have an annual turnover of at least £1,335,180. D&B Risk Indicator The Authority will request a report produced from Dun and Bradstreet which is a corporation that offers information on commercial credit and reports on businesses in comparison with other business in the same field. The Bidd…
  • Technical & professional ability
    Full detail is included in the ITT

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Tower Hamlets buys Health and social work services (CPV 85) — and who usually turns up

Tower Hamlets’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85)

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Tower Hamlets

contract notices in 36 months: 58 in division 85 (4 without competition · 11 route not published) · 149 in all categories (9 without competition · 28 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 39 lots. 19 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 2) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 6).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4division 85 · 36m · n=39 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 39 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

18%division 85 · 36m · n=39 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 11 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

2% belowdivision 85 · 36m · n=11 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 12 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

47ddivision 85 · 36m · n=12 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 159 notices.

Last 24 months.

1all categories · 24m · n=159 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 47 notices.

Last 36 months.

9%division 85 · 36m · n=47 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=39
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How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 39 lots on 26 contested notices · division 85, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 18%
  • 2–3 31%
  • 4–6 36%
  • 7+ 15%

Median 4 · 39 lots on 26 contested notices · division 85.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=11
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 11 lot pairs · division 85, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 45%
  • Within ±2% 55%
  • Above estimate 0%

11 lot pairs · division 85.

The market · delivery region

Greater London · Health and social work services (CPV 85)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 2,241 in division 85 (859 competed, 439 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 620 lots. 204 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 416 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 85 · 36m · n=620 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 620 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

25%division 85 · 36m · n=620 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 260 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 85 · 36m · n=260 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 185 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

62ddivision 85 · 36m · n=185 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 314 lots.

Last 36 months.

69%division 85 · 36m · n=314 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 1,982 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

85%division 85 · 36m · n=1,982 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=620
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 620 lots on 454 contested notices · division 85, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 25%
  • 2–3 34%
  • 4–6 25%
  • 7+ 16%

Median 3 · 620 lots on 454 contested notices · division 85.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=260
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 260 lot pairs · division 85, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 31%
  • Within ±2% 62%
  • Above estimate 7%

260 lot pairs · division 85.

robust · n=11
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 11 lots (division 85), applied to the £667,590 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Tower Hamlets (division 85, n=11 pairs) land a median 2% below: on this notice’s £667,590 that is about £656,241. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 2 Aug 2027
First published
23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
HAC6145
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
UKLondon (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f784 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary
All payment terms are included in the contract documentation included with this tender
Review and risk notes
Risks
Risks include: - increases to the london, and other, living wage - an increase in demand for the service

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via London Tenders Portal
Submission portal named on this notice: London Tenders Portal
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free regional portal
Expression of interest (EOI)
Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All tenders are to be submitted on the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org) under opportunity DN827581
Published estimate £667,590 excludes VAT (£801,108 including VAT).

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published13 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 08:16 BST
  2. Market engagement7 days ago
    17 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTPME event to be held 21/09/2026
  3. Next notice expected2 days ago
    22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published1 day ago
    23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BST
  5. Clarification questions byin 19 days
    13 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
  6. Submission deadlinein 29 days
    23 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected byin 61 days
    24 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract startsin 188 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 11 Sept 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 21:20 BSTUK4
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Sept 2026, 08:16 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Tower Hamlets

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQBL-2673-MVYG New Town Hall, London, London, E1 1BJ [email protected] +44 244778066

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsAll documents can be accessed free of charge on the London Tenders Portal under project DN827581
  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsAll documents can be accessed free of charge on the London Tenders Portal under project DN827581

Notices published for this procedure