Find a TenderPlanned procurementPlanned procurement notice
Published 11 Jun 2026, 17:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Learning Disability Individual Service Fund (ISF) Framework

Authority: London Borough of Bexley (Local council)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Planned pipeline value£20,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2see the lot list below
Framework period 4 yrsends 30 Nov 2030 · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

An Individual Service Fund (ISF) is one way of managing a person's personal budget for care and support:

  • The provider manages the budget on behalf of the individual, unlike a Direct Payment where the individual manages the funds themselves.
  • ISFs offer greater flexibility and choice, enabling people to shape their care around their preferences.
  • Individuals can choose to use multiple providers to meet their needs.
  • There is flexibility to carry forward (roll over) funds or support into future weeks or months, allowing people to plan for specific activities or goals.

CPV: Health and social work services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £20,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1tbcPlanned 4 yrsceiling above
Lot #2tbcPlanned 4 yrsceiling above

What it takes to win
i

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
What this means for your bid
  • “Learning Disability Individual Service Fund (ISF) Framework” 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 Bexley buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up

London Borough of Bexley’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

1

How the contest usually goes

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

Question for the bid
This buyerLondon Borough of Bexley · all categories
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: 2 of 2 known-size awards · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=2,107
2 of 268%

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 of 3 known-location awards · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=2,830
3 of 370%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=166
127 days74 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 127 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.

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: exactly 0 of 1 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 85 · UK-wide, n=489
0 of 129%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

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 buyer5 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 85
0% had one bid
The market794 lots with bid counts · division 85 · UK-wide
7% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 7%
Buyer: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 54 of 794 lots with published bid counts.
2–340% / 12%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 98 of 794 lots with published bid counts.
4–640% / 15%
Buyer: 2 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 123 of 794 lots with published bid counts.
7+20% / 65%
Buyer: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts. Market: 519 of 794 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.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

2

Assess each lot
i

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 #1tbcCPV 8548 monthsPublished estimate£20m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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 794 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet7% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 794 similar lots
1 bid7%
54 of 794 similar past lots received 1 bid (7%).
2–312%
98 of 794 similar past lots received 2–3 (12%).
4–615%
123 of 794 similar past lots received 4–6 (15%).
7+65%
519 of 794 similar past lots received 7+ (65%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 12 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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

Lot #2tbcCPV 8548 monthsPublished estimate£20m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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 794 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet7% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 794 similar lots
1 bid7%
54 of 794 similar past lots received 1 bid (7%).
2–312%
98 of 794 similar past lots received 2–3 (12%).
4–615%
123 of 794 similar past lots received 4–6 (15%).
7+65%
519 of 794 similar past lots received 7+ (65%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 12 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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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.

Restricted route (Stage 2 ITT / Shortlist): Bidding is restricted to invited candidates who qualified at Stage 1. Uninvited suppliers cannot participate in this round.

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
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
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
11 Jun 2026, 17:13 BST
Last source update
11 Jun 2026, 17:13 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Nov 2026
Authority reference
6485
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055446
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b382 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Requests to participate (first stage)
1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Appointment period ends
1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

11 Jun 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published135 days ago
    11 Jun 2026, 17:13 BST
  2. Tender notice expected114 days ago
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period ends83 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown
    1 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  4. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  5. Award decision expected byin 9 days
    1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 38 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    11 Jun 2026, 17:13 BST
    UK3

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

London Borough of Bexley

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPHT-3331-XPPM Civic Offices Watling Street, Bexleyheath, London, DA67ATContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure