Official UK procurement notice
Havering Short Breaks Provider Framework - Market Engagement
Authority: London Borough of Havering (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHavering Local Authority is establishing an open framework for Short Breaks. The service will provide day, weekend, and holiday activities, including overnight stays and support at home and community for children with disabilities resident in Havering.
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Oct 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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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).
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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).
- “Havering Short Breaks Provider Framework - Market Engagement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How London Borough of Havering buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
London Borough of Havering’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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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.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 63 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid20% / 7%
2–320% / 19%
4–60% / 11%
7+60% / 63%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 81 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–319%
4–611%
7+63%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Nov 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2025, 10:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-073421- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e022Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
13 Nov 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published342 days ago13 Nov 2025, 10:17 GMT
- Market engagement320 days ago5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Please note that this is an informal market engagement and does not commit to any future formal processes or procurement activities.
Havering Short Breaks Provider Framework
Are you passionate about supporting disabled children and young people to reach their potential? Do you want to help shape the future of Short Breaks in Havering?
Havering Council is inviting expressions of interest from providers for our upcoming Havering Short Breaks Provider Framework Market Warming Event. This is a unique opportunity for a range of providers to help deliver targeted and specialist support for disabled children and young people whose needs require support due to their disability.
What are the Short Breaks Offer?
- Sessions for children and young people with disabilities, providing access to creative, stimulating, fun, and co-designed activities within local communities.
- Support to enable access to mainstream activities, with the overarching aim of building self-esteem and confidence to help children reach their potential.
- A blend of after-school, evening, weekend, and holiday sessions.
- A comprehensive offer for children aged 0–18, of Universal, Targeted, and Specialist options, containing both community outreach, one to one or group-based activities enable parents/carers and their families to take a break from their caring responsibilities.
Our Vision is:
- Enable disabled children and young people to succeed and thrive.
- Provide respite for families and carers.
- Support families to develop a quality of life that includes participation in their community and access to stay-and-play group activities.
- Commission a youth offer that delivers skills-based activities (e.g., computer skills, art, gardening, cooking, drama, music, sports), social activities, and support for preparing for adulthood (e.g., independent living skills, money management, travel training, and health).
Market Engagement Event We are hosting a Market Engagement event to:
- Share information about the needs of the children in Havering and information around the proposed contract lots.
- Gather feedback on gaps in provision, the proposed lots, and potential barriers to service delivery.
- Discuss the proposed Short Breaks Framework, contract prices, and any further aims or objectives for Short Break contracts.
Event Details:
- Date & Time: 27 November 2025, 10:00am
- Location: Microsoft Teams (online)
- To express your interest: Please email Lissa at [email protected] so she can send you the event link
Who should attend?
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- Voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs)
- Any organisation interested in delivering high-quality, inclusive, day or overnight Short Breaks for Havering children and young people with disabilities
This event will provide an opportunity for providers to gather information around the bidding process and to discuss the future commissioning of the short break provisions that supports Havering's children with disabilities.
Havering Council seeks to appoint several providers to a Short Breaks Framework by 01 October 2026.
- Tender notice expected309 days ago16 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts21 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Nov 2025, 10:17 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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- No award published
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- No contract published
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- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender