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Published 18 Oct 2026, 20:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Home Transition Bed Service - Winter Pressures

Authority: North Tyneside Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdLight touch regimeReserved: K02000001SME suitable
Published estimate£161,780£194,136 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 23 Oct 202609:00 BST · 4d 8h left
Clarification cut-off 21 Oct 202623:59 BST · questions to the authority
Contract term 4 moends 28 Feb 2027 · up to 30 Jun 2027 with extensions · starts 1 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Tyneside Council are seeking a supplier for their Home Transition Bed Service which is a time limited pilot providing 10 short-term residential care home beds within North Tyneside.

The service will enable safe and timely discharge from hospital, increase system flow and reduce the risk of people waiting for care in inappropriate hospital settings, including corridors, during periods of winter pressure. The initial service period may be extended by the Authority for up to a further four months.

The service is being procured under the Light Touch Regime under the Procurement Act 2023 - Below Threshold.

Value is £161, 780

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 4 moSMEPublished value£161,780
Contract period: 1 Nov 2026 – 28 Feb 2027 (4 mo) · up to 30 Jun 2027 with extensionsValue: £161,780 exc. VAT · £194,136 inc. VAT
Delivery: North EastEligibility: SME eligibleTurnover guideline: ~£323,560/yr≈ 2× annual value
Extensions: Contract may be extended on a monthly basis for up to 4 additional months. 1 month x 1 month x 1 month x 1 month Maximum duration of contract 8 months

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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Delivering the seven day Home Transition Model: 20%
  • Multidisciplinary Working and System Integration: 20%
  • Workforce, Leadership and Recovery Focused Practice: 15%
  • Mobilisation and Management of 10 North Tyneside Beds: 15%
  • Quality, Safety and Risk Management: 15%
  • Performance Management, Reporting and Continuous Improvement: 15%
Published award criteria (6)
  • Delivering the seven day Home Transition Model
  • Multidisciplinary Working and System Integration
  • Workforce, Leadership and Recovery Focused Practice
  • Mobilisation and Management of 10 North Tyneside Beds
  • Quality, Safety and Risk Management
  • Performance Management, Reporting and Continuous Improvement

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Turnover usually expected at this size: about £323,560 (twice the annual value).

Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.

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

How North Tyneside Borough Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

North Tyneside 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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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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 buyerNorth Tyneside Borough Council · all categories
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · North 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: 17 of 34 known-size awards · market: division 85 · North East England, n=1,220
50%40%

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

How often do local suppliers win?
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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 North East England.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 27 of 50 known-location awards · market: division 85 · North East England, n=1,593
54%54%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in North East England.

How long to a decision?
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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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 10 decided notices · market: division 85 · North East England, n=112
30 days41 days

Half of these awards were announced within 30 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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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.

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 32 of 49 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · North East England, n=1,953
65%86%

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 buyer10 lots with bid counts · all categories
10% had one bid
The market227 lots with bid counts · division 85 · North East England
24% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid10% / 24%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 55 of 227 lots with published bid counts.
2–380% / 35%
Buyer: 8 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 80 of 227 lots with published bid counts.
4–610% / 20%
Buyer: 1 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 45 of 227 lots with published bid counts.
7+0% / 21%
Buyer: 0 of 10 lots with published bid counts. Market: 47 of 227 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 buyer11 lots with estimate and award · all categories
0% below estimate
The market141 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · North East England
35% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate0% / 35%
Buyer: 0 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 49 of 141 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%91% / 60%
Buyer: 10 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 84 of 141 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate9% / 6%
Buyer: 1 of 11 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 141 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 #14 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£162k
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 227 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet24% single-bid risk
Past bids on 227 similar lots
1 bid24%
55 of 227 similar past lots received 1 bid (24%).
2–335%
80 of 227 similar past lots received 2–3 (35%).
4–620%
45 of 227 similar past lots received 4–6 (20%).
7+21%
47 of 227 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £162k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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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.

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.

No supplier with a record in this category fits this lot yet.

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 match score 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
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Oct 2026, 20:57 BST
Last source update
18 Oct 2026, 20:57 BST
Authority reference
OPEN-PR-16102026144307775
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098242
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078a3c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Reserved participation area
K02000001

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via OPEN-UK
Submission portal named on this notice: OPEN-UK
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Tender submission deadline
23 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST
Clarification deadline
21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.open-uk.org ↗

Reference number: OPEN-PR-16102026144307775

Published estimate £161,780 excludes VAT (£194,136 including VAT).

Timeline

18 Oct 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Oct 2026, 20:57 BST
  2. Today
    19 Oct 2026
  3. Clarification questions byin 3 days
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Submission deadlinein 4 days
    23 Oct 2026, 09:00 BST
  5. Contract startsin 13 days
    1 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Oct 2026, 20:57 BST
    UK4

Commercial outcome & contract awards

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Tyneside Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PYBQ-4733-WWLW Quadrant, North Tyneside, North East, NE27 0BYContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender