Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 19 Mar 2026, 13:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Healthy Lifestyles & Wellbeing Neighbourhood Service

Authority: Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£1,200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

RBWM is seeking to engage with the provider services market ahead of a potential procurement exercise to deliver a 'Healthy Lifestyles and Wellbeing Neighbourhood service', providing targeted prevention and early intervention support in the community. This will include an integrated comprehensive smoking cessation service, but RBWM are keen to explore the inclusion of broader healthy lifestyle interventions, such as assessment, brief advice and signposting to specialist support and the voluntary and community sector for alcohol, weight management, physical activity, emotional wellbeing.

RBWM would like to explore options within an indicative initial financial envelope of up to £240,000 per annum, subject to refinement and with the potential for additional funding over the contract term (which is expected to be 1+1+1+1+1).

CPV: Community health services · Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 1 yrSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr) · up to 31 Mar 2032 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council buys Social services (CPV 8532), and who usually turns up

Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerWindsor and Maidenhead Borough Council · all categories
The marketSocial services (CPV 8532) · South East England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 11 of 19 known-size awards · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=96
58%49%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

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 South East England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 12 of 25 known-location awards · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=134
48%63%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South East England.

How long to a decision?
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.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=10
75 days37 days

Half of these awards were announced within 75 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 5 of 17 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 8532 · South East England, n=132
29%74%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
14% had one bid
The market27 lots with bid counts · CPV 8532 · South East England
19% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid14% / 19%
Buyer: 2 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
2–329% / 33%
Buyer: 4 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
4–657% / 33%
Buyer: 8 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 9 of 27 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 15%
Buyer: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 27 lots with published bid counts.

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.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer5 lots with estimate and award · all categories
0% below estimate
The market18 lots with estimate and award · CPV 8532 · South East England
39% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate0% / 39%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 7 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%80% / 61%
Buyer: 4 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 11 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate20% / 0%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 0 of 18 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #1CPV 853212 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£1.2m
Expected competition
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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 27 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet19% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 27 similar lots
1 bid19%
5 of 27 similar past lots received 1 bid (19%).
2–333%
9 of 27 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–633%
9 of 27 similar past lots received 4–6 (33%).
7+15%
4 of 27 similar past lots received 7+ (15%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £1.2m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

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
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
19 Mar 2026, 13:01 GMT
Last source update
19 Mar 2026, 13:01 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025160
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Community health servicesHealth services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066ee2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published217 days ago
    19 Mar 2026, 13:01 GMT
  2. Market engagement202 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST

    The Authority is keen to receive expressions of interest from interested suppliers to enable us to gauge market size. Please e-mail [email protected] by 1pm on 02/04/2026 to do so.

    The Authority may also have 1-2-1s over Teams to discuss capacity further.

    In addition to exploring capacity, the Authority is very keen to explore service scope and what can be delivered within the £240,000 per annum budget, allowing for the smoking cessation services as a minimum. We are currently confirming data sets and suppliers should e-mail the above address for information pertaining to anticipated referrals.

    We look forward to your interest.

  3. Tender notice expected112 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  5. Contract startsin 161 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 13:01 GMT
    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

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PJQM-1124-QDHW St Ives Road, Maidenhead, South East, SL6 1RFContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure