Official UK procurement notice
Lambeth Learning Disability and Autism Approved Providers Lists
Authority: London Borough of Lambeth (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLondon Borough of Lambeth is procuring two Approved Provider Lists (APL) for the provision of bed-based placements for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Providers who are part of this APL will provide residential care and/or supported living placements for Lambeth clients. The procurement will consist of two lots resulting in two approved providers lists (APL)
Lot 1: APL Residential Care
Lot 2: APL Supported Living
- How the procedure runs: Selection Questionnaire Pre qualificaiton followed by Tender Stage.
CPV: Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£74,066,240 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Residential CareRenewalPublished value£21,661,444
Residential Care - General needs
Lot #2Supported LivingRenewalPublished value£52,404,796
Supported Living - General needs
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Operational Proposals: 5%
- Services: 5%
- Safeguarding: 10%
- Personalisation: 10%
- Staffing/Training: 5%
- Collaboration: 5%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (7)
- price
- Operational Proposals
- Services
- Safeguarding
- Personalisation
- Staffing/Training
- Collaboration
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 2 Feb 2026, 10:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
17- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082696- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0613d5Find a Tender
- How it runs
Selection Questionnaire Pre qualificaiton followed by Tender Stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 14 Feb 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published265 days ago2 Feb 2026, 10:02 GMT
- Market engagement250 days ago17 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
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London Borough of Lambeth is commissioning an Approved Provider List (APL) for the provision of bed-based placements for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. Providers who are part of this APL will provide residential care and/or supported living placements for Lambeth clients.
The LDA APL market engagement will discuss the following items, and provide an opportunity for people to ask questions
1.
A summary of plans for the APL
2.
Tender process and timelines
3.
Rate setting
4.
Promoting best practice housing providers.
Please see attached document
- Next notice expected219 days ago20 Mar 2026, 22:59 GMT
- Tender notice published54 days ago1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BST
- Clarification questions by23 days ago2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline19 days ago6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 89 days22 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 112 days14 Feb 2027, 23:00 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Pipeline notice published2 Feb 2026, 10:02 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Feb 2026, 12:36 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BST
- Procurement method changed1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BST
- Deadline published: 6 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST1 Sept 2026, 14:15 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender